Megurine Luka (VOCALOID2)

Megurine Luka software for the Vocaloid 2 engine.

History
Her introduction was firstly by code (CV03) and her existence was made known during the Kagamine original release promotions and was intended to be the last of the CV series vocals. On 05/01/2009 the first letter of her surname was revealed with the promise of more information to come. On the 06/01/2009, Megurine Luka was revealed. Crypton advertised Luka's vocal database as "Japanese," like Kagamine Rin and Len's..

However, a second voicebank was shown shortly before her release that gave her capabilities to sing in English. This was revealed on the 14/11/2008. At the time of Luka's release, there was a growing interest in English speaking Vocaloids. Luka offered both languages for the price of one, giving Japanese Vocaloid users the chance to test their skills on English capable Vocaloids. Her English voicebank was produced in a series of experimental recordings, and her vocal provider Yū herself was not involved in the recording process, which took eight months.

Crypton Future Media chose Megurine Luka's name to express its hope that she would transcend borders and cultural barriers. Her surname literally means "sound that goes around." Luka was designed by the Japanese illustrator Kei, who had previously created the designs for Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin and Len. Demo .VSQ files for "UP" were made able to be downloaded from the Crypton Future Media blog as part of promotion for her release.

Voicebank Libraries
By default, her software will be set on its Japanese vocal and Producers will have to manually select her English one.

'' Important; It became a myth amongst some groups of fans that Luka's Japanese vocal was more adapt at commanding the English language then her actual English vocal. This, however, has often been proven incorrect as the Japanese vocal lacks much of the needed samples for producing suitable English. See English - Japanese for more details. ''

Individual Vocals

 * -|Megurine Luka; Japanese =
 * -|Megurine Luka; English =

Demo Version
A demo version was offered in the July 2009 issue of DTM Magazine. another trial was released in VOCALOIDをたのしもう in vol.3 along with a trial of Hatsune Miku.