User talk:Damesukekun

Song Translations
Sorry about that. I'll look around the other website. Thanks for the link! =) Xhirachu 18:45, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

reply
On the other wikis I'm usually dealing with a lot of fan content as well as fan interpretations of stuff, so I'm sorry if I get a little biased. I have tendencies. You can fix whatever I screwed up (although I may have to beg to differ on Japanese interpretations on stuff even though my Japanese knowledge will only get me through about one semester of Japanese I)... Only dead fish go with the flow. 01:28, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

hi :)
hi Damesukekun:

I'm an UTAU beginner.. and I have some problem about UTAU..

could you help me..? thanks! :)

my Email & WindowsLiveMessenger(MSN): wxy1988@hotmail.com

how to optimize voice in utau (or after utau)
for example:

sm8595712

in this utau song, the voice is very cleanlily.

but the voice in my utau work isn't sounds as clean and smooth as that song.

the vocal source is clean and smooth enough, but after the pitch transformation in utau, it sounds not clean as before (it sounds like something "noise" in vocal wave)

how to optimize the voice to make the voice wave cleanlily? (how to optimize it in utau or other software)

thanks :) !!

The UTAU users confront the same difficulty. Even the early works of Lamaze-P sound robot-like singing, so they share the tuning skill in UTAU Users Mutual Aid Association (UTAU ユーザー互助会). The portal is in Japanese only, though. Oh, could you leave your signature? --Damesukekun 11:17, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't own either Vocaloid or UTAU software, so I have no experience operating the singing voice.

reply
Yes. I'm more concerned about him/her deleting Guma than adding Kimi, actually - the Japanese fandom hasn't made any Voyakiloids lately, so it's pretty much first come first serve now. But still, Kimi needs a voice config, and there is nothing wrong with Guma. Only dead fish go with the flow. 23:26, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the grammatical mistakes. I've just got up and been an idiot. --Damesukekun 23:33, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. I'm going to leave a message on his/her page and let Lopez know it.
 * How well is filozofio doing on the Rankings? The Daily, not the Weekly. Only dead fish go with the flow. 23:57, December 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hm, it　came and left like a shooting star. The total score is about 30,000 hits in YouTube now. --Damesukekun 00:01, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's more than good enough. Only dead fish go with the flow. 00:04, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks Damesukekun! I'll do my best to proofread, update and maintain articles, especially MMD.

--Riotmos 00:37, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Voiceroid?
Think it should go under Influenced By Vocaloid? Technically it's not the same, but having a mascot character voicing - same concept, and I've actually seen Tsukuyomi Ai videos categorized under Vocaloid in NND. Plus, AH made it, which makes it even more fishy. Only dead fish go with the flow. 06:12, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Another point which supports my idea is that AquesTalk, a non-Vocaloid voice synthesizing program, is regarded as an UTAU derivative (the truth is converse, though). Visit Defoko and Yukkuri (Jpn.). Maybe O Herman will give us more advice. I'll ask him. --Damesukekun 07:13, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm... I think it should be categorized as a Related Program such as UTAU. Tsukuyomi's place has not been set in Nicovideo yet. I feel she appears more often in UTAU related videos than Vocaloid related ones.


 * If it doesn't use the vocaloid software, it's not vocaloid. Therefore, Ai belongs as an influenced program. So this voiceroid thing sits alongside UTAU. O Herman 09:57, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Talk: Kokoro
えっと、Talk: Kokoro に書いた私の意見はDamesukekunさんへの反論ではないです. 念のため. 書く場所がよくなくて、紛らわしかったかもしれないですね. すみません(^^; My opinion on Talk Page of Kokoro was not meant to refute your edit on the article. Blacksaingrain 09:13, January 6, 2010 (UTC) Blacksaingrain　さんの中立的な意見、助かりました. 同じ段落に投下したのは、Blacksaingrain さんと同じ文脈だと思ったからです. --Damesukekun 15:17, January 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * わざわざすみません. 私こそなんだかかき回してしまって・・・
 * この記事に関しては、私もそのうち大幅に修正入れようと思っていたので、Damesukekunさんのご意見もよくわかります. 削除した方が揉め事が少なくなるのは確かでしたし、今後、派生ボカロのように荒れてしまう可能性も高いですよね. でも、wikiの成長は悪いことではないし･･･悩ましいです. 「荒れるから自重しよう」というのは、もしかしたら海外の人にはあまりわかってもらえない概念なのかもしれないですね(人によるとは思いますけれど). 実際、この文章も英語に直そうとしたら、上手く訳せない気がします(--;　Blacksaingrain 07:37, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since I was thinking of editing the article, I understand what you meant. I know what happened in the fanmade-vocaloids' category and there's a reason to delete some articles in that category. The same problem can happen on this, and it's certain that deleting it would reduce arguments in the future.But growth of wiki is not a bad thing... it's a thorny issue. I suppose the way of thinking「荒れるから自重しよう」is hard to explain and make it understood in English, though it's up to each person. Blacksaingrain 06:22, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

