MAIKA (VOCALOID3)

==History==
===Involvement in Plan B===
In October 2012, this vocal first appeared during the involvement of a collaboration between Voctro Labs, Ballantine's, theFACT™ and the Spanish rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh, where the people could help to create the lyrics for the famous group.Sony Music España - LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH PRESENTA PLAN B, UN PROYECTO REVOLUCIONARIO PARA LA CREACIÓN DE MÚSICA A TRAVÉS DE INTERNET Voctro Labs provided the tools that allowed the participants to listen to their written lyrics sung by the voice through the official website. It was revealed this voice was a new VOCALOID that was being developed by the company and was based on Leire Martinez, the main singer of the band. Although Voctro Labs would later clarify in response to a fan's question that Martinez was not the provider behind the Vocaloid.Bruno & Clara's Facebook: Official Announcement
In answer to fan's curiosity as to whether the voice would be sold, the company announced they were planning on releasing the voice to the public. She had no official release date, but on October 28, 2013, Voctro Labs announced that she would be released before Christmas. Later, on November 27, Voctro Labs announced that her release date was December 18, 2013. They also announced that they were still improving the voicebank and adding "some surprises" to the vocals.http://www.voctro-vocaloid.com/es/archives/951
===Illustration Contest===
A contest was held to look for an illustrator who would draw a design for the VOCALOID. Voctro Labs requested that those interested should send a sample of their work to the company's email and the deadline for this was July 8, 2013. After they reviewed the works of all of their entrants, they picked the potential candidates. Over 200 entries were received. The chosen artists had until July 15 to enter a design for Voctro Labs. They were asked to draw a 'pop star' and were given samples of the voice as reference.
The results were revealed on July 24. The winner was Noriko Hayashi, an artist who also happened to be a runner-up in PowerFX Systems AB. and VocaTone's YOHIOloid design contest. At the announcement, Voctro Labs revealed a silhouette of the design.link
On December 12, it was announced that MAIKA would have a VOCALOID NEO to become compatible with Mac.
On December 18, 2024, Voctro Labs's old website announced that MAIKA was no longer available for purchase through their shop. MAIKA's page instead redirects to Yamaha Corporation's VOCALOID SHOP.
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
===System Requirements===
;VOCALOID EDITOR
*Supported OS: Windows 8(32/64bit)/Windows 7(32/64bit)/Vista(32bit)/XP(32bit)
** On 64bit Windows 8, Window 7 systems the software runs in 32bit compatibility mode (WOW64).
*Processor: Celeron Dual Core 2.1 GHz or better
*Memory: At least 1GB of RAM
*Hard disk: At least 3.0GB of available disk space
;VOCALOID EDITOR FOR CUBASE NEO
*VOCALOID Editor for Cubase NEO
*Cubase 7, Cubase Artist 7, Cubase Elements 7, Cubase AI 7 or Cubase LE 7
**Compatibility with Cubase 7.5 has not yet been determined.
*Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.7 or newer (32/64bit) | Windows 7 or newer (32/64bit)
*Processor: Intel Dual Core CPU or better
*Memory: At least 2GB of RAM
*Hard disk: At least 2.2GB of available disk space (voice bank only)
===Voicebanks===
==References==
==Navigation==
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