Apart from doing our interviews session with our facilitator regarding the data center, it was obvious to note that the climate in there was ridiculously cold. Those without long pants, jackets and shoes were really in for it of course, even with a thick jacket I could barely keep out the cold. You can literally hear the air conditioners roaring, and with the door swung opened (we were in the staging area before the data center), there was an invisible surge of freezing air. After the end of the cold trip, I felt a brain freeze effect even without the need of eating ice cream. Well enough about school, I'm quite psyched up today because a msn buddy of mine introduced me to Vocaloid! (To be precise, it's actually Vocaloid2)
Seen here is actually one of the characters from the Vocaloid2 Character Series, Kagamine Rin/Len (鏡音リン/レン). Vocaloid is actually a singing synthesizer application software developed by Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by just typing in lyrics and melody. They soon started Vocaloid2 and set up part of the character series with Japanese voices, which were obviously a bigger hit. I haven't seen any of the English voice characters yet or heard their voices yet so I won't say anything. The amazing thing about this is that the voices incorporate some elements from sample voices by real people and the rest is history, the developers are slowly moving away from imitating real voices to creating characteristic vocals though. So in short - most of the vocals you hear sound a bit like an idol singer from the future, but the truth is they don't exist.
Really reminds me a lot of Gorillaz and Daft Punk, they function almost in the same way except Vocaloid2 makes use of only a sample voice and from there onwards, it's all non-existence vocals. Kei's the awesome illustrator behind the creation of the twins and another character Hatsune Miku (初音ミク). Enough with the words, let your ears sample some awesome recommendations!
Hatsune Miku - Setsuna
Kagamine Rin/Len - ココロ・キセキ
I'm truly addicted and blown away by their voices, ココロ・キセキ has instantly become one of my favourites. The title translates to "Heart・Miracle", it has a really sad storyline with an awesome and equally touching PV to boot. According to the Vocaloid2 website, there's an upcoming new character, his name is Kamui Gakupo (神威がくぽ). They're still in the midst of designing his character though, but it's slated to come out this year.
To the one who introduced me to Vocaloid2, I thank you! :D
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