OLIVER (VOCALOID3)

==History==
OLIVER's production began in 2010, with his voice being recorded by a (then) 13 year old British boy at a studio in London.link According to an interview in 2013, the boy selected for the role of OLIVER's voice was able to concentrate better than some of the adults they had used in the past. The boy was chosen from a children's choir; the choir leader was known by a friend of Anders and was asked for suitable candidates. OLIVER's provider was chosen for his ability to read the VOCALOID English script clearly and maintain maturity despite the young age.MikuStar's blog - Q&A With Anders Sodergren
OLIVER was originally announced on a blog as having a release date set for October 1, 2011. VOCALOID 3 was not set for release until October 21. Certain members of the VOCALOID community were leaked details about him by PowerFX, including to editors of the VOCALOID Wiki, such as that their next VOCALOID was male and a VOCALOID 3. Meanwhile, members of the community had secretly been aiding Anders in OLIVER's fine tuning. As it was their first VOCALOID, PowerFX agreed to release the product for VocaTone, with Anders sorting out most of the legal issues and aiding the group with any issues they faced.
Finally, a fan announced that information had passed to them of OLIVER's name and Anders confirmed that their information was correct. The voice was revealed at an anime convention, Anime Banzai, but was released as an official demo.
On Halloween 2011, a song featuring OLIVER, Sweet Ann and Big Al singing was released on YouTube, the song was a parody of the Addams Family theme song ("The PowerFX family"). OLIVER's official demo song was released on YouTube and is a cover of Circus Monster originally sung by Megurine Luka. A second demo, Scarborough Fair, was also released alongside it. The third demo is "Dinky Dink"; composed by So-Pop and originally sung by SONiKA, it focuses on his lower range and his English. His next demo, Going Home, focused more on his choir boy skills. Recently, his demo of Lonely Flight was reported by VocaTone as focusing on his lower octave. On December 20, a VocaTone member reported that OLIVER was to be released the next day and hinted that VocaloidOtaku forum members might get something "special". This later was revealed to be a 25% discount for VO members that would last till the end of January.
It was confirmed that OLIVER would have a physical box product as well as being available for download online.VocaloidOtaku: VOCALOID Oliver - Lawlietlk (dappleback) answers questions Progress-wise he was said to be complete. Voice and art were completely finished, and there were activities planned for his reveal and release. According to VocaTone they were pushing for a 2011 release, but the holdup was Yamaha. On December 6, PowerFX's website was updated to include a product page for OLIVER.link
Finally, the announcement of his release came a day before it was due. For members of VocaloidOtaku forums, a 25% discount was offered to the downloadable version (offer would extend to boxed version in the upcoming future) of OLIVER for users who signed up to the forum. This e-mail was to be sent out as a bulk e-mail. This offer ended on January 31, 2012. Currently, only the lite version can be bought from PowerFX. The VOCALOID3 editor had to be bought from Yamaha themselves separately, although this would change in the future according to Anders.link
A DVD release was eventually made for sale.link On the February 28, 2012, a physical hard copy of OLIVER and VOCALOID were released together.link
==Product Information==
===Demonstrations===
===E-Capsule Demonstrations===
===System Requirements===
*OS: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
*CPU: Celeron Dual Core 2.1 GHz or more
*RAM: 1GB or more
*HDD: 1.5GB free space or more
===Voicebanks===
==References==
==Navigation==
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