Kagamine Rin & Len act2


 * This is an informative article about the Kagamine Rin and Len ACT2 software for the VOCALOID2 engine.

History
On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced that an updated edition, named "Act2", would be released in early July 2008. Crypton Future Media apologized for the bad quality of the original Kagamine Rin/Len product. They explained that they had rushed the Kagamine product onto the market in suite of Hatsune Miku's success and promised to produce a better quality version to correct their mistakes. The product itself had been in production between April and September 2007 and had not been changed between then and their release. The following April they continued to work on the vocals from where they were left off to tweak the issues surrounding them. Crypton Future Media also promised to speak more closely with the fans, and keep them up to date more on their VOCALOID software progress.

The new version was released to address issues with the original voicebanks that affected their ability to sing clearly. The database was reshuffled to allow the voicebank libraries to handle the samples better, and Crypton Future Media worked heavily to improve the vocals. Act2 was as an independent installation, coexisting with the initial software. During the Kagamine Act2 production, Crypton Future Media also took the time to change the End User agreement on their CV series to make it easier to understand.

Users who had bought the old version got an expansion disc free of charge, an offer which continued until 20 September 2008, after which users could no longer register. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog; and on July 18, the act2 was released. The original version of the software is now retired from sale by Crypton Future Media themselves.

Recommended

 * 2000 + or more computer Pentium4 2 GHz / Athlon XP
 * (Recommended 64 2800 + or more Pentium4 2.8 GHz / Athlon)
 * OS Windows XP (32bit) / VISTA (32bit) / 7 (32, 64bit)
 * Operation 32bit compatibility mode (WOW64) in 7 (64bit)
 * RAM memory 512MB or more
 * Recommended 1GB or more
 * Real-time VSTi is recommended when using more than 2GB
 * Interface VST2.3 (32bit) / ReWire / stand-alone

Voicebank Libraries

 * (Rin Act1, Rin Act2), (Len Act1, Len Act2)

"Kagamine Rin" is once again the default vocal and Kagamine Len must be manually selected.

Individual vocals

 * -|Kagamine Rin Act2 =
 * -|Kagamine Len Act2 =