LEON (VOCALOID1)

==History==
According to production notes, the recording process for the LEON and LOLA vocals took 8 hours each day, for 5 days.link
From the the existence of an early "Soul Singer" box illustration, LEON and LOLA may have been intended for sale as a duo. However, very little information is known about their early development at all, with much of the early development of VOCALOID, even the name "VOCALOID", having yet to have been finalized. 
Both LEON and LOLA were known to have existed at the early stages of "Project Daisy", and were the only vocals to have been shown to the general public under the name "Daisy". 
LEON was released, along with fellow VOCALOID LOLA, by Zero-G Limited. Both vocals were one of the exhibits at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest, and the pair won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award. At the time of their release, LOLA and LEON had no rival software to contend with and were the first vocal synthesizers to be released of their nature. However, due to their accents, LEON and LOLA failed to impact the American market.- LEON and LOLA won a 2005 EM Editor's Choice AwardVocaloid Creative Community - CEO from Crypton, on Engloids "It's a Toy"
===Re-Sale===
Due to renewed interest in VOCALOID from the success of Hatsune Miku, in 2008: LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM were put back on sale for the first time in several years.
===Final Retirement===
In mid-December 2013, Zero-G's newsletter reported that December 31, 2013: LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM would receive permanent retirement and be removed from sale. On January 1, 2014, the three vocalists were officially retired.
Due to financial reasons, Zero-G has stated it is not feasible to update any of the 3 VOCALOID vocals.
===Post Retirement DL sales===
On December 26, 2014, Zero-G confirmed in a response to a fan that they would still offer LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM in download format only until stock has been depleted. However, they could not provide software support, and users wishing to purchase the software were made aware that they cannot seek technical support from Zero-G.
Serial codes for LEON and LOLA were still available in November 2015, despite MIRIAM being confirmed to have run out of serial codes at this point. By 2021, both LEON and LOLA were reported to have been unavailable.
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
===System Requirements===
;Minimum Requirements
* Windows XP or Windows 2000 (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOCALOID VERSION 1 PRODUCTS LEON, LOLA AND MIRIAM ARE NOT FULLY COMPATIBLE* WITH WINDOWS 7 OR LATER)
* Pentium III, 1 GHz or faster
* 512MB of RAM or more
* 32 bit required (does not work on 64 bit systems)
* Approx 700 Mb Hard disk space or more
* SVGA Display (1024x768)
* Sound Card with Microsoft DirectSound Compatible driver
* LAN/network card must be installed, or a USB network card must be connected to the USB port.
;Recommended Requirements
* Windows XP (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOCALOID VERSION 1 PRODUCTS LEON, LOLA AND MIRIAM ARE NOT FULLY COMPATIBLE* WITH WINDOWS 7 OR LATER)
* Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz or faster
* 32 bit
* 1 GB of RAM or more
===Voicebanks===
====Interface====
thumb|LEON's VOCALOID interface
Like all VOCALOID vocals, LEON has his own version of the VOCALOID interface.
==References==
==Navigation==
Category:LEON
Category:Voicebanks
Category:English voicebank
Category:VOCALOID1 voicebank
Category:Retired voicebank
Category:Voicebanks with bonus content