Shopping Guide
When asked to think of a soft synthetic-sounding voiced character, many first think of Hatsune Miku. Hatsune Miku, the emerald-green pigtailed Vocaloid, debuted in 2007 using Yamaha’s voice synthesizer, Vocaloid2. Now, she is a part of anime and games and has become an extremely popular and well respected Vocaloid. However, a rival to Hatsune Miku exists and was announced this year. From the Vocaloid3 singing voice library comes Aoki Lapis.
Aoki Lapis was chosen through a public voice recording competition, a first for the industry. She is a female fairy with a height of only 15 cm. Aoki Lapis even has her own iPhone/iPad applications, which were released on Nov. 26, 2012, including “iVOCALOID Aoki Lapis” and “VocaloWitter Aoki Lapis”.
“iVOCALOID” is a mobile version of the Yamaha Vocaloid software, and “VocaloWitter” is a simpler mobile version that can compose speaking and singing. They are priced respectively at 2,400 yen and 600 yen. However until Dec. 16, 2012, they will be on sale for 1,000 yen, and 250 yen respectively. If you are interested in these apps, make sure you buy them early to take advantage of this great deal!
This article contains translated excerpts from:
http://t-otaku-m.com/YAfJXm (Japanese)