Sweet ANN

Sweet ANN, originally codenamed "JODIE", is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by PowerFX Systems AB., and was released in June 2007 for the VOCALOID2 engine. Her voicebank was originally developed for the first VOCALOID engine before being ported. She is voiced by an Australian singer whose artist name is "Jody". Other than a name, her voice provider's identity has not been revealed.
==Concept==
===Etymology===
Her name is a pun based on her origins, meaning that Sweet-Ann = Swe-den.
===Appearance===
Sweet ANN has been described as a "white " by PowerFX. According to PowerFX, their VOCALOIDs are more like Cyborgs than Androids.
She is the first English VOCALOID to have a depiction as such on her boxart, although at this point, the general idea of a true "avatar" would not be considered until Hatsune Miku's release a few months later. She is loosely based on . Her staples (or stitches) are often mistaken for a choker. Engloid Blog - Interview: Bil Bryant (Production and CEO of PowerFX)
Her boxart image itself appears to be based on the poster art for the 1943 film "" starring Lena Horne.link The version used for Sweet ANN's own boxart has simply been coloured in to give her blonde hair and blue eyes. There are a number of variants of the poster in colour as well as black and white. 
Sweetannlenaposter.jpg|A DVD cover of the original movie poster of Lena Horne, The poster that the Sweet ANN boxart came from.
LenaHornedress.jpg|This is the outfit Sweet ANN's boxart is of, as Lena Horne is seen wearing in the photo (hat was not included on photo)
The microphone in her original release is based on the iconic Shure Brothers microphone, the model 55s, Multi-Impedance "Small Unidyne" Dynamic which was first released in 1951.
====Promotional E-Capsule version====
Sweet ANN's Taiwan design is based on a and features some details, possibly from the fact she was based on .
===Relations===
*BIG AL - A complementary voice bank with masculine vocals.
==History==
===Marketing===
She was sold under as a 'space lounge robo-vocalist sensation'. PowerFX Vocaloid - Sweet Ann
Like VOCALOIDs before her, she was aimed at professional musicians, as there was no established VOCALOID fandom.
===Voicebanks===
;Sweet ANN
:Sweet ANN has a sweet adult female vocal designed for classic music. She is able to sound sweet and innocent but due to her accent giving her a sassy undertone can also sound wild and sexy making her a fairly balanced vocal all round in terms of tonal abilities. Her counter-partner is BIG AL.
*"JODIE" (VOCALOID), unreleased.
*Sweet ANN (VOCALOID2), June 29, 2007
==Music featuring Sweet ANN==
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