kaito

Other names	カイト (katakana) かいと (hiragana) 海人 [1](chinese)
Developer	Crypton Future Media
Release date	February 17, 2006
Gender	Male
Character Item	Ice cream
Product Code	27720
Reduced Number	CRV2
JAN Code	4511820069543

KAITO is a Japanese male Vocaloid created by Crypton Future Media. He utilizes the older Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. He claims the spot of first male Japanese vocal release for Vocaloid and the last vocal to be released for the Vocaloid engine. The voice was supplied by a Japanese male singer Fuuga Naoto (風雅 なおと). The illustration was done by Takashi Kawasaki. The product's name was invited from the public, and "KAITO" was selected from among applicants, which was the idea of Shu-tP.
Kaito was created as a counterpart of Meiko and developed together. One of the reasons why his name "KAITO" was selected was that it would be easy for non-Japanese speakers to pronounce, and another reasons was that it looked fitting to the name "MEIKO" when they were put next to one another  On 24th July, 2003, an CCCD album "HISTORY OF LOGIC SYSTEM", which included a song using Japanese vocaloids commercially for the first time, was released. It was a duet song of "Ano Subarashii Ai wo Mou Ichido (That Wonderful Love Once More)" and it was covered by prototype version of Meiko and Kaito before their release. Meiko was released 1 year after this and Kaito followed her 2 years later
Also in 2003, Yamaha gave out his first demo song, "Kimi no Uwasa (Rumor of Yours)" 3 years before his release.
Crypton did not set his character and profile except his package design, as well as Meiko, for not having a concept of giving a certain character to an synthesizer application software. It was carried over to the following vocaloids to encourage creative activities by free individuals and expanding the characters based on each user's individual needs. 

Later Rediscovery

Kaito sold only 500 packages in the initial distribution and Crypton deemed it as a failure. On September 16th, 2007, Tatsunami uploaded a parody of the song in Higurashi no naku koro ni, "A Request From Hatsune" onto NicoNicoDouga. During this time, Miku was extremely popular on NicoNicoDouga, yet almost nobody knew of Kaito let alone produced songs using him. The video begins with the words "please sometimes recall [KAITO]," as well as Miku saying "where are you and what are you doing now?" which is from the song Dear You.

• Nico broadcast / Nicozon broadcast 初音ミクからのお願い。

About four hours later, "An Answer To Hatsune Miku" was posted by Ice-P. In this video, Kaito responds with, "yes? I was eating an ice cream," and then proceeds to sing a cover of The Ice Cream Song (originally sung by Saeko Shuu in 1960). Kaito's last dialogue in this video is "Miku, let's eat it together next time." It just so happened that Ice-P was producing the cover when he saw the video Tatsunami uploaded.
After the rediscovery, Kaito was sold well and also he won the second best seller of the year in Nico Nico Market in 2008.

Append - the Future of Kaito

Crypton announced on twitter that they are developing a new production of Kaito named "Kaito Append". Recording of Naoto Fuuga's voice started on December 9, 2010. Several voicebanks of different expressions like the Appends have been produced for the product. There are four appends empirically under development; temporarily "Mellow", "Sweet", "Solid" and "Power". 
Crypton announced that Kaito's muffler in his silhouette version was going to be transparent. However, they have since reconsidered this due to the fan outcry. On February 17th, 2011, Crypton released a temporary silhouette of Kaito's Append. They said that it has not been decided whether he will have a transparent muffler or not.
There is a Piapro demo song contest for Len's Power Append. The prize is a package present of information on KAITO Append dates and when it is commercialized.  According to the Piapro blog entry following the contest's results, the winners don't -- or don't just -- recieve information on KAITO Append, they get to participate in the production of KAITO Append. It's been guessed they will be given a beta version to work with.
On the 13th April, 2011, it was confirmed 6 vocal expressions had been recorded, two of which were dropped and the remaining were being brought forward with one having reached a completed alpha stage already. The Character Vocal (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len and Megurine Luka) series Appends had been created from vocal performance of their voice providers. The new Kaito Appends were created by adding echo, force and tension to the samples.

Usage for Music

Both Kaito and Meiko form the Vocaloid "series", following a different design intention to the series of Vocaloids that followed them by Crypton Future media. Kaito is the male designed to be the counterpart to Meiko within their series. Both Vocaloids are designed to be professional vocals for professional muscians.
Kaito's vocal engine has been updated several times. ^[17][18] He can utilize two kind of Vocaloid editors, VOCALOID 1.0 and VOCALOID 1.1, and they have different functions and features. There are many differences between ver1.0 and 1.1, and they sound differently even if they are edited in the same way. (Comparison of ver 1.0 and ver 1.1 without further editing Nico broadcast, Nicozon broadcast). The main differences are Singing Style and Portamento Timing. 
To use his 1.0 version, users who are NOT using 1.1.2 version need to patch Vocaloid Ver1.1.2 update file for Kaito distributed on Crypton’s official page first before they use VOCALOID 1.0 editor. Without patching, an critical error will occur. 
He is fit to sing anything from hymns and children's songs to R&B and pop, though the style that he is best used for is singing pop ballads.

Append

Kaito's Append were created from a different process compared to the Character Vocal series of Vocaloids. There are 4 Appends confirmed for him.

nekomura iroha

Other names	Iroha Nekomura (western order)
Developer	AH Software
Release date	October 22, 2010
Gender	Female
Optimum tempo	70-170
Optimum range	E2-G4
Character Item	Undecided

Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは) is a character created by SANRIOWAVE CO.,LTD. in 2009. Also with a collaboration between AH-Software, she was released as a Vocaloid2 on October 22, 2010.^[1][2]
"Iroha" is the old Japanese variant of "ABC" (as seen in the Japanese iroha poem) and "I, Ro, Ha" means "A(La), B(Si), C(Do)" of seven-note scale. She is illustrated by okama, a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.
Iroha is one of characters of the "kittylers", who love the Sanrio character Hello Kitty. She also joined the "Hello Kitty to Issho!" project in early August, 2010.
In October, 2010, Vocaloid2 for her was released, offering two demo songs as well along with revealing her appearance and name. The voice provider for her is unknown, however, it is said that she is a professional singer who passed the audition test of AH-Software.
A CD is set to be released with two songs ("Tsubasa" and "ABBEY FLY") with her, along with VSQ files. She owes much of her early use to being supplied as a trial version. The offer for the free trial ended on September 30th 2010.

