Megurine Luka (VOCALOID2)

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
The bilingual Megurine Luka product was the most advanced Vocaloid software released during the Vocaloid 2 era. It was designed for expert users, offering both languages Vocaloid 2 was able to handle (English and Japanese). Users do not have to use both vocals, though in mastering both it gives the user a much greater advantage over using either voicebank alone.

Both vocals were sold together at the same price as past CV series vocals, making her cheaper to purchase then buying a Vocaloid solely built for English seperately, with the added bonus of removing the risk Producers faced of buying software they may never be able to use due to the language barrier. By default, her software will be set on its Japanese vocal and Producers will have to manually select her English one. She does not have an English interface, although this is possible to resolve. Despite including English within her package, Crypton Future Media did not offer technical support during the Vocaloid 2 era for that particular voicebank library, but did offer help for the Japanese voicebank library.


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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.

Examples of Usage
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