ある意味、ニコ動で二次三次作品が黙認されている現状が、ボカロは何をしても自由だという印象を海外ユーザに与えているのは事実だと思います. これについては作者の側から積極的に英語で情報発信して誤解を解消することが必要ですし、この点について ymiyass さんと時折連絡を取っています. --Damesukekun 14:34, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, if Japanese authors express their own views in English, I’m sure that would dispel a lot of misunderstandings. Many people really love their wonderful works and want to know them.Blacksaingrain 06:19, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to encourage them and Crypton/PIAPRO to broadcast the Vocaloid information in English, too. It's a shame that they are reluctant to, my playing the flute with no one dancing... --Damesukekun 07:15, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * In case anyone is wondering, Crypton is somewhat trying, with their official presence in Facebook and Karen-T. O Herman 09:23, January 15, 2011 (UTC)

歌詞英訳について / Lyric Translation
ご連絡ありがとうございます. だめすけさんのご意見に賛成です. 解釈は人によって違うと思いますし、翻訳者の英語力/日本語力の問題もあるので、仰るとおり両論併記が可能なサイトへの誘導が一番いいですね. Thank you for your message. I agree with you. Establishing links to VocaloidLyrics @ Wiki is the best way. Translation can vary considerably from person to person, for it depends on each translator's explication and English/Japanese-language skillsBlacksaingrain 11:50, January 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * サンドリヨンのTalk Page の追記は単に自分の言葉足らずの補足もとい蛇足です.
 * それと、訳と関係ないことで申し訳ないのですけれど、サンドリヨンの日本語の濁点のある字やカタカナ等が一部文字化けで表示されているのですが、だめすけくんさんはいかがですか？もしかして自分だけ、なのかも（＾＾；Blacksaingrain 09:27, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * 仕様が変わってから日本語が正しく表示されないようですね. Damesukekun
 * 13:37, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * そうだったんですね. ありがとうございました. Blacksaingrain 03:03, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

help with name making
so im making a fanmade vocaloid and i need help with the name im trying to use

i'm doing koorine as the last name should that translate to ice sound, icy sound, ice song, ect. and is this the right spelling for it also 氷音

for first names im using aoi 葵 and midori 緑 i spelt them in hiruga (srry i cant spell well) Zinfandel120 07:04, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

氷音 is right. 葵緑 means "greenish hollyhock." Maybe you want to say greenish blue, then the name is 青緑. One point. Please understand that you cannot claim copyright on a remix work unless the original creator approves. Damesukekun 08:06, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not all for your creation because your music work seems to be the recyling with just a pitch change (i.e., not true Vocaloid tuning)...

you now those names are to seprate people? 氷音葵 Koorine Aoi and 氷音緑 Koorine Midori Let me tell you one more point. As other editors say, newcomers are messing up this Wiki. Please understand that just a "drawing" doesn't fit this Wiki. -- Damesukekun 01:18, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. They go.