Usage for Music

Iroha has a deep, strong and powerful voice which does not give her a "child-like" feel like that of Yuki Kaai, as her voice provider is a professional singer and thus she is intended to have singing prowess. She is capable of singing fast-paced songs and has clear strong consonants and good smooth Japanese pronunciations. With a wide ranged voice she can sing both in a high and low tone, and gains the ability to sing in falsetto. Some users say editing her parameters and waveforms are much easier than former vocaloids.
As her default vocal setting is a low tone voice and many users tested her in this range, thus many of her early songs had some listeners judging that she sounded less feminine and "tomboyish". However, now some songs feature her with a high-voice and feminine voice.

Dem

Her trial version did not have as many reported problems as Lily's had and was a more closer representation of her final product than Lily's was. At this point in time, there are no known major bugs with her demo version.

Reception

Iroha was well recieved overall in both Japanese and Western fandoms, in the Western fandoms especially were praising to her vocal capablities and was amongst the fan favourite voices of 2010's releases. However, some of the Western Vocaloid fans had a difficult time matching the Vocaloids avatar to the voice and due to lack of information did not understand why this particular kittyler was choosen over the others, possibly due to the language divide.

Hiyama Kiyoteru

Other names              Hiyama kiyoteru
Developer	AH-Software
Release date	December 4, 2009
Gender	Male
Optimum tempo	60-160
Optimum range	C2-G3
Character Item	Undecided

Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a Japanese Vocaloid released in December 4, 2009. He is developed by AH-Software
Kiyoteru's voice was offered by a Japanese singer, Kiyoshi Hiyama His name had been secret for a long time, however, Kiyoshi himself announced this on Nico Nico Live on August 12th, 2010.^[2][3]
Kiyoteru is meant to be portrayed as a sensei (teacher).
Three demos have been released, named "Seichi Jerusalem", "Wings", and "I'll love you again"
He tends be used for pop and heavy metal/rock. His treble range is supposedly smooth, which allows for an easier usage of the higher octaves. He has the softest of the Vocaloid male voices within the Vocaloid 2 voicebanks. Also he has clear Japanese consonant sounds and stable voice. However, he is not good at singing in a low voice as a male singer and the beginning consonant sounds get shorter as well as other AH-S vocaloids. Because of this he is often said to be not easy for beginners to use. A particular noted weakness of his voicebank is that he cannot produce a satisfactory low masculine vocal tone.

Reception

Kiyoteru's design received complaints by some fans. Since he was intended to be the partner to Yuki Kaai, some fans expressed the concern that the pair would become the subject of pedophilic based artwork/songs. It also recieved complaints of looking too plain and ordinary compared to previous past Vocaloids.
Initially, many of Kiyoteru's early videos on Nico Nico Douga had comments accusing him of being too similar to Kaito, however this effect occurs only on the higher octaves. Over time such comments shifted direction and another complaint followed; his voice is considered difficult to blend in with existing males. Although it is not impossible to make him blend in, heavy editing may be needed as his voice tends to stand out when singing with other Vocaloids

kaai yuki

Other names	Yuki Kaai (western order)
Developer	AH-Software
Release date	December 4, 2009
Gender	Female
Age	9
Height	"As tall as 10 big apples"
Weight	"As heavy as 86 apples"
Optimum tempo	50-150
Optimum range	F2-C4
Character Item	Apple

Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a Japanese Vocaloid released in December 4, 2009. She is developed by AH-Software.
The characters of her name, "歌愛", mean "song" and "love" respectively.
She is meant to be portrayed as an elementary school student, and her voice is taken from recordings of an actual elementary school student. However, the name of the one who offered the voice for Yuki is still unknown.
She has three demos released, "±", "Vocaloid Grade School Student", and "Try again
Yuki is designed to sing childrens songs and have an innocent, soft and cute voice. Her child-like voice makes her unique amongst the vocaloids and allows for a soft, sweet style of song. Because of this, Yuki can not sing like a professional singer as she is intended to sound like an amateur, different from Crypton's "project if...". Since she has a breathy voice and strong consonant sounds, her Japanese sounds very natural. However, some users say the beginning consonant sounds get shorter as well as other AH-S vocaloids.^[4]

Reception

Yuki's design received complaints within the western fandom and the Japanese fandom. Since she was intended to be the counterpart to Kiyoteru Hiyama, the biggest concern was that the pair would become the subject of pedophilic based artwork/songs because of the Lolicon culture. It also received complaints of looking too plain and ordinary compared to previous past Vocaloids.
As well as her design being the subject of criticism, her voice was the subject of complaints since it was too soft, although this was mostly linked with the problem of her portrayal becoming the subject of pedophilic imagery. It has since been pointed out that children tend to sing with a soft voice and since school children were used as the subject of the recordings, it was only natural for her voice to sound the way it did. Most of these complaints have since ceased.
She also also praised by Western "Japanese to English" users as having one of the easiest pronounications to mimick English with, however, like all Japanese Vocaloids she is still limited.

gumi

Other names	Megpoid (Formal product name)
Developer	INTERNET Co.,Ltd
Release date	June 25, 2009.
Gender	Female
Optimum tempo	60 - 175 BPM
Optimum range	F2 - A4
Character Item	Carrot

GUMI (グミ) is an official mascot character of Megpoid (メグッポイド / Meguppoido) which is a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published by INTERNET Co.,Ltd. The name GUMI is from the voice provider Megumi Nakajima's nickname in her childhood.^[1]

^{The naming about this product is very confusing. The Vocaloid software itself is under the official name Megpoid, and GUMI is the avatar character of the software drawn by the illustrator Masami Yuuki (ゆうきまさみ Yuuki Masami).}

HistoryEdit

Megpoid was voiced by Megumi Nakajima and released on June 25, 2009.  It comes with 3 sample VSQ files, "Happy Birthday", "be MYSELF"  , and "Hitori Yurari". "be MYSELF" is an original song by Nakajima.　
There are five demos on the official site;

• be MYSELF,
• be MYSELF (one chorus),
• Fly Me to The Moon-Part1,
• Fly Me to The Moon-Part2,　
• BLUE BUTTERFLY.

Gumi was illustrated by the manga artist Yuuki Masami.

Taiwan release

On Dec 11th, 2010, the president of Internet Co. announced that Gakupo Kamui, Gumi and Lily will be distributed in Taiwan.

