The latest Vocaloid after the Gackpoid emerges in detail, set for release at the end of January; her name is 巡音ルカ / Megurine Luka.
She (her voice) is said to be “cool and husky”, a reasonable description as you can hear in the below demo song:
Player 1
This is the official rendition, by Kei, designer of the previous Vocaloids:
Her profile is as follows:
Age: 20
Height: 162cm
Weight: 45kg
Genres: Latin, Jazz, Ethno-pop, House/Electronic Dance
Tempo: 65-145BPM
Range: D3-D5
As far as the Vocaloid family of virtual idols goes (ignoring their usage as musical tools), she looks only third or perhaps second rate, as opposed to the first rate set of Miku and the Kagmine clan. Still, we shall see.
Art is already starting to accumulate all the same:
Do my eyes deceive me, or did I accidentally slip an image of Tear, of Tales of the Abyss, in there?
See also her official homepage at Crypton. The major sellers are all being difficult about international shipping, but it should not be too hard to acquire her.
Thanks to Topher Cantler of Tomopop for tipping me off.
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So this on another "blog". And I want her. And no, Tear wasn't slipped,.......or was she¿ 0_o
I really like the way she sounds. Not as annoying as previous models.
She's spreading pretty fast. 0_0...
There are tons of fanarts already for her at Piapro
http://piapro.jp/content_list/?view=image&tag=%8F%84%89%B9%83%8B%83J [http://piapro.jp/content_list/?view=image&tag=J]
I hope she won't over-famous Meiko. Sakine Meiko ftw
Though I still like Luka.
Miku is fucking doomed at last!
Doesn't really strike a cord with me, like she's missing something?
I mean, she looks nice, but...I dont get that sense of energy I get from seeing Miku or the Kagamine's
needs to be flatter?
Her boobs are fine.
Wait, are you taking about her voice?
her voice doesnt fit the character drawn i reckon..... the voice isnt bad but i can never betray miku =D
I feel the same way, actually. I love her look. But.. I just like Miku and Rin better.
She looks very nice, but then still can't beat Miku in my opinion. Just my opinion.
I don't think they're trying to beat her, it's just an addition.
I believe Vocaloid was meant for a variety of different voices and characters, not JUST Miku. Miku's great, I love her, but I'm also a loyal Len fan.
Hm. in order of prevalence, the things I said upon seeing here are:
Man, her boobs are way too big.
And
She reminds of the large breasted one from Abyss...
Seems Artefact clued in on that rather quickly as well.
Doomed no. but she does have serious competition. though i think they are pretty much in a class to each to there own. Miku n Luka. and of course Teto. forget everyone else. lol
Why is Tear there?
Luka is an obvious palette swap of Tear.
Seems like Meiko may become forgotten if Luka catches on.
Did they mention who her singer was, if anyone of note?
Asakawa Yu is her seiyuu
That makes a lot of sense. She's go a great vocal range without sounding too artificial. Honestly wasn't terribly impressed by the majority of the demo, but Amazing Grace was well done.
I still think I'll stick with Meiko though.
wait.. Who's Meiko? I know who Miku and Rin and Len are, and EVERYONE's heard of Luka. But is Meiko another vocaloid, or a fan made one?
Meiko is the Vocaloid1 character, before Kaito and Miku.
Is that a whip I see there?
:3 Do want.
tales from the abyss vocaloid?
I like the way this one sounds. More mature in a way.
instead of just doing other vocaloid-voices, they should programm a better version already. No matter who, all have those weird very annoying computer-sound-like voices sometimes when they speak. Vocaloid is a good programm, but not perfect, so don't stop here please.
Actually, I have to agree. It does feel weird at times. Maybe it is a removable filter of sort, or left there intentionally to keep the voices more artificial? (Don't know what good that'll do though..)
I have heard some songs on the older Vocaloids that barely has the synthesizer feel, for some odd reason. I think it can be removed to a certain degree by fading out the the end of the word or something.
Sounds like a good voice for more Jazzy, or Latin American songs.
It is possible to tweak the vocaloids to human perfection but it takes a lot of time, generally people also seem to want to maintain the artificial sound the vocaloids produce.
Isn't the 6th photo from Tales of the Abyss?
BTW I knew that this new character has a big chest! XD
Yeah that is from Tales of the Abyss AND NOT this character at all....
You're a sharp one I see.
Asakawa Yu? So THAT'S why I thought she looked a bit like Rider...
i think we're gonna have a lot of doujins in the future where she rapes the other vocaloids
The voice range reminds me of Ren. But for some reason, she sounds more natural. Idk, maybe it's just me... but they seem to be refining the vocaloid software.
Character design is good... no change there. Though I still prefer Miku =P.
Luka's outfit made me think of Tear too, at first. As I started flipping through the fanart, I kept thinking of Utena instead--same hair and eye color, and Luka's dress looks like a Rose Bride dress. I think she's cute, but it's more evident in the fanart. That wasn't a really great looking piece by KEI. Luka's proportions are really weird in that picture, especially her hands.
The English isn't too bad.
She doesn't sound moe enough for me. Miku still is the best! <3
Design fails.
As failed as Gakupo?
Yup yup... DO WANT~~ I love her already <3
This is Tear but with Pink hair and a whip lol
Miku is still greater though :3
Lolwut?
Amazing Grace?
Computer-Generated Amazing Grace?
Not sure if want.
Megurine looks hawt and delicious~ <3 <3 <3
Amazing Grace FTW
reminds me more of Persona 3's Aegis with longer hair.
looking pretty good i'd say. would go well with a duet with kaito :P
Meh, Miku was a way better virtual idol that all of the Vocaloid casts!
Wow, at least for me, this is better than miku :o
Wow, she has a good voice,,, Mmmm
Do want Rider vocaloid.
her voice is nice and smooth
but my vote still goes to Miku!!!
we can see vocaloid software has be improved from time to time in producing better quality sound....
(hopefully few years later, Miku get major patch to improve her sound quality)
digitized engrished amazing grace is awesome =)
awesome, finally a way to reproduce tsugumi voices!!!!
best news so far