Vocaloids

Vocaloids are the titular protagonistic species of VOCALOID, they are machines designed to mimic a vocalist using a powered voice bank
== History ==
Yamaha started working on Vocaloid in March 2000 and first announced it at the Musikmesse fair in Germany on March 5-9, 2003. Originally called "Daisy," after the song "Daisy Bell," the name was changed to "Vocaloid" due to copyright issues.
Vocaloid 2 was announced in 2007. This version used vocal samples instead of analyzing human voices. Both the synthesis engine and the user interface were completely revamped, with Japanese Vocaloids getting a Japanese interface.
Vocaloid 3 launched on October 21, 2011, introducing several products in Japanese. Studios also updated their Vocaloid 2 products to work with the new engine and improved voice samples.
In October 2014, the first product for the Vocaloid 4 engine was the English vocal Ruby, delayed to release on the newer engine. By 2015, many V4 versions of Vocaloids were available. The Vocaloid 5 engine was announced shortly after.
Vocaloid 5, released on July 12, 2018, featured a revamped user interface and significant engine improvements. It was only available as a bundle; the standard version came with four voices, and the premium version included eight. This marked the first time since Vocaloid 2 that an engine was sold with vocals included, as starting with Vocaloid 3, they were sold separately.
Vocaloid 6 came out on October 13, 2022, supporting voices from Vocaloid 3 onwards, along with new voices from a line called Vocaloid
. The product, sold as a bundle, included four voices from Vocaloid 5 and four new ones from Vocaloid
. These AI voicebanks supported English and Japanese, with plans for Chinese support. Vocaloid 6 also introduced a feature allowing users to import their own singing audio, which Vocaloid
could recreate using one of its vocals.
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