Robot Gumi

Megpoid was one of 3 voicebanks the robot model HRP-4C was set up to react to, the other two being Miku Hatsune and Crypton's non-commerical vocaloid named CV-4Cβ.

• Youtube broadcast: 開発者による産総研ロボット＆ボーカロイドの解説 CEATEC Japan (HRP-4C as Gumi)
• Youtube broadcast: 産総研ロボットHRP-4C 未夢（ミーム）「異邦人」CEATEC Japan (HRP-4C Singing)

Extend - the Future of Megpoid

Following the success of Crypton's Append, Internet Co., Ltd has confirmed Gumi will receive a "Megpoid Extend" edition in 2011. The new Extend will add another vocal expression to the original voice bank and another breathe sound, and also her pronunciations will be improved and become clearer. 
On 2011/20/1 confirmation was released that recordings had started for the Megpoid Extend, several vocal recordings have already been recorded.

King Run Anison Red and White Concert

Gumi and Gakupo made special appearances in the 2010 new year celebration event known as King Run Anison Red and White.
The songs they covered were;

• アニソン紅白2010 M-32[Love Letter]神威がくぽ(がくっぽいど) "Love Letter" covered by Gackupo originally from "Mobile Suit Z Gundam", which had originally been sung by Gackt himself.
• アニソン紅白2010 M-33[星間飛行]GUMI(メグッポイド) "Interstellar Flight" covered by Gumi from "Macross Frontier", which had originally been sung by Megumi Nakajima herself.

Their appearance was strictly a one off event.

Usage for Music

At the time of her release, she had one of the most realistic sounding voicebanks in Vocaloid 2 and sings with a soft clear voice. The voice range is F2 - A4 and its optimum tempo is 60 - 175BPM, amongst the female voicebanks she has one of the biggest ranges and is considered easy to tune. Her pronunciations are of a good quality and she has smooth vowel sounds compared to other Vocaloids within her era. The weakness of her voice is that she is raspy, however, this can be removed if a user does not want her raspiness.
Like many native Japanese speakers, Megpoid does not have the phoneme "z" and "Z" in the phonetic system and they are replaced by "dz" and "dZ" as well as Gackpoid. ^[13]

• Comparing VY1(β version), Miku Append (Soft), Gumi, Lily
• Comparison between the Vocaloid and voice provider

Reception

Note: The following is assembled based on opinions within the Vocaloid fandom, gathered from various sources: Fan Forums / Product reviews / NND / YT. The notable reactions mentioned here should not be taken as a universal reflection by the entire fandom on said Vocaloid.

Gumi has seen a faster growth of usage within the Japanese fandom, gaining popularity faster than her predecessor Gakupo. She has quickly become a fan favourite in both Japanese and Western fandoms and arguably has been the most commonly used non-Crypton Future Media Vocaloid. When she was released, many commented that she sounded the most realistic of the Vocaloid2 voicebanks. However, the western fandom were slow to gain interest at first. This was owed to the fact that her avatar appeared more plain than Gakupo's; not everyone was fond of the art design and too many comparisons were made between her avatar and a past character role Megumi Nakajima portrayed.

akita neru

Creator	Smith Hioka (スミス・ヒオカ)
Release date	November 1, 2007
Gender	Female
Age	17
Height	4'11" ft (150 cm)
Weight	83 lbs (38 kg)
Character Item	Cellular phone,Katana

Neru Akita (亞北ネル Akita Neru) is a derivative. Her name is a play on words, Akita (亞北) is taken from "飽きた" or "get bored" while Neru (ネル) from "寝る" or "go to bed".
In October of 2007, soon after Miku was released, a TV program in Japan degraded the users of Miku, Miku's pictures became unavailable to search in main search engines, and Miku's article was deleted in Japanese Wikipedia at the same time.
These news became widespread or "flamed up" in 2ch, then many writings to lay the news to rest or "to put off the fire" followed. The postings were with the phrases "飽きた、寝る。 (Got bored. Going to bed.)" or "寝る、お前らも寝ろよ。 (Gonna go to bed. Follow me, y'all!). Soon other users made a personification character for these postings as "Akita Neru", which Smith Hioka, the designer, later finalized. Neru came to represent the tsundere culture of Vocaloid.

Acceptance into Vocaloids

Neru is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Miku Hachune, Haku Yowane, Meiko Sakine, and Tako Luka.

Voice Configuration

Neru offically has no defined voice, however this has not prevented users from attempting to give her one. In some cases Neru has the voice of a boyish-sounding girl, while some people have assigned her to Miku's default voice, but in a higher octave. The following configuration attempts to recreate Neru's voice as it fits her visual details.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-30	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	30	CLEARNESS (CLE)	30
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	15	OPENING (OPE)	-15
SPECIAL NOTES: Breathiness in high notes and in certain words increases Neru's ability to sing higher notes than Miku normally can. Her effective voice range is at F3-F5.

She has another voice configuration using Rin Kagamine Act 2. First used in Nanamue-P's Honey Honey PV, Neru has a singing voice that better matches her aesthetics. Regular Rin may also work, but ACT 2 is more recommended. This is not an exact configuration, but rather, tweaked settings.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-10	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	-20	CLEARNESS (CLE)	20
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	39	OPENING (OPE)	-20
SPECIAL NOTES: Some clarity issues may arise, because of Rin's voicebank. Therefore, tweaks may be needed. Her effective voice range at this point is at C3-C5, though it may extend gracefully. It is a borderline tomboyish voice.

Another voice configuration suggested for Neru involves the usage of the voicebank CV01 Soft Early. This is the exact configuration.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	-50	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	30	CLEARNESS (CLE)	35
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	-30	OPENING (OPE)	-25
SPECIAL NOTES: The Breathiness helps in the High note, and the Gender Factor makes the Voice more "Cute and Calm".

Tsuman-ne?

She complains about the official Vocaloids(and Haku when she appears) and why she hates them, later revealing how she actually likes them, and that she wants to be loved by everyone as well. Later Haku appears and calls her tsundere.

SF-A2 Miki

Other names	Miki (simplified name) 開発コードmiki Development Code miki SF-A2 codename miki
Developer	AH-Software
Release date	December 4, 2009
Gender	Female
Optimum tempo	70-170
Optimum range	E2-G4
Character Item	Cherry

SF-A2 miki (SF-A2 開発コード miki) is a Japanese Vocaloid released in December 4, 2009. She is developed by AH-Software.
She is voiced by Miki Furukawa (former bassist of the band Supercar and now a solo singer) and illustrated by Yuusuke Kozaki. Two demos have been released, "Touyou no Noumiso" and "±". Also another demo songs were given out on her official page.
An album with her singing Christmas songs, "VOCALOIDS☆Ｘ‘MAS" was also set to be released in November, 2009. Notable vocaloid song creators' works are included in the album . She was also used for the introduction of the Hello Kitty game, Hello Kitty to Issho! Block Crash 123! on its official page.


