Name:
Hatsune Miku (初音ミ)
Character
Item: Leek
Sample
Voice: Fujita Saki
Released:
August 31, 2007 by Crypton Future Media
Age:
16 years old
Height:
158cm
Weight:
42kg
Favorite
Gendre: POP/Dance
Favorite
Tempo Range: 70~150BPM
Best
Vocal Range: A3~E5
Prior
to the introduction of Hatsune Miku and rest of the series, the vocal effect
was mainly referred to as “Vocaloid,” a voice synthesizer intended for singing.
The user places the notes, pronunciation, and voice effects to attempt to
create a realistic type of voice. Soon, Vocaloid 2, the second version of the
synthesizer, was released with the Swedish Vocaloid “Sweet Ann” by PowerFX, but
it remained little known to the masses.
On
August 17th, 2007 the “Miku Hatsune CV01 Vocaloid2” vocal synthesizer was
released in Japan. The name comes from the Japanese characters Hatsu (初, First), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future, though written in katakana as ミク). Miku was advertised as a “Virtual Pop
Star” instead of just a vocal synthesizer, using the sweet voice and cute
character as major hooks. The software was tuned to create J-pop songs, but
creating songs from other genres is possible.
