Meiko (software)
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MEIKO V3 boxart
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| Developer(s) | Yamaha Corporation |
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| Initial release | November 5, 2004 |
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MEIKO V3 / February 4, 2014
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Platform | PC |
| Available in | Japanese English |
| Type | Vocal Synthesizer Application |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Crypton Future Media |
8 July 2010 - 11 June 2017
MEIKO is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application called Vocaloid developed by Yamaha Corporation. Her voice is sampled by Meiko Haigō. She has performed at live concerts onstage as an animated projection along with Crypton Future Media's other Vocaloids (like Hatsune Miku). She was the third Vocaloid ever released and the first to sing in Japanese.
The name of the character comes directly from her voice provider's name, Haigō Meiko. MEIKO's codename was "Hanako"; it likely came from Yamada Hanako (山田花子), a placeholder name for female characters, and the Japanese equivalent to "Jane Smith". "Megumi" was also a name considered during her development.
MEIKO was developed by Yamaha and sold by Crypton Future Media. Her voice was created by taking vocal samples from singer Meiko Haigō at a controlled pitch and tone.
A Vocaloid 2 update for MEIKO was in development, but was canceled after it failed to meet the deadline. A beta version of the vocals were used in Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai.
On February 4, 2014, a new version of MEIKO, called MEIKO V3 developed for the Vocaloid 3 engine, was released containing a package of five different tones of MEIKO's voice: Power, Straight, Dark, Whisper, and English. In addition, once imported into the engine, the four Japanese voices can access the Vocaloid 4 function Cross-Synthesis (XSY).
MEIKO was positively received and sold well compared to her counterpart KAITO, originally being the most popular of the two. For a long time she was the best selling Crypton Future Media Vocaloid, selling 3,000+ units. This lasted until the release of Hatsune Miku. 3,000+ units was three times the number of sales she needed to sell to be classified as successful.
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