Miki has been used mostly for pop and rock songs. She was created to have a wide range and to sound different greatly when she is in a high voice and in a low voice, some users say her voice is smooth and can be emotional, but her pronunciations are weak and it is difficult to control her pitch without further editing or pitch correct software. Because of this she is often said to be not easy for beginners to use.
Her voicebank is easy to blend in with current voicebanks and she can be used to close gaps between the other female ranges to smooth out the differences between the singing group. This also ensures with some minor adjustments she can be the partner to almost all of the female voicebanks within her era and harmonizes well with them.

Reception

In the western fandom, she was fortunate enough to not be the subject of complaints of her design being too plain unlike Kaai Yuki and Hiyama Kiyoteru upon her release. However since then some fans have expressed some complaints that her look is a step back in the Vocaloid design.
In both fandoms, her voice is often compared to other existing vocaloids and is noted for her voicebanks sounding similar to other Vocaloids among fans. This makes her a varied Vocaloid but led to many complaints at her release that everything Miki does has already been covered by other Vocaloids in the Vocaloid 2 era.

yowane haku

Creator	CAFFEIN (カフェイン)
Release date	November 21, 2007
Gender	Female
Age	Undisclosed (widely believed to be 25+)
Height	5'3" ft (163cm)
Weight	103.6 lbs (47 kg)
Character Item	Sake bottle

Haku Yowane (弱音ハク Yowane Haku) is the name of a derivative from Japan. Her name is taken from Yowane meaning negative sayings/thoughts and Haku roughly translated as utter. Her first name and last name make a play on words "yowane-(wo)-haku" (弱音(を)吐く), meaning to say negative thoughts or to show white feather. Her white hair is from ハク, which has the same pronunciation with 白 (white).

1 History 1.1 Acceptance into Vocaloids 2 Voice Configuration 3 Notable Works 3.1 あなたのVOYAKILOID / Anata no VOYAKILOID (Your VOYAKILOID) 3.2 白ノ娘 / Shiro no Musume (The Daughter of White) 3.3 ツマンネ / Tsumanne 4 Trivia 5 Gallery 6 External Links

History

Haku was orginally made as a represent songs that use Hatsune Miku but ended up sounding awful. In such cases, the makers of that music would then proceed to whine about how their work never recieved attention and later moved on to whine when critism stated their work as dull and boring, or was posted quite late when few people were on Nico Nico Douga. She became popular and her creator Caffein later established other characters following the same procedures, each representing a slightly different aspect of failure within the Vocaloids.

Acceptance into Vocaloids

Haku is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Miku Hachune, Neru Akita, Meiko Sakine, and Tako Luka.

Voice Configuration

Haku is previously marked as badly-done Miku Hatsune songs, and in earlier times, are downpitched Miku songs. However some have tried to give her an actual voice. The following is one example of an actual configuration that produces an approximate voice for Haku, as a mature-sounding Miku.

VOICE CONFIGURATION
BREATHINESS (BRE)	0	BRIGHTNESS (BRI)	20	CLEARNESS (CLE)	15
GENDER FACTOR (GEN)	26	OPENING (OPE)	10
SPECIAL NOTES: Other than the configuration, Haku's voice sounds better in lower octaves. No other adjustments are needed unless necessary. This configuration could be used with the Miku Dark or CV_Dark_Early database to give "Haku" a more depressed sound, though theoretically, the config can work with any Miku Append voicebanks. This configuration, using Miku's voicebank, is written and commonly used by Orochi Herman. Crediting for this configuration, while preferred, is not mandatory.

Another configuration suggests a manipulation of MEIKO's voicebank to produce Haku's voice, but such configuration is not yet publicly available.

Notable Works

While Haku is regarded to sing any song that is a "failure" song of Miku, since she can have a voice config, it is possible for her to have an individual song dedicated to her.

あなたのVOYAKILOID / Anata no VOYAKILOID (Your VOYAKILOID)

Originally sung by Miku Hatsune Original music and lyrics by Azuma/Boku-P
Haku's cover and lyrics arranged by Bonjin-P
"Your VOYAKILOID" is a parody of Miku's original song "Your Diva." Basically, it's Haku telling whoever bought her that she from now on is their VOYAKILOID. She talks about being considered horrible, and she constantly brings sake and drinking into the song. In all honesty, she wants to tell everyone her feelings through songs, but she chooses to be worthless because she will forever only be a singing robot and have the voice of a singing robot. She then explains though that she's fine the way she is. After all, the one who installed her is her "drinking buddy." She finally states that she will keep drinking because she is (your) VOYAKILOID.

白ノ娘 / Shiro no Musume (The Daughter of White)

Music and lyrics by Akuno-P (mothy)
Illustrations by Ichika, Yuurin, Suzunosuke, Satsu (Painter Brioche)
The final song in the "Evil Series" started by Rin and Len Kagamine. Haku is a girl living in the green country and is ridiculed and looked down upon by everyone because her hair is white. Despondent and alone, Haku makes a trip to the an old tree where she prays for a friend. She later finds an unconscious green-haired girl and nurses her back to health. The girl, Miku, is beautiful and sweet, and loved by the village, and yet she befriends Haku.
Together the girls run off to the city to live there, and while they have hardships working as maids for a wealthy merchant women, they live happily because they are together. One day, however, the king of the blue kingdom across the sea sees Miku and falls in love with her - so much in love that he denies the marriage offer from the Daughter of Evil. Angry, the Daughter of Evil makes an order to kill all of the green-haired women. As Haku sees all of the green-haired women dead, she cries and wishes that she could have died in Miku's stead.
Hearing rumors that the Daughter of Evil was finally killed in the revolution, Haku decides to start over and live at a church in a port town. Soon, she finds a girl near the church and nurses her back to health. Haku and the girl, Rin, become friends in the same way Miku and Haku did. However, Haku overhears a confession Rin is making in the confession box and finds that Rin is actually the Daughter of Evil. Enraged, Haku sneaks up on Rin while she is mulling near a harbor and seeks to kill Rin with a knife but realizes that Rin is a lonely girl like Haku used to be; simultaneously Haku sees a phantom boy at the shore and wonders who he is (It seems that his appearance triggers Haku's understanding that Rin has had equally great sorrow in her life.). Haku apologizes to Miku, as if in a prayer, that she did not avenge her death and goes on to teach Rin to do work and notices that her cooking has improved.
The song makes references to the song "Regret Message" and it seems to confirm that "Regret Message" and the Evil Series are related. It also made #1 in the Weekly Vocaloid Ranking, 119.

