MEIKO (VOCALOID1)

==History==
MEIKO and KAITO were originally developed by Yamaha, with Crypton Future Media handling their commercial releases. This strategy would go on to be repeated, as the later VY1 and VY2 vocals were also developed by Yamaha, but distributed by Bplats, Inc..link
MEIKO and KAITO were originally developed alongside LEON and LOLA, and intended to release for the software "Project Daisy", with MEIKO's name originally being "HANAKO". 
On July 24, 2003, a CD album titled "HISTORY OF LOGIC SYSTEM" was released. This album included the first commercial song using a Japanese VOCALOID. The song was a cover of "Ano Subarashii Ai wo Mou Ichido (That Wonderful Love Once More)," utilizing the prototype versions of MEIKO and KAITO. amazon.co.jp HISTORY LOGIC SYSTEM
According to DTM Magazine, MEIKO sold over 3,000 units in her first year; which they noted to be out of the ordinary for a software synthesizer at that time. This was also far batter than her counterpart, KAITO, who had only sold 500 units. At the time, it was considered by Crypton Future Media that a product would be labelled "successful" if it sold 1,000 units. MEIKO's success, followed by the further success of Hatsune Miku, led Crypton to be focused on female vocals for their VOCALOID2 era voicebanks. These factors led to a common expectation that female voicebanks would sell better than male voicebanks.
During Hatsune Miku's pre-order period, it was noted that MEIKO and KAITO had no planned updates, with Crypton Future Media preferring to carry on with new releases. Hatsune Miku would be a successor to the pair, and those who had purchased either MEIKO or KAITO could receive preferential sales for the Hatsune Miku voicebank if they registered by August 9, 2007.https://blog.sonicwire.com/2007/08/vocaloid2_8.html
Contrary to Crypton Future Media's previous statement(s), after Hatsune Miku's success, KAITO went into rediscovery. This put him on par with the sales of VOCALOID2 voicebanks. In 2008, while KAITO received 2nd place in the Nico Nico Douga best-seller award, MEIKO was struggling to keep popularity with the more modern female VOCALOIDs being released. By 2009, and up to 2011, MEIKO was barely selling at all in contrast to KAITO, who was consistently among the top 10 products sold by Crypton Future Media.
In 2012, Zero-G confirmed that all VOCALOID vocals were unsupported and due for retirement "in the near future."Zero-G email
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
===System Requirements===
*Pentium III 1 GHz or more
**(If using the VOCALOID VSTi or using ReWire, more than 4 1.8 GHz Pentium)
*OS Windows 2000/XP
**(Recommended for XP)
*RAM memory 512MB or more
**(Recommended 1GB or more)
*Interface VST2.0, ReWire, standalone correspondence
===Voicebanks===
====Interface====
Meikointerface.jpg|MEIKO's VOCALOID interface
SignedskinMeikpV1.jpg|Special "Signed" version of the interface
Like all VOCALOID vocals, MEIKO had her own interface design.
In 2006 a competition was held, with winners being awarded a special signed version of the interface.https://blog.sonicwire.com/2006/06/post_32.html
==References==
==Navigation==
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