V3 Megpoid

Megpoid Extend; 2010
Following the success of Crypton's Append, Internet Co., Ltd had confirmed Gumi will receive a "Megpoid Extend" edition in 2011.

V3 Megpoid; 2011
On 2011/20/1 confirmation was released that recordings had started for the Megpoid Extend, several vocal recordings have already been recorded.

The first voicebank demo, Megpoid Extend Power β was uploaded on the 21/05/2011 onto Nico Nico Douga, its time spent up was only brief. Demos for Power and Whisper were also put up, but also removed a short time later. A more permanent version was uploaded later. Gumi's whisper Extend was used to sing "Fly me to the moon" and "BeMyself" in her power Extend, their upload was also temporary and were removed at a later date.

The Extend idea was later dropped and instead they were launched as new voicebanks for Vocaloid 3. The voicebanks in are sold individually or as a pack. The new update of information confirmed a October 21st release date. It is also confirmed they are no longer a expansion pack, rather then being called "Megpoid Extend" they are now called "Vocaloid 3 Megpoid" and each vocal has its own appearance to go alongside it.

Some demos have been released as well;

A introduction about her was also added.

Voicebank Libraries
Gumi's new voicebanks are sold as a pack ("V3 Megpoid - Complete") or individually and do not require the Vocaloid 2 Megpoid or V3 Megpoid - Native software to use. Unlike the Appends of Crypton's CV series, this means you are not forced to purchase voicebanks you have no interest in, and can acquire them all or only the ones you want specifically. There are some differences between the voicebanks overall quality and usage so users will have to bare this in mind. However, overall the quality of these voicebanks is much higher then those of the original Vocaloid 2 voicebank. This originally was intended to be a expansion pack for Vocaloid 2 Megpoid.

All of V3 Megpoid's Voicebanks use [br1]-[br5], but however, can still use the import feature too. They also share the same optimum vocals range and tempo as the original, resulting in the package providing Gumi with simple change of tone in each voicebanks. This is a contrast to the Crypton Future Media Character Vocal "Append" series, which act as a "expression of colour" for each vocaloid and allows Megpoid to maintain a more natural sound of tone rather then a contrasting tone. It makes this package relatively simpler to use and editing is less demanding (though not unavoidable) and the same VSQ files in the original Gumi vocals will working for each of these vocals.

The downside is that on occasion the vocals can sound far too close to the original Megpoid vocal and do not offer as much of a contrast as the Crypton "Appends", but are intended to produce a more natural tone rather then be expressive. The result is a more professional singing vocal sound rather then a more expressive one and therefore is the result is that there is less distinction between the voicebanks, however, changing voicebanks mid-song is less noticeable and the Megpoid software can more easily maintain a good singing vocal performance.


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