ツマンネ / Tsumanne 

Haku reflects on the Nico users' view of her as boring/useless (tsumanne) and drinks to soothe her sorrows. In a similar vein to "Turkish March Owata" Haku finds herself late to a meeting with Neru, who yells at her over the phone for oversleeping. As the two finally meet up after a series of mishaps, they remember they were supposed to meet the next week.

Lily

Developer	Avex Management Co., Ltd Yamaha
Distributor	INTERNET Co.,Ltd
Release date	August 25, 2010
Gender	Female
Optimum tempo	90BPM ~ 180BPM
Optimum range	D2 ~ D4

Lily (リリィ Ririi) is an official character of a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2. Her basic databanks were jointly-developed by Yamaha and Avex Management Co., Ltd.
INTERNET Co.,Ltd is the distributor and also provide her effective support for the users. This was also announced by t-kimura(Takashi Kimura), once a member and now a music producer of m.o.v.e, on his twitter. Lily was published on August 25, 2010 and her design is by KEI. The data for the voice was created by sampling the voice of Yuri Masuda (益田 祐里, Masuda Yuri), a Japanese vocalist of the Japanese musical group m.o.v.e. 

1 History 1.1 Taiwan release 1.2 Lily on Twitter 2 Usage for Music 2.1 Demo 3 Notable Lily songs 4 Reception 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 External Links 8 References

History

Originally Lily appeared on the cover of the CD "anim.o.v.e. 01" released on Aug 19, 2009 before the announcement of its Vocaloid development. Lily was introduced as "Code Name: Lily" on DTM MAGAZINE published in May, 2010.The voice source is the lead vocalist of m.o.v.e., Yuri Masuda. The idea of the developing a vocaloid based on Yuri's voice was occurred, as one of the member was a user of vocaloid. Two official demos, "SUPER SONIC DANCE Lily Ver. With G" and "Gamble Rumble Lily Ver With G" have been released and also Gakupo Kamui is used in them. "SUPER SONIC DANCE" is one of the songs released by m.o.v.e.^[6][7]
Her trial version was given out free online before her release, but is no longer available. Her contests are closed and songs are now being released onto Youtube and Nico Nico Douga using the 30 day trial. Also, "anim.o.v.e. 02", m.o.v.e album which comes along with her anime movie, was released On Aug 25, 2010. Prizes for her contest were Lily-related promotional goods, also a copy of Internet Co. Ltd.'s Singer Song Writer 9 Professional software. Judges included DJ Lily and MOSH from anim.o.v.e, Masashi Kamibayashi and Kenichiro Yorozu of DTM MAGAZINE, and Hideki Kenmochi of YAMAHA.

She saw heavy promotion with many merchandise released both prior and after her software was released. Lily recieved a figure released in November, 2010 becoming the first non-Crypton Vocaloid to recieve a figurine. A digicomic movie(anime MV) titled "Schwarzgazer", which shows the world where Lily is, has been produced and it will be released with the album "anim.o.v.e 02". The song was sung by m.o.v.e., not by Vocaloids. Its short version has been officially uploaded on Nicovideo and Youtube. (Nico broadcast, Youtube broadcast) This short movie is unique in approach, as it provides an official English language version side by side with the Japanese version, hinting acknowledgment of the existence of overseas fans by the company. It depicts Lily and companion "Mosh" as fighters against a virus, equipped with music as their weapon.A manga of the same name, which is written by Kei, was released together.

Taiwan release

On Dec 11th, 2010, the president of Internet Co. announced that Gakupo Kamui, Gumi and Lily will be distributed in Taiwan.

Lily on Twitter

On march 4th 2011, a twitter account was set up for Lily and she also received her own website. She is the second Vocaloid to have an official Twitter account.

Usage for Music

Lily has a mature sounding female voicebank. And much of her early usage was owed to having the Vocaloid's voicebank being given out for free in various mediums
Lily has a husky voice and she can sing in a low or mid voice better than in a high voice. Also she can pronounce clearly, however, she is not good at pronouncing a consonant sound alone.

Demo

Some users reported Lily's demo voicenbank had pronunciation problem that she could not carry the "i"s over two notes. Her "o"s could get distorted if followed by "n". Another reported problem was that her consonants could not be pronounced if left on the end. There were reported differences between full and trial version vocal results

kamui gakupo

Other names	Camui Gackpo Gakupo Kamui (western order) Gackpoid (formal product name)
Developer	INTERNET Co.,Ltd
Release date	31 July 2008
Gender	Male
Optimum tempo	60BPM - 150BPM
Optimum range	A1 - C4
Character Item	Eggplant

Kamui Gakupo (神威がくぽ) is an official mascot character of Gackpoid (がくっぽいど / Gakuppoido) which is a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published by INTERNET Co.,Ltd.^[1]

^{The naming about this product is very confusing. The Vocaloid software itself is under the official name Gackpoid, and Kamui Gakupo or Gackpo is the avatar character of the software drawn by the illustrator Kentaro Miura (三浦健太郎 Miura Kentaro).}

1 History 1.1 Taiwan release 1.2 King Run Anison Red and White Concert 1.3 Extend- the Future of Gakupo? 2 Usage for Music 3 Notable Gakupo Songs 4 Reception 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References

History

Internet Co. wanted to utilize the voice of a singer for the creation of Vocaloid but felt it would be difficult to get a singer to agree. They consulted Dwango Co.,Ltd. who managed Nico Nico Douga, and Dwango suggested Gackt (神威 楽斗 Camui Gackt), a singer and actor, as he had previously provided his voice for Dwango's cell phone services . He lent his voice and named the Vocaloid, Gackpoid. The product was originally intended to be released in June 2008, but though Gackt existed as a model for the Vocaloid, its illustrated avatar was yet to be determined. Finally a popular manga author, Kentaro Miura, famous for his dark fantasy epic Berserk, was asked to do the illustration . Due to Miura's affection for Nico Nico Douga, he agreed to offer his services as a character designer for free. Gackpoid was released on July 31, 2008. Two of Gackt's songs and three other songs are also included as samples.
An update with Gackpoid includes a new program, OPUS Express, for mixing vocal parts with accompaniment and phoneme data. There are 10 demo songs on the official site.
In 2009, Gackt also challenged users of Vocaloid into a competition using Gakupo with the best song not only winning 10 million yen, but Gackt would also sing the song and include it on one of his next albums if he liked it enough.

