Zero-G announces the first Vocaloid products

Zero-G has announced the world's first Vocaloid virtual vocalist products, Leon and Lola, to be launched in LA at NAMM, 15-18 January, 2004. A third virtual vocalist, Miriam, is to be launched at Frankfurt Musikmesse in March.

The preliminary details of the first virtual vocalists, powered by the Yamaha Vocaloid Singing Synthesis Technology can be found at the links below:

LEON - male soul vocalist:

• Complete male voice in English, in professional quality.
• Suits all soul and dance music styles, but also many other styles.
• Full coverage of phonemes. You can use any English lyrics you want.
• Vibrato templates and expression templates as typically used in natural singing.

LOLA - female soul vocalist:

• Complete female voice in English, in professional quality.
• Suits all soul and dance music styles, but also many other styles.
• Full coverage of phonemes. You can use any English lyrics you want.
• Vibrato templates and expression templates as typically used in natural singing.

MIRIAM, a stunning vocal font modelled on the incredible voice of Miriam Stockley:

• Virtual vocalist modelled on the voice of Miriam Stockley, the voice of the multi-million-selling ADIEMUS albums.
• Complete female voice in English, in professional quality.
• Suits all pop and dance music styles, but also Celtic and many other styles.
• Full coverage of phonemes. You can use any English lyrics you want.
• Vibrato templates and expression templates as typically used in natural singing.

All packages include:

• Vocaloid Editor
• Vocaloid VST Instrument
• A Vocaloid Vocalist (Leon/Lola/Miriam)

VOCALOID Editor Features:

• Vocal Edit & Synthesis environment.
• Piano-roll note editor.
• Easy-to use lyric editing.
• Drag & Drop musical expression assigning.
• Reads VOCALOID vocal libraries.
• Synthesizing vocal tracks.
• Saving vocal data as wave files.
• Up to 16 vocal tracks.
• Standard MIDI File Input/Output

VOCALOID VST/ReWire Instrument:

• Reads VOCALOID vocal libraries.
• Plays vocal MIDI tracks generated by VOCALOID Editor via VST- or ReWire-compatible host sequencer.
• Easy to manipulate voice characteristics.

Upon release Leon & Lola are expected to cost $329 each and Miriam should cost $399. All will be available as Windows VSTi.