How would you romanize this?
Japanese-style, that is. 文殊熙 - it's a name. Only dead fish go with the flow. 18:21, April 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * This name seems Chinese or Korean and I have no idea how to read it. Can you tell me where it is from? Maybe I could make a search. -- Damesukekun 06:03, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * It is Chinese/Korean but a lot of the non-Japanese friends I know are using the hanzi/hanja names and deriving three pronunciations from them (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) so I was hoping we could do the same with this one. Only dead fish go with the flow. 13:42, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * In Chinese, Wen Shu-Xi http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html and in Korean, Mun Su-Hui http://homepage2.nifty.com/ichimat/kanji/. I guess this name is from Korea for 文 is one of the famous surnames in that country. I'm sorry but I don't think of the just Japanese reading for this name. 殊 is rarely used as a name in Japan. And Kanjis in Japanese have several pronunciations respectively unlike in Chinese and Korean as you know, so you can read this name in lots of ways but each of them sounds strange for me. If I should japan-ize this name, Bun Shu-Ki or Bun Koto-Hiro would be the best but I'm not sure.-- Damesukekun 16:23, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was hoping to maybe use it as a handle at one site, but I think they'd fid it too awkward. Only dead fish go with the flow. 02:55, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

Vocaloid Answers!
Hello! I am Pikapi and I have just founded a site called Vocaloid Answers. It is about Vocaloids and UTAUloids. I was thinking, could Vocaloid Wiki and my Vocaloid Answers Wikia work together somehow?-- PiKaPi   talk   blog  20:51, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, Pikapi. Thank you for letting me know. I think we can have free and easy questions and answers on the wiki. Can you ask Antonio and Oherman? They are the administrators of Vocaloid wiki and UTAU wiki respectively. -- Damesukekun 00:31, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

can you help me with my fan made vocaloid
i wonder if you could help me i've been working on my fan made vocaloid

i've read your rules and i have made a few video's can you tell me if there is anything i can improve

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/0/7rE8IPvloJ0

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/1/K-8hptoAv9U

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/2/fcLVaCAJGNQ

please can you reveiw them for me thx ^^

More songs
I need more YUki songs but I can only find what I've found.

Its really difficult, I want to bring her above 20+ songs like the rest. :-/ One-Winged Hawk 12:29, June 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. I'll make a search on Nico and add famous ones. Damesukekun 12:36, June 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I can only add what I find on youtube. I find dealing with the English vocaloids easier, most of them are just covers with few orginal songs, but the Japanese ones have many orginal songs, and cover of other vocaloid orginal songs. So the approach is going to be different. Unforantely it makes it arkward for me. :-) One-Winged Hawk 13:41, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Re: creator must not create the page clause
There should be a sole exception, that is, majority, if all the requirements are provided, and does not infringe all other rules. What do you think? O Herman 16:40, June 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * The standard of "majority" is not clear. And anyone but the author will create the page for a famous character. I know what you mean, but anonymous users are creating and adding their simple ideas so I think we can apply the rule strictly for the time being to set the order. Damesukekun 18:00, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Black Rock Shooter
最近PCの調子が悪く、量の多い記事の編集ページを開いたりプレビューを見たりする作業だけでかなり時間がかかってしまっていまして、編集中にいただいたメッセージに気づけず申し訳ありませんでしたm(_　_)m ブラックロックシューターの新規記事の作成に関しましては、海外ファンの間でブラックロックシューターがかなり有名なので、独立した記事を作ったほうがミクの主記事が荒れなくていいかな、と思っただけですので、だめすけさんのご判断にお任せします. もしだめすけくんさんがミクの主記事での説明だけで十分で、新規記事は不要とお考えでしたら、そうしていただければと思います. もともとBRSはVocaloidとは何の関係もないキャラクターですので. Blacksaingrain 10:36, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

ちなみに私の PC も、持ち主より少しは処理能力が高いと思われるアフォの仔ですｗｗｗ I'll start a new page for BRS. That'll clear up unnecessary edit wars on BRS. Damesukekun 14:13, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 別ページを作って飛ばしたほうがよさそうですね. ミクの主ページの荒れを防ぐためにも.
 * I recycled the unused BRS article. Damesukekun 15:35, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

romanization
Macrons are hard to type; ought we to use the older (but still existing) romanization (i.e. uu instead of ū)? Only dead fish go with the flow. 05:27, July 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's what I've been thinking of. Macrons help users read words accurately but is bothering at the same time. Do you post the idea on the forum? Damesukekun 07:46, July 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * I wanted to get a second opinion first. Romanization is often a very touchy subject among fans of a Japanese work (see Spell My Name With An S) and I know a lot of wiki admins who, upon making a decision about it, are pretty unrelenting. I'm carrying it over now. Only dead fish go with the flow. 17:59, July 15, 2010 (UTC)

In my personal opinion, Revised Hepburn Method WITH macrons works the best. If you could spare time and energy to correct the words, I'll support you and join the correction. Damesukekun 04:57, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * The lying problem is that they don't have the standardized romanization here in Japan. The common method is Revised Hepburn without macron, but it's not compulsory. For example, we have four spellings for the long vowels. オー will be [o], [ō], [oo] or [oh].

