Gackpoid
Gackpoid V4 complete
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| Developer(s) | Internet Co., Ltd., Yamaha Corporation |
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| Initial release | July 31, 2008 |
| Stable release |
Gackpoid V4 / April 30, 2015
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| Development status | Released |
| Operating system | Windows, OS X 10.8 or better |
| Available in | Japanese |
| Type | Vocal Synthesizer Application |
| Website | VOCALOID4 がくっぽいど |
Gackpoid (がくっぽいど?), is a software developed by Internet Co., Ltd. for the Vocaloid software. His voice is sampled from Japanese singer and actor Gackt. The mascot of the software is called "Camui Gackpo (神威 がくぽ?),", after Gackt's personal name.
Gackpoid was developed by Internet Co., Ltd. using Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizer software as their first venture into the voice synthesizer industry. The initial version was released on July 31, 2008. The name "Gackpoid", meaning "Gackt-like Vocaloid", was chosen by Gackt himself during the voice recording process.Gakupo, the software's mascot, was designed by Kentaro Miura and chosen by Internet Co. from a pool of several competing designs.
His vocals were one of the Vocaloid 2 male vocals which was used in reference to the creation of VY2.
V3 Gackpoid, an update to the original Gackpoid using the Vocaloid 3 synthesizer software, was released on July 13, 2012. It was released as a package with three different vocal tones: NATIVE (the basic voice), WHISPER, and POWER.
On July 25, 2013, Internet Co., Ltd. announced that Mac OS X versions of all of their software, including Gackpoid, were in development using the VOCALOID Editor for Cubase NEO software for Macintosh. The OS X versions were rolled out as a free download for all registered users in October 2013, though Internet Co. advised users to choose only one version—Mac or Windows—due to only one license being available per user.
On December 2, 2014, Noboru Murakami, president of Internet Co., Ltd., stated that an update of Gackpoid from Vocaloid 3 to Vocaloid 4 was forthcoming, but declined to specify release dates or schedules.Gackpoid V4, an update to the voice library using the Vocaloid 4 synthesizer software, was released on April 30, 2015. It added growl samples to each of the three voice banks and contained general improvements to the V3 program.
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