LOLA

L♀LA is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited, and was released in January 2004 for the first VOCALOID engine. She was one of the 4 known "Project Daisy" vocals. She and LE♂N were among the first voice banks to be commercially distributed.MIT Press Journals LOLA is advertised as a "virtual female soul vocalist modeled on a real professional singer"; her voice provider has never been revealed, but was described officially as "Black" and is a well established musician in Great Britain. Her provider has her origins, however, in the Caribbean.http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/822/82220946009.pdf
==Concept==
===Etymology===
While it is unknown why Zero-G choose this name, "Lola" is a Spanish and English name and can be used for both boys and girls (the male version having a different meaning and origin entirely). As a female name, its origins is from the name "Dolores". The name "Lola" means "Sorrows".meaning of Lola's name
===Appearance===
LOLA's boxart was standard for her day and rival software package Cantor would later adopt the same boxart style, the boxart for both products are from a stock image. The photographer for LOLA's boxart is unknown, but the photograph is on various stock photo sites. An example of the original was hosted on Fotosearch and titled "Profile of woman with finger next to lips" x13037575,Fotosearch it has since been uploaded and hosted to Getty Images under the profile of Chromacome with the same titling ﹟E003551. LOLA has since been taken as one of the few "Avatar-less" VOCALOIDs.
===Relations===
*LE♂N - A complementary voice bank with masculine vocals.
==History==
===Marketing===
 
LOLA and LEON received standard advertisement for their day. They were advertised on the internet and in electronic magazines. At the time, this was normal for software synthesizers and there was no VOCALOID fandom to aid with their development. They were aimed at professionals and therefore, had no fan input in mind. Their boxart was changed, along with the method of marketing them, some time after Zero-G announced their role in the development of VOCALOID and both were intended to be marketed as a pair.via wayback machine
For a period she, along with LEON and MIRIAM, were not for sale due to the lack of interest in synthesized voices. This lack of interest was owed to the sudden change in trends. After increased interest began to occur in VOCALOID and demand was renewed, Zero-G began reselling LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM from their own website via their virtual shop. According to a Zero-G interview in 2010, the three may also get a redesign in the future.Engloid Blog - Zero-G Interview: Dom Keefe
===Voicebanks===
;LOLA
:LOLA was a female "soul singer" vocal and the counter-partner vocal to LEON. She has a soul singing female vocal with a deep contralto vocal and a real reggae vibe.
* LOLA (Project Daisy), unreleased.
* LOLA (VOCALOID), January 15, 2004
==Music featuring LOLA==
==Reputation==
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