Could you translate?
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEI

I wish to upload this both here and on wikipedia, but I think the problem is clear... I can write odd things to begin with, but especially on the wikipedia side Kei's page will need to be interlinked with other pages. On here, I simply wish to get his Vocaloid page expanded upon a little. I ask with the most humblest of gratitude when I request "Can you translate the Japanese wikipedia page for me please?".

Whether you say "yes" or "no", thank you in advance for at least reading this message. I thought finding information in the English communitity was going to be easier, but all I can find in the stuff that I already know about the Vocaloid side of things. One-Winged Hawk 12:02, October 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Good idea. I'm busy with my job now and I don't know when I can translate the material but I'll share time for it. Damesukekun 23:47, October 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! You are a hero! Don't worry, theres no rush at all anyway to get it done quickly, so long as I know I've got a translator at last thats cool with me. I put out requests elsewhere, wikipedia for instance, and no one has responded and its been several weeks since my first plea. And I knowno one at Vocaloid Otaku is going to give up a translation without first digging at wikis and how they work (again) before even hinting at translating it.


 * Take as long as you want! ;-) One-Winged Hawk 07:13, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Kaito/Meiko
Even on wikipedia, I haven't added them to the list of upcoming voicebanks. While it may happen, its like with Leon, Lola and Sweet Ann box art updates - it hasn't happen and may not. Last time someone mentioned Leon and Lola's boxart to someone from Z-G, they were unaware of it, thus only the ones involved will know. I am a bit curious though, what exactly are the full details of this update on Meiko and Kaito? Do you know? The translators themselves don't seem 100% sure on VO forums. One-Winged Hawk 17:12, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm the one who broke the ice in VO community - I should have said the source was unofficial and used the term "discuss" rather than "consider" - the update was not the official announcement and Crypton just seemed to watch the response of fans and market then. Damesukekun 23:06, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * That clears that much up then, thanks. I think I recall now someone noting that the source had been misintrepretated. Couldn't remember who, but that clears up the "update" completely. Thank you! One-Winged Hawk 00:20, October 16, 2010 (UTC)

Question
http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/forum/10-news/

Can you confirm if these are 100% Vocaloids?

Cause... I want to know if its safe to start the article.

Thanks in advance. :-3 One-Winged Hawk 10:30, November 25, 2010 (UTC) I visited the official site and other sources, but they only gave メーウ was "a virtual idol unit" and that was all. I'll let you know further information when the mist clears up. Damesukekun 13:00, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you mean メーウ? I'm not sure either, if they are new Vocaloids, just voice manipulations or other vocal synthesis software.

Re:
im not understanding why i cant post my "vocaloid" i know its not much. i have created her and i looked up many other vocaloids and they dont have very much history from what ive seen. some dont have songs or more than one picture. Mine did...

im sorry for posting this.. im just confused and i didnt mean to be immature. one of my friends told me i should post to get fans. im sry. she said it was a free wikia to post fan made vocaloids. forgive me

Polite Request
Hi there, I have a small translation request.

Could you tell me about what the contest is about here?

I'm just asking for what it is about though, theres no need for more then the basic details.

Thanks in advance. One-Winged Hawk 13:19, January 14, 2011 (UTC) By the way, CUL is the abbreviation for CULNOZA, not culture. Could you correct the article? Damesukekun 14:24, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a public song collection for CUL. Participants post female vocaloid songs to Nicovideo up to Feb. 25.


 * Really? Wow. Thanks for that. One-Winged Hawk 17:15, January 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Corrected. Its also the sign I have to drop one of my other translators. They were the one who threw up that translation. I'll deal with that next time I see them. I've been producing more reliable translations by myself and I'm bad at it as it is. Looks like right now the two most reliable source of translation within the fandom are if I post here or wikipedia.


