Macne Nana Bio

Name: Macne Nana (マクネナナ)

Character Item: Green Apple (Frequently seen with her)

Sample Voice: Haruna Ikezawa

Released: March 28, 2009 by MI7, Bplats, Inc. (as an Utauloid), January 2014 ( As a vocaloid 3 )

Gender : Female

Age: 16-17 years old

Height: (Unknown)

Weight: (Unknown)

Favorite Gendre: Pop and Electronica/Techno

Favorite Tempo Range: (Unknown)

Best Vocal Range: (Unknown)

Macne Nana was originally released in Open license format for Reason4 and GarageBand, and contained 104 samples. Due to the fact it was released as a open license, so long as you owned the original software Nana was free to be exploited to additional software. This led it to later be converted to work with UTAU by UTAU fans.
A smaller "compact" version called "Macne Nana Petite" was also released at a cheaper price, with less content and was released as the "lite" version of Macne Nana. When the Act2 website was retired and the Macne's were moved over to their own website, Macne Nana and Macne Nana Petite (now called "Macne Petite") were given new vocals called "Macne Nana 2S" and "Macne Petite 2S".
The "Macne Nana 2S" version was recorded in the scales of D#4/G#4/C#5 and had 117 samples, more than the first Macne Nana release. It came with a already built UTAU vocal and was made to sound more distinct from Macne Petite, as well as the original "Macne Nana/Macne Nana Petite" vocal. 

Her first design is mainly inspired by Hatsune Miku, while the 2S design is said to be "princess" themed. The design of the Macne series in general incorporate various aspects of the Mac computer and its physical appearance, such as USB ports and disk drives.
Nana was designed to be the first voice on the Mac OS. She was inspired by the success of Hatsune Miku, and was even labelled Macne Miku (Mac音ミク) during her first production. She is described as a bright and cheerful girl who can be a bit of a klutz. She is accident prone and is often late for work, but always looks on the bright side of life. She and her sisters run the "Mac Sound (Macne) Cafe" (Mac音カフェ).

Macne Nana (first name Nana, Macne also means "Mac Sound") is going to be the first UTAU to become a VOCALOID. Her voice provider is Ikezawa Haruna who also voiced Macne Nana Petit and has done numerous voice acting roles for animes as well. For those of you that don't know Macne Nana she was created to be a singing synthesizer for Mac since VOCALOID was not Mac compatible, she worked on GarageBand only. UTAU users figured out how to port her voicebank into UTAU to get her to sing. She has a 3 sisters and a father; Macne Nana Petit (she has a form called Sasayaki), Macne Coco (White), Macne Coco (Black), and Macne Papa. Soon after the years passed Nana and Petit received a 2S update which vastly improved her vocal quality. Now, since VOCALOID NEO was just released (which is the only VOCALOID system compatible with Mac) it has been announced that Macne Nana will become a VOCALOID! To see her old designs and to hear her old voice and 2S voice (both only on UTAU & GarageBand) click the links below, and for the sources/official websites they are linked below as well. Also it's important to remember that the quality of these voices are not going to be the quality of the VOCALOID product since they'll most likely be re-recording her for the VOCALOID engine and that the designs probably won't stay the same either!

In 2008, VOCALOID was only available on Windows, and there was no equivalent software for the Mac. This inspired Haruna Ikezawa to start working on something using her own voice: Macne Nana. Both Macne Nana and a compact version called "Macne Nana Petite" were released on March 28, 2009. Users were then able to use her in Reason and Garageband, and, with the proper configuration, in UTAU. On March 28, 2012, in celebration of the Macnes' 3rd birthday, a new updated version called "Macne Nana 2S" was released.
In 2013, VOCALOID NEO (a version of VOCALOID for the Mac) was released. Teasers were left hinting at Macne Nana being produced for VOCALOID , which were later confirmed on Macne Nana's Twitter account.
According to Mac Fan magazine there was a conversation with Yamaha; no money was involved and the OK was given for the voice of Haruna Ikezawa to become a VOCALOID. The vocal would be reviewed at 70% completion. If the vocal does not meet with expectations, it will be scrapped. It will only be put forward to commercial release if the vocal is satisfactory.
In October 2013, it was confirmed she was going ahead and that she would have both a PC version and a Mac version. It was also confirmed she would include an English as well as a Japanese vocal. She was slated for a January 2014 release.
In November 2013, it was revealed that Bplats, Inc. will be the company that records her voicebanks. It was also stated that her English and Japanese voicebanks can be bought separately or as part of a bundle.

Original Source: http://www.macfan.jp/magazine/201310/hime/index.html "ウィンドウズ版しかなかったボーカロイドに不満を持って立ち上げたMac音企画。「ボーカロイドエディター・フォー・キューベイス・ネオ （VOCALOID Editor for Cubase NEO）」が発売され、企画の本格活動開始としてMac音ナナの音声取りをしました。春菜姫が思いついた試みとは…？"