Leon & Lola each have a RRP of $329.95 USD/289 EUR/£199.95 UK Pounds Sterling (inc. VAT), subject to change. Vocaloid is initially available for Windows 2000/XP but a Mac OS X version is in development with a release hoped for by the end of the year.
- More info about Leon, virtual male soul vocalist.
- More info about Lola, virtual female soul vocalist.
- Read more about Miriam Stockley.
Each Package Includes:
- Vocaloid Editor.
- Vocaloid VST Instrument.
- Vocaloid Vocal Font (Leon or Lola).
Vocaloid Editor Features:
- Vocal Edit & Synthesis environment.
- Piano-roll note editor.
- Easy-to use lyric editing.
- Drag & Drop musical expression assigning.
- Reads Vocaloid vocal libraries.
- Synthesizing vocal tracks.
- Saving vocal data as wave files.
- Up to 16 vocal tracks.
- Standard MIDI File Input/Output.
- 104-page full-colour printed Owner's Manual provided.
- Video Tutorial provided (.AVI movie).
You have control over all of the following parameters, which you can bring to bear on any part of your creation:
- Changing syllables/phonemes (e.g. enter "liddle" instead of "little" etc).
- Timing of each note (precise position/length).
- Vibrato (you can change its type/position/amount/frequency).
- Volume.
- Attack.
- Crescendo or diminuendo.
- Pitch bend (amount, and positionable in time).
- Glide (portamento).
- Resonance (Frequency/bandwidth/amplitude).
- Harmonics.
- Noise.
- Brightness.
- Clearness.
- Gender factor.
Vocaloid VST/ReWire Instrument:
- Reads Vocaloid vocal libraries.
- Plays vocal MIDI tracks generated by Vocaloid Editor via VST- or ReWire-compatible host sequencer.
- Easy to manipulate voice characteristics.
Vocaloid Vocal Library (Leon or Lola):
- Lola - Complete female voice in English, in professional quality.
- Leon - Complete male voice in English, in professional quality.
- Suits all soul and dance music styles, but also many other styles.
- Full coverage of phonemes. You can use any English lyrics you want.
- Vibrato templates and expression templates as typically used in natural singing.
Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows XP or Windows 2000.
- Pentium III, 1 GHz or faster.
- 512MB of RAM or more.
- Approx. 700 Mb Hard disk space or more.
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive.
- SVGA Display (1024x768).
- Sound Card with Microsoft DirectSound Compatible driver.
- LAN/network card must be installed, or a USB network card must be connected to the USB port (see more info about lan/network card requirement, below).
IMPORTANT: Yamaha use the network hardware's ID as the identifier for Vocaloid's challenge/response CP method, rather than the ID of the motherboard. Therefore the PC on which you install and use Vocaloid with Leon and Lola must be equipped with a LAN/network Card (or have the same network functionality built in to the motherboard, or have a USB network adapter plugged into a USB port).