MAIKA

MAIKA is a Spanish VOCALOID developed and distributed by Voctro Labs, S.L., and was released in December 2013 for the VOCALOID3 engine. On September 12, 2013, Voctro Labs revealed that ONA, their "private" VOCALOID, shared the same voice provider as MAIKA.

Appearance
According to Noriko Hayashi, MAIKA was made following the "Pop Diva" appearance requested by Voctro Labs.

After the winning design was chosen, Voctro Labs requested Noriko to change the face expression and hair color scheme. The last one was for avoid comparisons with previous vocaloids like IA or Luka, as originally the hair was peach to light pink. Noriko tested various color combinations with Voctro choosing the final color scheme.

She has a play/pause tattoo (▶ ll) located on her left cheek. The little droid that accompanies her acts as a pet, microphone and speaker; on October 16th, MAIKA's Facebook page started a poll asking fans to give a name for the floating droid. Later, on December 22th, the site stated that the winner name was "NOVA"

Examples of Usage

 * -|MAIKA =

Contest
The illustration contest before her release helped increase awareness of the upcoming VOCALOID, with many artists submitting their designs.

Boxed Limited Edition
MAIKA's boxed version was sold as a limited edition of 100 copies; they could be preordered since her release date (December 19th), but shipping won't start until January 2014. The Boxed Limited Edition includes:
 * Immediate access to the downloadable version of MAIKA's library.
 * 1x DVD MAIKA with all the content of the download version.
 * 1x DVD with trial versions of Bruno and Clara's voicebank (14 day trial).
 * Four page instructional booklet for MAIKA with phoneme table and concept art.
 * Four high quality MAIKA prints designed by Noriko Hayashi in A6 format.
 * Printed and hand numbered outer box.

Notable For...

 * First Spanish voice bank developed for both VOCALOID3 and NEO engines.
 * Vocal with more breath samples (33)
 * Largest optimum range of any Spanish voice bank.
 * First Spanish vocaloid with a boxed version.