Taiwan release

On Dec 11th, 2010, the president of Internet Co. announced that Gakupo, Gumi and Lily will be distributed in Taiwan.

King Run Anison Red and White Concert

Gumi and Gakupo made special appearances in the 2010 new year celebration event known as King Run Anison Red and White.
The songs they covered were;

• アニソン紅白2010 M-32[Love Letter]神威がくぽ(がくっぽいど) "Love Letter" covered by Gackupo originally from "Mobile Suit Z Gundam", which had originally been sung by Gackt
• アニソン紅白2010 M-33[星間飛行]GUMI(メグッポイド) "Interstellar Flight" covered by Gumi from "Macross Frontier", which had originally been sung by Megumi Nakajima.

Their appearance was strictly a one off event.

Extend- the Future of Gakupo

Internet co., Ltd have not announced if Gakupo will be extended like Gumi, however, they have confirmed if there is a demand for it they will consider producing one for him.

Usage for Musi

Gakupo has one of the most quality voices in the Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks and one of the biggest depth ranges amongst the males. His popularity has led to a number of songs in different genres including Pop, heavy metal/rock, and disco. His pronounications are overall smoother then most other Vocaloids and he was the only Japanese male vocal that could produce a low vocal tone until VY2's release.
As is often the case with native Japanese speakers, Gackpoid does not have the phoneme "z" and "Z" in the phonetic system and they are replaced by "dz" and "dZ" as well as Megpoid

meiko

Other names	メイコ (katakana) めいこ (hiragana)
Developer	Crypton Future Media
Release date	November 5, 2004
Gender	Female
Optimum genre	Vocal / Choir
Character Item	One Cup Ozeki (Sake)
Product Code	25220
Reduced Number	CRV1
JAN Code	4511820065941

MEIKO is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. She is the first Japanese vocaloid and first Japanese female Vocaloid, she utilizes the Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. Her voice is based on a Japanese female singer Haigō Meiko (拝郷 メイコ). The illustration was done by Shogo Washizu, who is often called わっしー(Wasshi) and was once a member of Crypto
On July 24, 2003, an CCCD album "HISTORY OF LOGIC SYSTEM", which included a song using Japanese vocaloids commercially for the first time, was released. It was a duet song of "Ano Subarashii Ai wo Mou Ichido (That Wonderful Love Once More)" and it was covered by prototype version of Meiko and Kaito before their release.
Crypton placed this product on the market with a box art which depicted Meiko in anime form. This character had nothing to do with the singer's image, but her appearance appealed to the mainstream audience and the software sold well. The success of this marketing strategy influenced the development and art style of other Vocaloids such as Kaito and Miku Hatsune.

Append - the future of Meiko?

Both Kaito and Meiko were confirmed to have Appends on the way, however, no details have been released yet on Meiko's Append.

Usage for Music

Both Kaito and Meiko form a part of the Vocaloid "series", following a different design intention to the series of Vocaloids that followed them by Crypton Future Media. Kaito is her counterpart in the series. Both Vocaloids are designed to be professional vocals for professional muscians.
Her voice is noted to be steady, straightforward, and suitable for any musical genre. She is fit to sing anything from pop, rock, jazz, R&B to children's songs. Vocaloid digital sound is still heard in her voicebank and editing may be needed. Her overall tone of voice is more fluid and gives her a large vocal range.
Meiko had VOCALOID 1.0 editor when she was released. Users using VOCALOID 1.0 editor can update them by patching update file for Meiko There are many differences between ver1.0 and 1.1, and they sound differently even if they are edited in the same way. The main differences are Singing Style and Portamento Timing.

The Japanese fandom has taken great measures to push her voice to its limits. This is demonstrated by the fanmade derivative "Sakine Meiko" which was part of a product of Japanese producers pushing the limits of Meiko's capabilities to produce a much younger sounding voice. Since Vocaloid has some functions that Vocaloid 2 do not have, such as Resonance. Different users can utilize the voicebanks offered very differently and she can produce a wide range of different results from the same few voicebanks with further editing by using several Resonances and other functions. 
Though this involves heavy investment of time to make such a big adjustment of her vocals, it does highlight the overall potential of the Vocaloid era voicebanks as the same techniques have also from time to time been applied to others of her era with the same levels of results.

Append

Meiko is confirmed to be due for Append, however, no information has been yet released on what the Appends will be like.

megurine luka

Other names	Luka Megurine (western order) 巡音流歌 巡音流香 (chinese)
Developer	Crypton Future Media
Release date	30 January 2009
Gender	Female
Age	20
Height	162 cm (5'4")
Weight	45 kg (99 pounds)
Optimum genre	Latin-jazz-pop ESUNO / house-dance electronica
Optimum tempo	65 ~ 145BPM
Optimum range	D3 ~ D5
Character Item	Frozen tuna, whip

Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ) was the third Japanese Vocaloid2 from Crypton and released on January 30, 2009. Her surname combines Meguri (巡, circulate or around) and Ne (音, sound), while the name Luka invokes the homonymous Japanese words of "nagare" (流, flow) and "ka" (歌, song) or "ka" (香, scent); thus making "songs to all around the world as scent spreads." Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠) provided the voice for the "cool, somewhat mysterious" character

Append - the Future of Luka

Luka is the next member of the character Vocal series to be Append, however Crypton has not confirmed if she will have Append just yet.^[5]

Usage for Music

The Vocal Character series were designed to be a set of vocals with particular charistics about them. Due to her bilingual coding, her "moody yet husky female voice" carries over into both languages and was designed to handle moodier genres like Jazz. Overall, Luka serves to bridge the gap between both languages and has proven to be her appeal as a vocaloid. She serves as an ideal vocaloid for English speaking users planning to use Japanese vocaloids and vice versa for users who are not so used to speaking English and planning on using English Vocaloids. She is often regarded as overall the best Vocaloid to buy for those seeking to use Japanese Vocaloids for the first time; if one cannot use her Japanese voicebank, access to her English voicebank still means a English user can still work with her. Since she speaks both languages, Luka is able to partner with both Japanese and English vocaloids respectfully. Both voicebanks can be used in conjunction with each other, allowing users to switch between the languages as needed.

