LEON

LE♂N is an English VOCALOID developed and distributed by Zero-G Limited, and was released in January 2004 for the first VOCALOID engine. He was one of the 4 known "Project Daisy" vocals. He and L♀LA were among the first voice banks to be commercially distributed.MIT Press Journals LEON is advertised as a "virtual male soul vocalist modeled on a real professional singer"; his voice provider has never been revealed, but was described officially as "Black and English" and is a well established musician in Great Britain.http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/822/82220946009.pdf
==Concept==
===Etymology===
While it is unknown why Zero-G chose this name, "Leon" is a name of Latin origins and is used in several countries in Europe as a variation of the name "Leo", meaning "Lion".Meaning of Leon's name
===Appearance===
LEON's boxart was standard for his day and rival software package Cantor would later adopt the same boxart style, the boxart for both products are from stock images. The photographer for LEON's boxart is unknown, but the photograph is on various stock photo sites. An example of the original was hosted on Fotosearch and titled "Profile of woman with finger next to lips" x13037575,Fotosearch it has since been uploaded and hosted to Getty Images under the profile of Chromacome with the same titling ﹟E003551. LEON has since been taken as one of the few "Avatar-less" VOCALOIDs.
===Relations===
*L♀LA - A complementary voice bank with feminine vocals.
==History==
===Marketing===
LEON and LOLA received standard advertisement for their day. They were advertised on the internet and in electronic magazines. At the time, this was normal for software synthesizers and there was no VOCALOID fandom to aid with their development. They were aimed at professionals and therefore, had no fan input in mind. Their boxart was changed, along with the method of marketing them, some time after Zero-G announced their role in the development of VOCALOID and both were intended to be marketed as a pair.via wayback machine
For a period he, along with LOLA and MIRIAM, were not for sale due to the lack of interest in synthesized voices. This lack of interest was owed to the sudden change in trends. After increased interest began to occur in VOCALOID™ and demand was renewed, Zero-G began reselling LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM from their own website via their virtual shop. According to Zero-G interview in 2010, the three may also get a redesign in the future.Engloid Blog - Zero-G Interview: Dom Keefe
===Voicebanks===
;LEON
:LEON was a male "soul singer" vocal and the counter-partner vocal to LOLA. He has a soul singing male vocal with a smooth and high vocal for Soul singing.
* LEON (Project Daisy), unreleased.
* LEON (VOCALOID), January 15, 2004
==Music featuring LEON==
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