At first we at Crypton worked with Yamaha, which had developed the software, on a product for English-speaking markets. Vocaloid* is a software through which a computer sings songs when you input lyrics and melody.
© SEGA Graphics by SEGA / MARZA ANIMATION PLANET INC. For him, he says, the most important thing about Hatsune Miku is that she makes him aware of a whole spectrum of technologies. Hatsune Miku is actually software developed to make a computer sing songs, and Sasaki tells us the ideas that were behind the software he created. Other creators would show their unfinished work and ask for ideas.Known as the creator of the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, Sasaki Wataru is a software developer at Crypton Future Media, Inc. Popular original songs written by a user would generate illustrations, animation in 2D and 3D, and remixes by other users. As the recognition and popularity of the software grew, Nico Nico Douga became a place for collaborative content creation. According to Crypton, a popular video with a comically-altered Miku holding a leek, singing Ievan Polkka, presented multifarious possibilities of applying the software in multimedia content creation. Soon after the release of the software, users of Nico Nico Douga started posting videos with songs created by the software. Nico Nico Douga played a fundamental role in the recognition and popularity of the software.
Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres. The data for the voice was created by actually sampling the voice of Saki Fujita, a Japanese voice actress. The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初 First?), Ne (音 Sound?), and Miku (未来 Future?). Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is the first installment in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series released on August 31, 2007.
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