Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid2)

Hatsune Miku software for the Vocaloid 2 engine, from the Vocal Character series. The Vocal Character Series were designed to be a set of vocals with specific characteristics about them; her voice allows for manipulation in a variety of ways while maintaining a cute sounding voice as a result. In 2009 she was also offered alongside the Sonar8 software package.

History
The idea behind her was first established as being "a cute female vocal that professionals can create with", and part of the "CV" or "Character Vocal" series who were designed to combine recognisable characteristics in their voices and clear colour schemes. Hatsune Miku was unveiled on the 06/25/2007, at the time only the name, "Miku" was known. 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. According to Crypton Future Media she was worked upon for more than 10 hours a day for 2 months. Her last name, "Hatsune", was unveiled on 07/12/2007 after a 12 hour journey to Yamaha to gain permission to release the "CV01" voicebank. Due to problems with schedule, her Vocaloid 2 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 voicebank has received numerous awards:
 * She was nominated for an award in the "All About" awards in 2007, which she later won.
 * Crypton Future Media picked up an BCN award in 2008 for their productions, with their sales reaching a 211% increase thanks to several products (One of which being Hatsune Miku).
 * In March 2008, Hatsune Miku won the "Digital Content" AMD award.
 * In June she picked up the MM総研大賞2008 award.
 * At the DaiKon7 in August 2008, she recieved another award.
 * She was awarded the "Good Design Award 2008".
 * She won the Grand Prize at the BCN AWARD 2009.

Vocalbank Library

 * -|Hatsune Miku =

Demo Version
A trial version of this software was featured in VOCALOIDをたのしもう Vol.7 along side trials of VY2 and VY1v3. It also appeared in the next issue VOCALOIDをたのしもう Vol.8 alongside a a trial version of Tone Rion.