Galaco

Galaco (ギャラ子 / Gyarako) was a secret Vocaloid voicebank offered exclusively in the Vocaloid Shop competition. She was made for the Vocaloid 3 engine. Her Vocaloid artwork is by KEI.

History
She first appeared in the music video galaxias! by an artist unit of the same name, composed by the singer Kou Shibasaki and musicians DECO*27 and TeddyLoid.

Galaco was first referred to as a Vocaloid when the Vocaloid Shop's competition for Vocaloid 3 voicebanks was extended to allow new Vocaloids V3 Megpoid - Native and V3 Lily as part of the entry for the competition. She was offered as a prize for anyone who managed to get 1,000+ views on Nico Nico Douga in the Yamaha Shop music competition, but announcement of her name nor image did not come up until late April 2012.

Around the month of March, a Demo of her voice was revealed. On the 29th of June, 2012 another demo and PV were released of Kou Shibasaki's song, ANOTHER WORLD.

The vocal was to be awarded in conjuction with the end of the competition on the 30th of June 2012 and the voicebank itself have been released on August 5, 2012. As of June 30, it was awarded to 697 people. She is available only in downloadable version. The download service will expire on Dec. 31. The code for activating her is set to expire on Jan. 31, 2013. However, the users will receive a new code for continued use before expiration, if they wish.

Marketing
Prior to her announcement, she also had a doll made of her by BLYTHE, the doll was designed by galaxxxy. This doll was not for sale and was display only, but used in promotion. Kei based her Vocaloid design on the doll.

Galaco's image first appeared on T-shirts and posters in the Vocaloid Shop, however, the images of her prior to her announcement were either pixalated or appeared as silhouette form.

Clothing
A dress based on Galaco's own has been produced.

Voicebank Library
Unreleased

Vocaloid 3
Galaco's vocal was handed out as a prize exclusively for those who managed to get 1,000 views in the Vocaloid shop music contest, thus there is currently no plans to release her as a commerical product. There is currently no other information to suggest any differences on her use to the other standard commerical Vocaloid 3 releases, although details of this Vocaloid are subject to change prior to release.

Empath-P, a producer notable for making ballads, evaluates Galaco as being perfect for ballad-type music.

According to some, Galaco's tone of voice which does not lift well and stays flat and emotionless. Although this is common amongst Vocaloids for them to sound like this, Galaco is significant enough to notice the impact of this on songs, this could also potentially be limiting for what genres she can be used for. Some further manipulation of her voice is therefore unavoidable to add extra lift to her voice so she can expand into other genres. She has alot of breathiness in her voicebank, and therefore cannot handle more being added without issues.