This was the first time Meiko had ever held a spot in the top 10 since the charts began. On December 10, 2011, Meiko, along with the Kagamines' append, were the only Vocaloid software packages not on the top ten list.Ī month after Meiko V3's release, Meiko took the number one spot on the charts. In the same year, Meiko was ranked as the seventh most popular Vocaloid product they sold and the least popular of Crypton Future Media's own Vocaloids. īy 2010, whereas Kaito appeared in the Crypton ranking of their best-selling products, Meiko had fallen from popularity, receiving the least amount of attention of the Crypton Vocaloids. 3,000+ units was three times the number of sales she needed to sell to be classified as successful. This lasted until the release of Hatsune Miku. For a long time she was the best selling Crypton Future Media Vocaloid, selling 3,000+ units. Meiko was positively received and sold well compared to her counterpart Kaito, originally being the most popular of the two.
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Once imported into the Vocaloid 4 engine, the four Japanese voices can access the Cross-Synthesis(XSY) function.
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It contained four Japanese vocals(Power, Straight, Dark and Whisper) and an English vocal. On February 4, 2014, a new version of Meiko, called Meiko V3, was released. A beta version of the vocals were used in Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai.
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#Meiko vocaloid update
Her voice was created by taking vocal samples from singer Meiko Haigō at a controlled pitch and tone.Ī Vocaloid 2 update for Meiko was in development, but was canceled after it failed to meet the deadline. Meiko was developed by Yamaha and sold by Crypton Future Media.