Due to the voice style, she's not intended to give professional quality results, however, this makes her able to sing in a very wide variety of genres.Ties with Prima on ability to hit the highest optimum note of any VOCALOID2 voicebank library at #E5.She is able to reach notes very few singers can reach. Her strength lies in her ability to climb up high into the octaves while maintaining a strong mid-tone range, without losing her cute sounding tone.As a result of the vocal direction, Hatsune Miku is not intended to be a realistic sounding voice. Miku's voice is intended to be a cute-sounding Japanese vocal and was designed to have a characteristic personality to her voice. Genre: Pop, Rock, Dance Optimum Range: A3 ~ E5 Optimum Tempo: 70 ~ 150 BPM Real-time VSTi is recommended when using more than 2GB.Operation 32bit compatibility mode (WOW64) in 7 (64bit).(Recommen+ or more Pentium4 2.8 GHz / Athlon).2000 + more than Pentium4 2 GHz / Athlon XP.
Īt the end of 2015, it was announced that from March 31, 2016, VOCALOID2 was being retired and no new serial codes were be issued by Yamaha.
When Hatsune Miku was on pre-order it was noted MEIKO and KAITO had no prospect of receiving updates and it was preferred to carry on with new releases. She was originally expected to go on sale on 24 August, 2007, but due to problems it was impossible to ship physical copies by the 24th.
Due to problems with schedule, her VOCALOID2 software did not have time to go to public beta testing unlike most past VOCALOID vocals, although the same had happened to Sweet ANN released prior. Her last name, "Hatsune", was unveiled on July 7, 2007, after a 12 hour journey to Yamaha to gain permission to release the "CV01" voicebank. According to Crypton Future Media, she was worked upon for more than 10 hours a day for 2 months. Her voicebank was at 90% completion at the date of her unveiling and was the first of the CV vocals planned for the VOCALOID2 software. Hatsune Miku was unveiled on June 25, 2007, at which time only the name "Miku" was known. Hatsune Miku's voice was originally recorded using nonsense phrases the script was changed over time to give more stretch. Though recording normally takes over 4 hours, she had great concentration and was able to do and her first recording went really well. Wat wanted a simple and clear voice and had picked Saki Fujita due to her roles in anime. However, the original concept for Miku later became the Megurine Luka vocal, Miku at first only receiving a Japanese voicebank. Immediately after VOCALOID2 was announced, the idea for a bilingual Vocaloid called "Hatsune Miku" was put forward.
The idea behind her was first established as being "a cute female vocal that professionals can create with", part of the "CV" or "Character Vocal" series who were designed to combine recognizable characteristics in their voices and clear color schemes. In 2009 she was also offered alongside the Sonar8 software package. The Vocal Character Series was designed to be a set of vocals with specific characteristics to them her software allows for manipulation in a variety of ways while maintaining a 'cute' sounding voice. The first release for the the Vocal Character series, Hatsune Miku was the first VOCALOID developed by Crypton Future Media and the third they would distribute.