Hibiki Koto (VOCALOID6)

==History==
===2024===
On March 7, 2024, a new character was introduced under the name of "Hibiki Koto" (花響 琴) on the official Internet Co., Ltd. Twitter account. A silhouette was shown with an unveil date announced for March 18. No additional information was provided at the time.https://twitter.com/INTERNETjp/status/1766018970451345582 A promotional announcement website was released prior to the official reveal;https://web.archive.org/web/20240310112836/https://www.ssw.co.jp/hibikikoto/ (Archive) an official Twitter account for Hibiki Koto was also launched the same day.https://twitter.com/HibikiKoto0418/status/1766076449042448455
On March 13, the official "GUMI from Megpoid" Twitter account revealed a second teaser for Hibiki Koto, this time carrying an announcement that the character was a "new singer", with additional details regarding Koto's development and character design process, announced to be held at 20:00 on March 19 during an official "GUMI Radio" (GUMIラジオ) broadcast. It was not specified at the time which vocal synthesis engine the vocal would be developed for.https://twitter.com/GUMIfromMegpoid/status/1767829782069379339
The following days on March 15 and 16 respectively, president of Internet Co., Ltd. Noboru Murakami made various impromptu statements on his personal Twitter account in regards to Hibiki Koto's production, stating that the first official demo song featuring Koto was completed.https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/1768708676607701233 It was then noted that Koto began development around the same time as Internet Co., Ltd.'s other upcoming VOCALOID6 project, AI Megpoid SOLID, already entering the singing and testing phase of her development with Noboru working on fine tuning and adjustments.https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/1768709383813575131 When asked by a fan if Koto would also be releasing for the text-to-speech synthesizer, Noboru stated that he did not know yet and that "various things" would be considered.https://twitter.com/starnighthottea/status/1768948202974453901 Question asking if Hibiki Koto would be developed for VOICEPEAKhttps://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/1768950021838573830 Answer from Noboru Murakami.
Hibiki Koto was formally revealed on March 18 as expected, with the formal announcement of her production as an AI voicebank for the VOCALOID6 engine, that would be released on Thursday, April 18.https://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocaloid6/hibikikoto/https://twitter.com/HibikiKoto0418/status/1769632094500892969 Her full character design, which was announced to be illustrated by the official illustrator of AI Megpoid, Nou, was revealed, as well as her official character profile, voice actress, who was announced to be the Japanese singer Leon Tachibanahttps://twitter.com/Singer_illusion/status/1769652277856625023, as well as purchase options and her first demonstrations. Hibiki Koto was introduced as a 17-year-old student, noted to have an authentic singer's voice with a powerful and firm singing voice. She enjoys music, musicals, and peaches, and attends a high school attached to a music college. She performs in various band activities, including providing vocals, and playing various instruments such as the piano and guitar. Her height was listed at 156cm and her favorite colors were listed as light blue and pink.https://twitter.com/HibikiKoto0418/status/1769633662054826137 Pre-order reservations began the same day on the official Internet Co., Ltd. online shop and would be available for purchase as download and packaged versions, including options for a Starter Pack bundle with the VOCALOID6 editor.https://twitter.com/INTERNETjp/status/1769633755160080561https://twitter.com/INTERNETjp/status/1769642395786752163https://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocaloid6/hibikikoto/lineup.html Upon her reveal, she received two demonstrations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwhv8wEn_-g and received a series of alternative illustrations for her main key visual image as well as reference and concept artwork, also illustrated by Nou.https://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocaloid6/hibikikoto/illust.htmlhttps://twitter.com/INTERNETjp/status/1769652462338945419
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
===System Requirements===
*OS: Windows 10 Version 21H2 (or later), Windows 11 Version 21H2 (or later), 10.15 (Catalina), macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 12 (Monterey)
*CPU: Haswell (4th generation) or later Intel Core series or Xeon series
*RAM: 8 GB minimum recommended
*HDD: At least 25 GB
*Other: Audio device, internet connection (for authentication, deauthentication, software updates, etc.)
*Monitor size:
**Minimum operating environment: 1366 × 768
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