 * Its kind of disappointing, I put up a message on the mainpage to see if we can get word around that more translators are needed. When you have large fandoms like say, Naruto or One Piece in western fandoms, translators are easy to find. Its rather disappointing sometimes as only mainstream shows attract the translators. Its not like there are none around in the Vocalid fandoms case, its that their not in the right places. I hate asking too much of any single translator as I know it can tick them off.


 * The only other thing that needs translating is this. One-Winged Hawk 17:36, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, here it is:

"Kagamine Rin & Len Append", the appended vocal libraries for "Kagamine Rin & Len" has come to the market. Rin & Len Kagamine is the Vocaloid of a set of twin vocals, the girl vocal Rin and boy vocal Len. (note by translator: Rin and Len are not twins officially.) Each vocal gained three new voicebanks such as storong voice, whisper voice and so on by this update to Append. More vocal faces became available for more song expressions.

Rin & Len Append came to distribution just three years after the first release of Kagamine on December 27, 2007. What was the air of the recording for Kagamine Append? We held an interview with Asami Shimoda, the voice provider for Rin & Len Kagamine. Wataru Sasaki from Crypton Future Media, the directer of the series of Vocaloid products, joined us in the middle of interview and we heard the story of development which had been untold.

─ Three years have passed since Rin & Len Kagamine showed up on stores.

Shimoda: Yes. It is three years since the release, but the recording itself was three and about a half years ago. I remember that Miku Hatsune had already been in boom at that time. I heard at the first recording that the software was in fact for temporary songs. So I was thinking at first that it was a DAW software designed for and used and loved just by those in the music trend and those who create songs just for pleasure.

The fact is, now this product has met its third year and has grown to a set of characters loved very much. I am very surprised to see the unexpected things like this. And this product leaves my hand sheer and many Kagamine CDs are released before I know. Well, Miku Hatsune CD hits the number 1 in the Oricon chart and the Miku music game by SEGA is popular. Another surprising thing is that most cosplayers were in the Vocaloid outfit in Comic Market.

─ Do you go to Comic Market?

Shimoda: Yes, I often go. I love to.

─ Aren't you detected as "the person of Kagamine"?

Shimoda: No, I am not because I disguise myself when I go. (laugh) Well, I think that Kagamine has become one of the national characters and I am very glad as a participator for Kagamine. I hope that Rin and Len unchanginly have new meetings during the forth and fifth year, too, and I want to celebrate it.

─ Do you have anything new by providing Rin & Len vocals?

Shimoda: I receive more letters from elementary students and kids than before.

─ Do elementary students listen to Kagamine songs?

Shimoda: Now even kids use the Internet. I receive more letters saying "We all listen to Kagamines at school." or "I belong to the broadcast club and I broadcast Kagamine songs during lunch hour." or so. I think that listening to Vocaloid songs may be in boom among students.

I often receive illustrations, too. I, however, just recorded the voicebank and I feel sorry because it isn't I who sing.

─ By the way, where did the name Rin and Len come from?

Sasaki: This is... The name was not decided at the first recording in 2007. Ms. Shimoda was familiar with the animes of her childhood so "Hokuto no Ken" just came to our talk. The character by the name "Rin" was in the anime. It happened to be a topic, we joked about the clip "Rin said a word with the air of the situation", and we simply decided Rin and Ken.

─ What!

Shimoda: Yeah, "Batt and Rin was so plagializing that Rin and Ken would be better." and so on. (laugh)

Sasaki: A talented rap musician "Shuren The Fire" lives in Hokkaido and his cosplay is an homage to "Shuren" in "Hokuto no Ken". So Hokuto no Ken might have been too close to us.

Shimoda: Well, in fact, I did not know the final naming. I was told that the names were Rin and Len before I took an interview for a magazine, and I felt easy to know that Ken was not used. I also thought that Len was cool. L and R make a pair and they sound nice.

─ Why did you name one of them "Len"?

Sasaki: I always make halfway jokes. (laugh) I often use jokes and simple guesses as spice to reflect the happy air and sensation in a studio to my products.

─ How was the words when Ms. Shimoda received the offer three and a half years ago?