Main article: Phoneme List

When installing Luka, it is important to pay attention to the release dates of Vocaloids you plan to install after her. Older and newer versions of the Vocaloid 2 software engine can occasionally cause conflicts. Luka has both language engines, so she can cause conflicts between Vocaloids of either language. A user can fix this problem if it occurs simply by installing the Vocaloids in release date order, Luka is noted to be the most likely Vocaloid to produce this conflict.
Note as well that when installed, she will be set on her Japanese voicebank by default, users will have to switch from "Luka_JPN" to "Luka_ENG" in the vocal selection menu. This catches many new Vocaloid users out who have never experienced using the Vocaloid software before or have never had to switch between more then one voicebank.

Japanese

Luka is one of the more smoother Vocaloid2 voicebanks and is not as choppy sounding as her predecessors in the CV series Luka's Japanese dictionary is extensive and on par with previous Japanese Vocaloids and there are no known problems with that part of her program. Also, as a Japanese vocaloid, she has all of the phonemes that are often missing from English vocaloids such as the 5 breathing phonemes ([br1]-[br5]). It is reported that she may produce a lisp-like sound on some notes however, she still maintains a more mature tone then previous Character Vocal Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks, and is much softer then Miku and the Kagamine Vocaloids.
The overall downside of Luka is that she is considered to be low in versatility, having a more limiting voicebank then the other Character Vocal series before her. Because of this, she is considered an advanced Vocaloid, partly because you need some experience in being able to tune the Vocaloid software to make it more flexiable then it is, although this is only half the reason for her being considered an advanced Vocaloid.

English

She has all the English phonemes that English vocaloids have in her voice databank . However, despite the inclusion of english she was not intended for a world wide release and was aimed mostly at the Japanese users, a number of reported problems have been noted by western English speakers. It has been reported that she does not seem to have many distinct vowel related diphongs in her sample library in her English voicebank, making her voice less smooth then other English capable Vocaloids when some phonetics are used together. In other cases, she may not have enough distinction between the phonetic sounds in her samples that she does have to distinguish one pronunciation from anothe. She also has only the main/common words in her dictionary, so users not used to more complicated English words may have some difficulty when they come across them, however, an extra data library of English words for her English dictionary is available. 
Her voicebank may be considered "sub-standard" to other English capable Vocaloids and her overall results will depend on the user. She is not unusable and still can be used for English songs just the same as any other English capable Vocaloid. There are also no major report glitches with her voicebank as some of the other English capable Vocaloids and her sample quality is considered good despite her flaws. As a bilingual Vocaloid, she has superior capability of the English language than the Japanese only vocaloids. If need be, less than confident users can use an another English capable vocaloid to aid in fixing her dictionary flaws or help to harmonise her results so she appears smoother.
Because of the fact she came with English, Japanese users wanting to use her for her fullest potential also need to know how to know a certain level of english to begin with otherwise they will only ever be able to use her Japanese voicebank. This is the other reason for her being considered for advanced users of Vocaloid.^[7] As of a note, most of the songs produced using her voicebanks are primary done in using her Japanese voicebank and the most common usage within the Japanese fandom of her English voicebank is for short English insertions in Japanese songs.

Reception

She is often given a sexier approach than previous vocaloids. This is owed to both her age and having the body of an adult. In the Japanese fandom she was well recieved. Only a few days after her release, many songs were produced. On the 70th Weekly Vocaloid Ranking (February 2, 2009), many of Luka's songs appeared in the Top 30, knocking the very popular "Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru" and songs produced by ryo (with the exception of "Melt") right out of the Top 30. "RIP=RELEASE" had taken the #1 spot, and had earned a total of 843,233 points, making it the song with the highest one-week score.
In the Western fandom, much of the interest towards her is owed to her inclusion of an English voicebank and in some cases may even take the slot in popularity polls on "most popular" Vocaloid overall even beating Hatsune Miku. Despite its flaws, a number of Vocaloid users still like her results from the English voicebank as it is still relatively easy voicebank to work with, though it requires much experience to perfect the overall results to bring them up to higher standard. On youtube her English is often regarded as "better then the Engloids", despite that this is arguable on how well her voicebank fairs against other English capable Vocaloids.

kagamine rin and len

Kagamine Rin Other names Rin Kagamine (western order) 鏡音鈴 [1](chinese) Gender Female Age 14 Height 152 cm (5'0") Weight 43 kg (94.79 lbs) Optimum genre Electro-pop, rock, pop - Enka Optimum Tempo 85～175BPM Optimum Range F # 3 ~ C # 5 Character Items Roadroller and mikan (Japanese table orange) Kagamine Len Other Names Len Kagamine (western order) 鏡音連 [2](chinese) Gender Male Age 14 Height 156 cm (5'1.4") weight 47 kg (103 lbs) Optimum genre Pop, dance, rock - Enka Optimum tempo 70～160BPM Optimum range D 3 ~ C # 5 Character Items Roadroller and banana

Kagamine Rin & Len (鏡音リン ・レン) is the second product released on December 27, 2007, they are Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series developed by Crypton Future Media Ltd. (CFM), male voice (Len) and female voice (Rin). Their family name was from the developing code combining Kagami (鏡, mirror) and Ne (音, sound).

Crypton Future Media intended to project a Vocaloid with low-teen girl's voice at first following Miku Hatsune, but there was a demand for a boy's voice, so Crypton Future Media hired a voice actress who can produce both sounds. The package included two voice banks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda (下田 麻美 Shimoda Asami). Despite the double voice banks, the package was priced at the same price as Miku Hatsune.
At the time of recording in 2007, their names had not yet been decided. Their given names of Rin and Len were said to be based on "right" and "left" according to Asami Shimoda. She later confirmed in a interview after the Append release, the name itself was based on the names of Ken and Rin from Hokuto no Ken, the names were deprived from a discussion about names that were familiar from her childhood. According to Asami Shimoda, Len's voice was achieved by singing within her chest, while Rin's at the top of her head
As they were under development, Crypton had the concept of making a pair of male and female voicebanks. The first idea of the concept was twin voices of a girl and her mirror image of opposite gender, just like twins. 
CFM had an intention to distribute them as twins, but this was not adopted either. After seeing many works that depict their relationships differently, Crypton announced on a magazine interview that those would meet their ideal. Crypton did not decide to announce they are siblings nor lovers, as they did not want to tie down each user's free creative activities. 
KEI was given the concept Crypton intended, their approximate ages, an image of mirror, and an image of androids, but was not given any other directions when he was asked to illustrate Rin and Len by Crypton, as Kei had already illustrated Miku before. Rin was the first one to be illustrated and Len was made to match her, following Crypton's concept. Their leg parts are designed to mimic speakers.
Their Append design and the Official Illustration of those ones were made by オサム (osamu) .

