VY2

VY2 is a Vocaloid due for release within the near future.

History
VY2 was confirmed soon after VY1 and as part of the "VY" series, VY2 shared the same intention as VY1 of being a Vocaloid without set gender, face or voice. Like VY1 was confirmed "Feminine" VY2 was confirmed to be a "masculine" voice type and its release date was set for late 2010.

However, on 2010/12/24, VY2 was confirmed as delayed while quality is improved, it was also confirmed to be specifically a "young masculine" voice. A 15 second demo of his voice was featured at the Y2×VOCALOID CAFE event in March 2011. On 2011/04/04, a demo song called "Asadoya Yunta" was uploaded into Youtube.

Usage for Music
VY2 is intended for professional musicians and according to Yamaha intended to be a high quality voicebank. It shares the same design as its predecessor, VY1, in that as part of the VY series it is designed to set the standard by being a voicebank with no set gender, face or voice and would be a vocalist to complete any song. The voice itself is a "young masculine" voice. Nothing else is known about it at this point. The current demo shows that the VY2 voice is indeed masculine, and doesn't show gender issues as some Vocaloids before it.

Trivia

 * VY2 also was met by some with the same joke that was previously brought up after Big Al and Tonio's late releases, that male Vocaloids (if one regards VY2 as "male") have a tendency of being late, known as Big Al's Syndrome.