YOHIOloid (VOCALOID3)

History
PowerFX begun production of another VOCALOID following the release of OLIVER. YOHIO presented himself with a rare opportunity and YOHIO's VOCALOID was put on priority due to its English/Japanese potential. Following a series of rumours, it was later confirmed that YOHIO was going to voice a bilingual VOCALOID. YOHIO himself confirmed this through a tweet as well.

In late April 2013 it was confirmed that the voicebank was complete, and that a demo was due soon. Later the contest winning image appeared, though this was confirmed as not the final version of the artwork and adjustments were being made to it.

In May it was confirmed they would not meet their given deadline (early May) for a release. Bil explained that this was their first step into a new language and it had been more difficult then they expected and the BETA vocals were still being tested. Bil admitted that PowerFX themselves had struggled to keep up with their main Soundation product during this time and 2 out of 3 members of their staff were out of office due to newborn arrivals.

A member of VocaTone also confirmed at Vocaloid Otaku forums that the addition of the Japanese vocal was not causing problems for the team. The real problem was that they were doing two languages instead of one, and if anything, the English vocal was the one causing problems not the Japanese.

On May 28th, it was confirmed all recording had been done on YOHIOloid and that there was just the refining process left to complete.

Bil Bryant announced on Twitter that YOHIOloid will be released on 09/10.