Act 2Edit

On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced that the updated edition, named "Act2", would be released in early July 2008. Users who had bought the old version got an expansion disc free of charge. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog. On July 18, 2008, act2 was released. The new version was released to address issues with the original voicebanks that affected their ability to sing clearly. It acted as an independent installation, coexisting with the initial software. The original version of the software is now retired from sale by Crypton Future Media themselves and it is now no longer possible to buy the software from them.

Append - the Future of Rin/Len

After Miku Append began, Rin and Len was confirmed to have appends being worked on. Len Append was in the process of production first and demos of its voice have been given out; . The append was officially released on December 27, 2010. The total number of voicebanks for each one is 6. There are 3 voicebanks being assigned to each Kagamine. Sample demo songs have been given out on  and their official Youtube channel online. Rin's appends are "power", "warm", and "sweet". Len's appends are "power", "cold", and "serious".
The Vocal Character series were designed to be a set of vocals with particular characteristics about them. For the Kagamines, two Vocaloids with contrasting vocals for a very different result despite having the same voice provider. Since they are based on the same voice provider, both successfully harmonize with each other and therefore are often used in duets together. They also share a similar range to their predecessor Miku and can be used in together with Miku successfully.
Though they are voiced by the same provider, they have different pronunciations of words. Even by retuning the voice of either Kagamine to sound like the other, results are never identical, and only veteran Vocaloid fans can tell who is actually voicing the song. The reason is owed to the fact Len has a lisp-sound in his singing results that Rin does not. Len is the first male of the Vocaloid 2 era and the first male vocaloid able to hit high pitched notes. He lacks the ability to hit the lower notes less than Kaito, since he was produced as a young boy singer. Of the two voicebanks however, Len is often considered more difficult to work with than his counterpart, Rin.  A particular noted weakness of Len's voicebank is that he cannot produce a satisfactory low masculine vocal tone.
Originally Rin/Len Kagamine were regarded as a product for experienced users. Unlike Miku, they were not easy to utilize for beginners and were criticized that some voices in the original voicebanks were not clear and had pronunciation problems of the Japanese language. Their vowel sounds are choppy and overall lacked smoothness with a number of vowel related sounds being absent.

Act 2

Act 2 was released to solve the Kagamine's pronunciation problems. 
Act 2 is a separate installation. For users with both versions, they have a choice between four voicebanks overall: the newer voicebanks or the older voicebanks both with slightly different results. For having clearer pronunciations and milder voices, Act 2 can sing smoother without skilled pre-settings and advanced editing for beginners. However, it is less vivid and flexible and does not allow delicate settings or editing which gives a wider range of expression to experienced users. Users that own both versions enjoy choosing them in accordance with the intended use as each version has different features, just like having four different voicebanks; comparison of Act 1 and Act 2 edited in the same way
Act 2 also presents a new set of problems. They cannot pronounce the h\ phonetic data and are missing other phonetic pronunciations in addition to what was missing from their original software release. Despite improvements, the remaining missing data still makes the Act 2 voicebanks sound choppy in comparison to other Vocaloid voicebanks.

Append

Like Miku, their Append adds a further 6 voicebanks on top of the original voicebanks, bringing the grand total of Voicebanks sold for the Kagamines to a total of 10, the most of any Vocaloid. Their Append was done differently to Miku's in that the 6 voicebanks were split up and 3 recorded in two different scales for each Kagamine accordingly. This also means there are 5 voicebanks for both Rin and Len each if you include past versions, although most will ultimately have access to only 4 for each of the Kagamines due to the original voicebanks removal from sale. Len is also currently the only male with Appends assigned to him.

The Appends are as follows

• Rin:Power (Optimum genre:Rocks/Pops/Dance musics/Enka, Optimum Tempo:65~170BPM, Optimum Range:F#3 ~ B#4) Youtube broadcast Rin Append "Power" (+Warm)
• Rin:Warm (Optimum genre:Soft rocks/Ballades/Pops/Folks, Optimum Tempo:60~160BPM, Optimum Range:F#3 ~ B#4) Youtube broadcast Rin Append "Warm"
• Rin:Sweet (Optimum genre:Bossa Nova/French Pops/Ambient music/Electronica, Optimum Tempo:55~155BPM, Optimum Range:G#3 ~ C#5) Youtube broadcast Rin Append "Sweet"
• Len:Power (Optimum genre:Rocks/Pops/Dance musics/Enka, Optimum Tempo:65~170BPM, Optimum Range:A#2 ~ D#4) Youtube broadcast Len Append "Power"
• Len:Cold (Optimum genre:Soft rocks/Ballades/Pops/Folks, Optimum Tempo:65~160BPM, Optimum Range:B#2 ~ C#4) Youtube broadcast Len Append "Cold"
• Len:Serious (Optimum genre:Post Rocks/Phsyke/Ambient music/Ambient dub/Electronica, Optimum Tempo:55~155BPM, Optimum Range:A#2 ~ C#4) Youtube broadcast Len Append "Serious"

There is some debate as to if Appends are really needed. While they make it easier to find the right tone for a song, it is possible to recreate similar results to the Append tones without actually buying the software with just the basic voicebanks. There is, however, some pronunciation differences between the voicebanks as each Append uses its own set of vocal samples. For those that lack editing skills, Appends are a useful tool for adding these tones to a song. For those who are familar with the vocals, they offer a way of expanding the Vocaloid's capabilities by offering new vocal ranges and possibilities.
The Append release also gave older Kagamine users the chance to update the Vocaloid2 engine to a newer version, as the Append had the latest engine version. Users also need the Act2 voicebanks to be able to install and use the Append voicebanks. The voicebanks' different pronunciations may be smoother and/or more clear than the others. The Appends themselves were overall much smoother and of a higher quality than the original voicebanks.