INTERNET- VOCALOID 2 features - June 20, 2008

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Inputting the melody with VOCALOID Editor
VOCALOID 2’s score editing tool (VOCALOID Editor) has a user interface with an excellent level of readability. The melody is inputted by using the mouse to click the virtual keyboard to confirm the pitch while entering notes on the piano-roll display. You can input and edit while visually confirming the pitch and the length of a note. 

Inputting Japanese lyrics that match the melody
You can input lyrics (words) by simply typing in hiragana, katakana or romaji.

Improve your singing ability and expression by (controlling) the various parameters
The vocal volume, pitch, brightness, size of the opening of the mouth, vibrato and so on can all be adjusted. On top of that, you can adjust the “Gender Factor” and change the voice to make it sound more feminine, masculine or even like a child’s voice. 

Create a back chorus of up to 16 people
Up to 16 singers can be created, and a chorus or choral music can be sung. You can also change the character of the singers and increase the variation in the chorus.  

Realistic synthetic singing voice
By using the “singing voice library”, a database created from the recordings of actual people’s singing voices, the characteristics of the original singing voice remain, and the synthesized singing that’s created sounds realistic. The vocal sound source for the virtual vocalist “GACKPOID” uses Gackt’s voice as the base. 

Convenient features
-Note monitor: If you continuously hold down a note for a fixed amount of time, the pitch and lyric assigned to that note will be sung at that point. You can immediately check the lyric or pitch that was inputted. 
-Expression control: You can easily and intuitively change the expression (attack, vibrato, etc.) 
-Transparent control track: In order to control the vocal quality, the track is transparent, allowing you to identify two control parameters at the same time. 
-Switching between playback and rendering: You can specify whether each track will play back the original or the rendered version. When you are done editing a track, you can let it render, reducing the load time during playback. 

Real time performance
If you boot up “GACKPOID” with a music making software on sequencers or DAWs that are compatible with VSTi, you can do a live performance using a MIDI keyboard.  

Voice file output
You can export the completed vocal part as a standard audio format WAV file and save it on your computer. You can use it with music-making software or image-editing software, or convert it to MP3 files and other compressed files and post your original song online for public view; the possibilities are endless.  

Coordination with music making software
By using music-making software on sequencers or DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) that are compatible with ReWire/VSTi (※), you can synchronize accurately the vocal track and other instruments (lit. accompaniment) in order to make a musical piece. (※) Software such as “Singer Song Writer 8.0” and “Singer Song Writer 8.0 VS” by INTERNET Co., Ltd. 

Source: http://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocal/gackpoid/vl2/index.html

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