KAITO V3

==History==
It is unknown when production switched from VOCALOID2 to VOCALOID3, however, it is known that even Crypton Future Media could not predict if this update would be for either engine. Use of the VOCALOID2 version can be found in Project Mirai.
===KAITO APPEND: 2010===
Upon a resurgent interest in KAITO and MEIKO, Crypton Future Media began pre-production of potential updates to their respective voicebanks. In September 2010 this was teased, but it was un-declared if these updates would be for VOCALOID2 or VOCALOID3.link
In December, MEIKO and KAITO were confirmed for updates, but it was unknown whether they would be released for VOCALOID2 or VOCALOID3, as they were still being planned.http://twitter.com/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/10899687460569088 The two were not being developed as a pair, however.https://twitter.com/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/13161254973612032
Test recordings of Naoto Fuuga's voice started on December 10, 2010.tweet 11:412 PM - Dec 9 10link Several voicebanks consisting of different expressions, like the Appends, were being produced.link Wat confirmed they were still discussing the marketing of the KAITO product, and called to fans for patience.link The project timeline was also confirmed in December to be MEIKO → Megurine Luka → KAITO.tweet 5:42 PM - 10 Dec 10
A "Power" append that came from "deep within the stomach" was among the expressions being tested.link On December 17, 2010, 4 Append vocals were specifically mentioned.tweet 4:26 PM - 17 Dec 10tweet 7:31 PM - Dec 14 10 These appends were the following:
*"Mellow"tweet 4:37 AM - 14 Dec 10
*"Serious"tweet 1:32 PM - Dec 17 10
*"Sweet"tweet 12:22 AM - 17 Dec 10 - this was abandoned for the "Solid" Append.
*"Solid"tweet 3:19 PM - Dec 17 10
Wat discussed that he would be asking female producer's for their perspectives on KAITO.link
When thoughts on the update were being discussed, it was noted that the differences between Miku's high voice and KAITO's low voice were ridiculously large; being reflected on the engine itself and leaving Wat to wonder if they were still compatible.link There was also the matter of how to handle the male vocal, questioning if the "voice of the character" could be maintained with a voice such as KAITO's.link Due to KAITO's vocal being an "all-around" vocal, Wat felt that getting the "expression of color" previously seen in the Appends out of him was specifically challenging, describing the vocal as already being beautiful enough.link
On December 25, Wat mentioned that he had been charged with the sharing of information on KAITO through Twitter.link One of the biggest concerns at the time of development was that they felt the KAITO vocals they were working on were failing to meet quality expectations of consumers; more work was deemed necessary.link
===V3 KAITO: 2011===
In January, Crypton Future Media discussed the in-development silhouette for KAITO; noting that his transparent muffler had now become transparent. On February 17, 2011, Crypton released a temporary silhouette KAITO's Append. Due to backlash from fans, the aspect of a transparent muffler was being reconsidered.tweet 10:44 PM - 8 Jan 11 Piapro Blog - 【プレゼント企画】2月17日でKAITOは発売5周年！ということで、お祝い企画開催決定！！ (KAITO's fifth Anniversary - 「KAITO Append（仮）」)tweet 10:40 PM - 8 Jan 11
In March, Wat mentioned work on KAITO's vocal had come to a halt due to an undescribed problem. The effect this would have on scheduling and release date was unknown.link
Work on KAITO's voice resumed in April, with various project timelines being adjusted as KAITO was brought into focus.linklink In addition to a soft vocal, Wat also expressed the dire to produce a "down-towned" vocal.link On April 11, KAITO's vocal was in the α stage and had received negative feedback due to his treble range.link On April 13, 2011, it was confirmed 6 vocal expressions had been recorded; two of which were dropped, and the remaining continuing development. One of the mentioned expressions had already reached completed alpha stage. The Character Vocal (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len and Megurine Luka) series Appends had been created from vocal performance by their voice providers, but the new KAITO Appends were being created by adding echo, force and tension to the samples.tweet 8:50 PM - Apr 12 11
Crypton Future Media made note that several of the voicebanks had been recorded with new, high-tech, microphones through a series of trial and error instead of the standard U87ai.tweet 21 Apr via web These voicebanks were the following:
*"Vivid"
*"Solid"
*"Power" tweet 12:37 AM - 17 Dec 10
The vocals were intended as experiments utilizing the new equipment with Naoto Fuuga's voice.link
On May 12, 2011, Crypton met with Yamaha to discuss the current development of KAITO, whose demos were pending for release. Wat apologized for the slow development, and mentioned enhancements to KAITO's Whisper Append were being made.tweet 10:05 PM - 10 May 11
On May 28, KAITO's Append voicebanks "Whisper" and "Power" had demos posted to Nico Nico Douga, accompanied with a demonstration of Hatsune Miku's English voicebank.
