Vocaloid 2 in the world of professional music?
Vocaloid 2 is a singing synthesizer developed by Yamaha which allows users to generate singing by inputting the lyrics and notes for their song. It has been gaining popularity on the net after the new version Hatsune Miku was released, hitting #1 on the Amazon sales rankings despite the 15,750 yen price tag.
dRESS, the main composer for music group ave;new, has apparently used Vocaloid 2 to make a Hatsune Miku version of their popular song “True my heart” and posted it up on their blog. He put it through the entire process, even involving vocal producer Netomo Hidemi and bringing it into the studio to mix the pitch and volume.
The original vocalist for the song, Sakura Saori, also comments on the Vocaloid version saying that a strong rival has appeared.
I like ave;new because they do stupid things like this.
edit: I just realised that a Vocaloid-only doujin event has just been announced today. How fast do these people move!
