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[Danj]

Rather than necro-ing my old thread about this, since the guideline is now "new threads for new news", there's now an official website for Hatsune Miku English version which states that it's coming out this summer.

I'm hoping it'll be bundled with the updated Vocaloid 3 editor.

Discuss.

EDIT: WHOIS details for anyone who thinks this isn't legit:

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Domain Handle: None
Domain Name: mikuenglish.com
Created On: 2013-06-20 12:33:18.0
Last Updated On: 2013-06-21 11:10:35.0
Expiration Date: 2015-06-20 00:33:18.0
Status: ACTIVE
Registrant Name: Hiroyuki Itoh
Registrant Organization: Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Registrant Street1: 8F Dunlop SK Bldg, Odori, West 10,
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Registrant City: Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Registrant State: Hokkaido
Registrant Postal Code: 060-0042
Registrant Country: JP
Registrant Phone: 011-222-6655
Registrant Fax: 011-222-0707
Registrant Email: Email Masking Image@crypton.co.jp
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Information Updated: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:13:25 UTC

 

[Forkball]

So is this like some sort of voice editing software? I never really got what Hatsune Miku was.

 

[Danj]

So is this like some sort of voice editing software? I never really got what Hatsune Miku was.

It's a piece of music software that lets you create songs using a synthesised voice. More info at Wikipedia.

 

[Qvoth]

Who's gonna voice miku?
And I seriously doubt it'll get as big as it did in Japan

 

[hirokazu]

Don't they already have English Vocaloid software?

 

[Danj]

Don't they already have English Vocaloid software?

Yeah - but not with Miku's voice. The Vocaloid 3 Editor is available in English and there are some Western-developed voices available for it.

 

[Danj]

Who's gonna voice miku?
And I seriously doubt it'll get as big as it did in Japan

Given that there have been Hatsune Miku concerts in America, I think you might be wrong about this.

 

[Kareha]

Who's gonna voice miku?
And I seriously doubt it'll get as big as it did in Japan

Saki Fujita, who is also Miku's Japanese seiyuu.

 

[Danj]

Your avatar is cute but needs a redesign, Intel Inside stickers haven't looked like that for some time now. Here are the newest designs.

 

[Danj]

So they've now put up a new product page and there's also a Youtube demo of the new software and the new voicebank.

 

[Twilight Gap]

But... the whole point was the cute japanese voice...

I just want the software itself in English. I had it before and it was confusing as fuck.

 

[Danj]

But... the whole point was the cute japanese voice...

I just want the software itself in English. I had it before and it was confusing as fuck.

There's nothing stopping you from buying Miku V2 and Vocaloid V3 English and combining the two right now, as far as I know, if that's all you want. However I think this newer software will be a bit more user friendly maybe.

 

[Danj]

Just received an email back from Bestservice.de, who are distributing in Europe:

We are currently working on the details with Crypton. The release is expected in a few weeks. Price will be about € 150 download or DVD box.
Please watch our website or sign for our newsletter:
http://www.bestservice.de/service.asp/best_service_newsletter/en

 

[hirokazu]

So they've now put up a new product page and there's also a Youtube demo of the new software and the new voicebank.

This sounds awful. Even worse than Japanese Hatsuknee Meeku.

 

[Danj]

This has now been released. It's available for 15,435 Yen (Japan/rest of world), $149.95 (North America), £119 (UK) or €139 (Europe).

 

[Danj]

Apparently this is really popular as the Yamaha activation servers have overloaded due to the number of people trying to activate Miku V3.

 

[BocoDragon]

Given that there have been Hatsune Miku concerts in America, I think you might be wrong about this.

Miku is incredibly mainstream in Japan, though. To say she won't get as popular in the West is a banal statement: of course she won't.

 

[Rayis]

I personally think her English accent is awful, I still prefer her Japanese voicebank, something sounds really wrong with her sugary cute voice and the harsh English accent

 

[scytheavatar]

Apparently this is really popular as the Yamaha activation servers have overloaded due to the number of people trying to activate Miku V3.

Miku V3 is the Japanese voicebank and was just released yesterday. Miku English has been out since August 31.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I think I'll try to get this and use it to make a ending song for my game, but I think I'd rather use the JP voice banks for her in some areas.