A demo using the alpha version of KAITO's "Soft" Append was published on June 3, 2011, singing Karakuridokei to Koi no Hanashi. Vocaloidism - Kaito Append Alpha Demo: Soft
KAITO's "Soft" Append was considered by Crypton as KAITO's most natural vocal, being described as requiring little editing to sound good.tweet 1:48 AM - 3 Jun 11 At this point in time, "Soft" had left α (Alpha) and entered β (Beta).link Confirmed by Wat, the release would remain unknown for sometime, but there would continue to be development updates as soon as possible.link "Whisper" was still receiving adjustments, as well as other data; being adjusted in a hurry.link An interesting aspect that was noted was that by lowering the gender factor on KAITO's "Soft" Append, it would sound like a . Although it was cute, it was considered a mistake for correction on their part. This resulted in further changes to the vocal to prevent the outcome.tweet 6:19 PM - 8 Jun 11
By June 11, Wat tweeted they were in the middle of recording KAITO and working extra hard in comparison to the past to get the vocals completed.link He further mentioned they were prioritizing completion of the main KAITO voice to give them extra time to work on "Whisper".link It was then mentioned later that by the end of the month, "Whisper" and "Soft" would be at the same stages of development.link The data for "Whisperβ" had been finalized by the end of June.link
At the beginning of July, KAITO's "Whisper" vocal was stated to be having a demo soon.link The process for KAITO's English voicebank was also being described as "annoying".link In relation to the introduction of Hatsune Miku in America, Wat expressed that there was a high level of female VOCALOID fans in America, in contrast to Japan whose demographic was primarily male. Due to this, KAITO was to be tested with this audience to gauge interest and demand.link After an interval of suspension, Crypton managed to finish recording KAITO's vocals by the end of June.tweet 1:47 AM - 13 Jun 11 From that point on, discussions of image and vocal outputs were being held with Naoto Fuuga.tweet 3:01 AM - 13 Jun 11 A classic, VOCALOID-style, KAITO recording to match the vocal tone of the original voicebank that users were familiar with was also completed.tweet 5:04 AM - 13 Jun 11
The first commercial usage of KAITO's Append was produced by yanagi and kaoling for the album "VOCALOID Minzokucho Kyokushu." In this album, he sings the song "Sennen no Dokusou Ka (kaoling mix)".link Later, beta versions of KAITO's "Normal", "Soft", and "Whisper" voicebanks would appear on the VOCALO APPEND album, singing "Lost Destination" with Kagamine Len Append.link
In October, Crypton updated progress on the project via Twitter, stating that English KAITO would take some time to produce.tweet 7:06 AM - 13 Oct 11 Not long after, it was announced via Piaprolink and the Hatsune Miku Facebook that there would be a surprise regarding KAITO being revealed at the 2011 New York Anime Festival. On October 16, the panel played a demo of KAITO's English voicebank. Footage of the presentation was captured and uploaded onto YouTube:
It was specified after this demo that KAITO's English voicebank was in its alpha stage, and still needing further work.tweet 7:28 AM - 17 Oct 11 This work continued into December, where the lower tones of the voicebank were described as needing to be fixed. linklink
On December 1, it was mentioned that all previous demos had been rendered with the VOCALOID2 engine, and the project was being redone for the VOCALOID3 engine.link
Further exclusive information on KAITO's update was rewarded to the winner of a contest at the time based around Kagamine Len Append.link
===V3 KAITO: 2012===
In February 2012, Wat discussed the differences between the CV series (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len and Megurine Luka) and KAITO/MEIKO; stating that their appends were being adjusted using editing techniques to achieve the results, whereas the CV series Appends had been done by voice acting.link KAITO's English voicebank was reported to have received adjustments to a few of its diphone data in the same month.link
