LEORA

**LEORA** is the last Alter/Ego vocal to be released on the engine. She is the second vocal developed by VoxWave, and the first to be produced in collaboration with Chorical. She is voiced by TBKitsune and illustrated by Saphirya.

## History

Several weeks before a formal announcement was made, cosplayers were sent pictures of the design. She was officially announced on June 30th, 2016.

On April 7th, 2017 it was announced in a YouTube video uploaded onto VoxWave's account that LEORA would be bilingual in French and English. Each language would come with two voice styles, "Core" and "Power" which would make use of the multi-pitch capabilities introduced to the engine. Following this, pre-alpha demos of the "Core" and "Power" French voicebanks uploaded separately.

Pre-orders were launched at a discounted price on April 8th, 2017. Those who pre-ordered would receive the French beta upfront and the English as a free update.

LEORA's first original song made a debut in the album "Emancipation". The song, titled "Fugitive", accumulated a total of 5,000+ views on YouTube.

VoxWave has noted that an album of songs written for LEORA will be released and titled, "Ambition".

Despite having a release goal of fall 2018, it was pushed back. On June 1, 2019, VoxWave held a live-stream with news about the development of LEORA. They revealed that the voicebank was now being developed in association with Chorical, with a goal of release before Christmas.

On April 2, 2020, a new original song titled "Rébellion" by Delphine P. was posted to the VoxWave YouTube channel demonstrating the finalized French voicebank.

LEORA's finished voicebank was released on April 11, 2020. Users who had previously owned her were notified of an update being received by email.

Additionally, users may report bugs for both LEORA and ALYS' voicebanks through this form.

As of September 2021, VoxWave officially closed as a company. Due to this, on December 15, ALYS was announced to be open-sourced. The character was stated to be under the free CC-BYNC-4.0 license, the UTAU vocal libraries were under the GPL-3.0 license, and the Alter/Ego version was still under a proprietary license under Phundrak's name, but was available for free. When asked if this would eventually apply to LEORA as well, Phundrak confirmed that there were no plans for her at the moment. It was possible for ALYS due to the fact that Phundrak was the owner of her software, however, he was not sure if he was considered the owner of LEORA.

## Concept

LEORA is both the second French vocal and first vocal to be bilingual in French and English. Both voicebanks will come with a "Core" and "Power" aspect, including multi-pitch capabilities, and a crossfade feature. After full release, she will be the final official Alter/Ego voicebank developed for the software.

LEORA is designed with a more "rebellious" approach in mind to her character. She embodies "Ares and Aphrodite" to ALYS' "Athena" nature, designed to cover concepts ALYS cannot. LEORA was also introduced with the idea to learn to improve ALYS. In short she was created to make ALYS's world more "dense".

### Etymology

The name "LEORA" is rooted in numerous cultures, but most commonly is derived from a meaning of light, or "shining light".

### Appearances

LEORA's concept is prominent in her design. Described as having an "Ares and Aphrodite" avatar, she is the polar opposite to her counterpart, ALYS. Contrasting ALYS' blue and black, LEORA sports a red and white color scheme (albeit with black accents). She has common virtual singer tropes such as waveforms, a headset, and a microphone with an almost RPG-like stand.

## Product Information

### Voicebank Libraries

* French CORE & POWER vocals
* English CORE & POWER vocals

* The final cost has yet to be determined.
* These voicebanks are still in development.
* They are both Microsoft Windows and MacOS compatible.
* The purpose is Vocalizing and Singing.

**CORE vocal explained**

"Core" is designed to be the default vocal in the LEORA package, similar to that of the "STRAIGHT" vocals produced by Crypton Future Media for the VOCALOID engine.
**POWER vocal explained**

* LEORA POWER (FR)
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* The final cost has yet to be determined.
* These voicebanks are still in development.
* They are both Microsoft Windows and MacOS compatible.
* The purpose is Vocalizing and Singing.

**English CORE vocal explained:**

English "Core" is developed to serve the same purpose as French "Core" in terms of usability.
**English POWER vocal explained:**

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## Examples of Usage

Search for music featuring LEORA [show/hide]

* "Alter/Ego LEORA" on Niconico Video.
* "Alter/Ego LEORA" on YouTube.
* "Alter/Ego LEORA" on bilibili.
* "Alter/Ego LEORA" on SoundCloud.

## Gallery

Reference sheetLeora T-shirt designEmancipation album coverFormal outfitChibi of formal outfit
## References

1. ↑ voice ref
2. ↑ link
3. ↑ link
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otE6DYUx6h0
5. ↑ https://www.chorical.com
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIs6ec9aA88
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/VoxWave\_Studio/status/1249023042937925636?s=20
8. ↑ https://blog.phundrak.com/open-sourcing-alys/
9. ↑ https://twitter.com/Phundrak/status/1471192379638140939
10. ↑ link
11. ↑ link

## External links

* Developer twitter
* developer homepage
* developer Aminoapps

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