Yamaha Unveils Vocaloid Keyboard Prototype

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INNOVATIONS – Written by Scott

Yamaha has found a new way to create vocaloid music that might someday allow musicians to perform vocaloid songs in real time – a vocaloid keyboard.  By selecting certain combinations of keys, the user can create most of the same sounds that one might obtain from vocaloid software.  On March 17, Yamaha arranged a demonstration of a prototype model for members of the media.

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A Glimpse into Miku’s World

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300-Tell-Your-WorldVIDEO REVIEW – Written by Scott

Tell Your World (The Official Video)

Music & Lyrics: kzlivetune, Animation: wakamuraP, fantasista utamaro and TAKCOM.

In a previous video review I had asked the question “Where does Hatsune Miku go when she is not performing?”

A cynical few might snicker at that question.  After all, Miku is just a software program, right?  Yet for the millions of fans worldwide Miku has always been so much more than that.  She embodies the collective expression of our creative dreams.  Through Miku we see the imaginative inspiration of many others, ranging from the amateur basement musician or artist all the way up to those who represent the epitome of talent in music, illustration and video, and it inspires us to be creative ourselves.  Miku fills our journey through life with beautiful music and brings joy to a world that oftentimes feels bleak and forbidding.  In all ways that matter, Hatsune Miku is indeed real, as real as she needs to be.

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