By this time, Crypton Future Media had begun the process of looking for Japanese producers who could use English-capable VOCALOIDs.tweet 12:47 AM - 16 Feb 12 During development, KAITO's quality was being compared to overseas male English VOCALOIDs.tweet 12:24 AM - 16 Feb 12 On February 23, it was noted that both progress on the Japanese vocals and English vocal was possible to share moving forward.tweet 4:58 PM - 22 Feb 12 Through exchanging VSQx files with producers, further comparisons with native English VOCALOIDs was done for testing.tweet 01 AM - 16 Feb 12 Several overseas producers were now taking part in KAITO's production.tweet 6:02 AM - 22 Feb 12 KAITO's English vocal had received significant feedback on Vowel-Vowel transitions, as well as Diphthong samples, which resulted in further adjustment.tweet 5:55 AM - 22 Feb 12
As KAITO's clothes were a point of contention, they were confirmed not to be receiving significant changes in March; merely receiving some modernization.tweet 7:32 PM - 30 Mar 12 The usage of a 2.5D style drawing was intended for the physical package's illustration. In early March 2012, Kenmochi Hideki was given the updated KAITO package (including English) for feedback and further adjustments.tweet 3:39 AM - 2 Mar 12 Crypton noted the only work remaining was for KAITO's vowels to be adjusted.link
In April, the use of triphonic data in "Whisper" was described as "wonderful".link The previous KAITO "Normal" vocal was confirmed to be a final voicebank in the updated package.link In the update's manual, a history of VOCALOID KAITO would be included.link Further adjustment to KAITO's voice were being made up until May of 2012.link
In October, checks on KAITO's vocal were being performed once again.link Both KAITO and Miku's vocals were adjusted at this point in time.link While the previous KAITO "Normal" vocal had been confirmed for the updated package, the naming scheme was still subject to change: names such as "Neutral", "Natural" and "Default" were all in consideration.link
Demos using Miku and KAITO's English voicebanks were shown at NYCCon 2012, both being in the beta stage. KAITO's "Whisper" and default vocal were also shown.link The expected release for KAITO was to be "by the end of this year or the beginning of the next".link
More information regarding the KAITO update was planned for December. Due to the desire to include "Piapro Studio" with the new KAITO package, a slight delay occurred.
===V3 KAITO: 2013===
In early January 2013, KAITO's voicebanks had received their final adjustments, being completed and set to be released mid-February as scheduled.link translation DTM Magazine ran a series of tutorials on using KAITO V3 for beginners.link translation The bundling of KAITO V3 with other products was in an effort to give producers everything Crypton felt they would need.link translation KAITO V3 would consist of 4 vocal libraries, in an effort to minimize any potential troubles.link translation Users who had purchased VOCALOID KAITO would receive a special discount of the difference between VOCALOID KAITO's price and the price of the CV Series.linktranslation part1 translation part2
KAITO V3 was released on February 15, 2013.Crypton
===Mac Update===
With the release of the VOCALOID NEO engine, KAITO V3 would be updated for Mac compatibility. Those who own the KAITO V3 package for Windows would receive this update free of charge. KAITO V3's Mac version was released on February 15, 2014.link
 
Kaitov3mac.png|Mac release boxart
===Future Plans===
In 2014, Wat mentioned playing with the wavelengths of experimental vocals he hoped to one day release. These 3 vocals he mentioned were KAITO "Light", Miku "Falsetto", and MEIKO "Hard".Tweet about future vocals
===KAITO V3: 2024===
On July 1, Crypton announced that their virtual singer software product line would be repackaged as part of celebration of the company's 20th Anniversary of their singing synthesis software business. The DAW in the KAITO V3 package was changed to Cubase LE.https://blog.piapro.net/2024/07/ms2407011.html
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
Demo page
===System Requirements===
*Windows XP (32bit) / VISTA (32bit) / 7 (32, 64bit) ※ Windows 8 in (64bit) 32bit compatibility mode (WOW64): OS
*Recommended Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or more: CPU
*Recommended 2GB or more: RAM memory
*Free space of 25GB or more
*Other: Display / Internet connection environment of video card / 1280x768px or more corresponding to the driver of the DVD-ROM drive / sound device / OpenGL 3.0 or more (when activated)
===Voicebanks===
==References==
==Navigation==
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