Before I go on rambling about the advent of this new Vocaloid, here a vid to show you why IA released is much anticipated?
Right? Right? Show this video to anyone, even a Vocaloid fan and you will find the person will be dropping jaw when you told the voice is by a software. Released on 27th January 2012, IA is not only anticipated because of the numerous awesome demo before her official release, but also because her voice bank is provided by Lia. The singer is famous for her song 'Tori no Uta'(which is the song used as the first demo), an opening song for the visual novel 'Air'.
IA, or her full title IA-Aria of the Planetes, is a YAMAHA vocaloid, an interesting switch as they are pretty stubborn with the idea of 'a voice does not need a face thing' with Mizki VY1 and VY2. Her character is designed by illustrator Aka Akasaka. With cute wardrobe design and awesome demo, she is clearly grabbing attention from various fans. Moreover its not a fake demo unlike you know who. Her strength is in her light toned and clear voice ultimately, but like many Vocaloid, IA's still need much improvement but not as bad as it sound.
Well, as the famous saying, less talking more listening, let us proceed on recent IA songs since her release shall we?
UNTIL NEXT TIME~ Hellcove OUT!!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Hi everyone, Today we will be discussing about a new Vocaloid from the Vocaloid 3 series. Meet Cul. Her demo was uploaded on YouTube four days ago. You can watch it here.
She was originally a mascot for Vocalo Revolution and at that time, she didn't have a voicebank yet. Her voicebank will be based off the voice of Kitamura Eri, a voice actress and singer. From this demo, you can gather that her genre will be pop-rock. Her character design is also rather simple and has that punk-ish look too, which suits her voice and age appearance of a teenager.
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Today I will be doing a review of the song Run by the latest Korean Vocaloid, SV01 SeeU!!
This demo song is in Korean, which is SeeU's main voicebank language, besides Japanese.
Anyways, this song is mostly about three things : dreams, hope and love. <3
She sings about the world being a dull place is getting brighter and that everyone should take every opportunity to follow and chase after their dreams. SeeU also sings that we must have hope in everything that we do, because when we believe, we can achieve.
In the chorus, she says that she won't look back and will look forward to her future and her achievements. In the second verse, she sings about maybe indulging in love even though she is a shy girl at heart.
The most meaningful part of the song is the bridge. Here the tempo slows down and she is singing about when you're feeling down, stuck or facing obstacles, don't give up chasing after your dreams as you do and can achieve them.
What I found interesting in her demo is that from her original leaked demo, I=Fantasy, the producers have improved her voice to match her appearance as a teenager. Also in the video, the artworks are sent in by fans of SeeU and are even credited. This gives an opportunity for fans to express their feelings towards SeeU. Other than that, the beats and tempo of the song suits her. So bravo to the parties involved in successfully producing SeeU's first official demo. *clap clap clap*
The only thing I think they could improve is to work SeeU in a faster and upbeat song, as her other genre is suppose to be K-pop. And also try to make SeeU sound more human as I believe she is able to do that.
Thanks for reading!! ^~^
Information for the demo:
Run lyrics & music by Dr.Owl. V3 operated by Kimchiman. Video by SBS Artech. Song by SeeU.
