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MikuMikuDance (commonly abbreviated to MMD) is a freeware animation program that lets users animate and create computer-animated films, originally produced for the Japanese Vocaloid voice synthesizer software voicebank Hatsune Miku, the first member of the Character Vocal series created by Crypton Future Media.
Hatsune Miku V3 English [58] Crypton Future Media English Female Saki Fujita: August 31, 2013 (download) September 26, 2013 (retail) YOHIOloid: PowerFX/Vocatone English, Japanese Male Yohio: September 10, 2013 (download) September 17, 2013 (retail) Hatsune Miku V3 [59] [60] Crypton Future Media Japanese Female Saki Fujita September 26, 2013 Maika
The software became very popular in Japan upon the release of Crypton Future Media's Hatsune Miku Vocaloid 2 software and her success has led to the popularity of the Vocaloid software in general. [121] Japanese video sharing website Niconico played a fundamental role in the recognition and popularity of the software.
Hatsune Miku (Japanese: 初音ミク, [hatsɯne miꜜkɯ]), sometimes called Miku Hatsune, officially code-named CV01, [2] [3] is a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official mascot character, a sixteen-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails.
A patch was later released to update all Vocaloid engines to Vocaloid 1.1.2, adding new features to the software, although there were differences between the output results of the engine. [8] A total of five Vocaloid products were released from 2004 to 2006. Vocaloid was also noted for its more husky results than later engine versions. [4]
On April 30, 2010, an updated version of Miku called Hatsune Miku Append was released containing a package of six different tones of Miku's voice: Soft (gentle, delicate voice), Sweet (young, chibi voice), Dark (mature, heartbroken-like voice), Vivid (bright, cheerful voice), Solid (loud, clear voice), and Light (innocent, heavenly voice). [23]
The Vocaloid 2 software was an instant success in Japan upon the release of the Hatsune Miku product. [1] Bil Byrant of PowerFX, in an interview after the release of Big Al, noted that when they released Sweet Ann that they expected the electronica based music producers to use Vocaloid and were surprised that they were reluctant to embrace the ...
Vocaloid 3 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 2 in the Vocaloid series. This version of the software is a much more expansive version, containing many new features, three new languages and many more vocals than past software versions combined.