Shimoda: I was told that they wanted two vocals anyway. The sense of one person acting two vocals. I was so happy to know that they recruited me with my skill of generating both boy and girl voices.

─ Did they offer you the project after the release of Miku?

Sasaki: No, before Miku.

Shimoda: Soon after Saki Fujita was recruited for Miku's vocal.

─ Then, was the condition of twins in your mind since then?

Sasaki: Yes. The movies of Idol M@ster was gaining popularity, so I thought she would be counted as "the voice actress for the twins in Idol M@ster" soon. Another attracting point was she was tactful to act the twins with slight differences. She was appealing as a voice actress because she was fully aware of such slightly different personalities.

Shimoda: Well, I know few voice actresses who usually narrate for twin characters.

Sasaki: You narrated both for the popular twins in Idol M@ster and mirror-reflection characters, so you would have the opportunity to receive more works for twin characters.

Shimoda: I've already acted for other projects, indeed. In addition, pretty many in the anime industry love Rin & Len. In a certain anime I narrated, a road roller was sitting quietly in a park in the first chapter. (laugh)

─ Wow, Kagamine popularity spreads to such the extent. Do you have any tip when you act twins as different egos?

Shimoda: Well, the tip is... I don't usually narrate with deep thinking, it is more like feeling.

Sasaki: I think you get into characters you play very naturally.

Shimoda: Yes, I do. If I tell it with the words from my sense, the difference is, Rin's voice comes from the top of my head and Len from my bosom. Rin is like producing a cute and flying voice from the hair whorl. I open my eyes wide, this is, say, how I generate high tones. On the other hand, I can't create Len's low voice if I don't put some muscle on my bosom. I focus on narrating through the center of my bosom, through the lower part.

Sasaki: Listeners would know that. Those who dislike Rin's voice say her voice echoes in their heads and it makes them feel dizzy. Some like a cheerful girl's cry and others don't. Rin's and Len's vocals strike like a lightning, they are more like cries. Len's high vocal bothers those who don't like Kagamine.

─ The comments when demos of Kagamine Append was released were...

Sasaki: "Sweet vocal isn't Ren at all!" or so.

─ Six more vocals were attached to Append package. More varied expressions were required and how did you narrated them differently?

Shimoda: Mr. Sasaki led me. I didn't have to narrate sentences, Vocaloid voicebank was made from the edited voices. In a recording studio, well, I was not sure if my vocal really sounded as Ren's soft vocal...

─ Any difficult vocal to narrate?

Shimoda: I had one, but I don't remember which.

Sasaki: The recording were in several days and we gave names to each append later, so she wasn't sure in the studio. The first was the Rin in a little low-spirit and the next were the little bitchy, and the cool Len followed. Then the forceful voice and the last was the soft.

Shimoda: I recorded many vocals. Mr. Sasaki said he had asked me "the bitchy" one but I remember he had requested me "the sad" one at first. But I could not do well and he changed it to bitchy one and I caught it. We spent not a little time for that.

─ You don't tell sentences but just phonics when recording. I heard that you had difficulty expressing emotions.

Shimoda: The phonics was unusual like "zan, zan, jii" and I had to lay even stress on each unit. When I narrate a usual script, I can express sadness by speech accents, but doing so in the Vocaloid recording makes vocal unit uneven.

─ Much more skill is required than narrating as a usual voice actress.

Shimoda: Yes. Furthermore, I have to concentrate on it a lot. The recording was 25 hours in total and 4 hours a day, but I narrate the same phonics many times so I become sleepy if I don't concentrate on. Unlike the anime studio, the staff and the engineers are very quiet so I hear only my voice. In addition, I narrate it on the rhythm like "tan, tan, tan, tan."

Sasaki: Kinda chanting... It is like chanting Heart Sutra. (laugh)

Shimoda: I felt I was really listening to a sutra. I was about to fall asleep and sometimes I was narrating half-dreamy. I was afraid if I made not a few mistakes with the absent mind.

Sasaki: Well, you were okay. (laugh)

Shimoda: Was I okay? I would like to apologize. Well, I felt little happy when recording. All I thought was to heighten my motivation like "'Key, I'll concentrate."

─ What came to your mind when the recording was over?

Shimoda: I thought "Phew, I can't work any longer today". I felt as if I had exhausted all my glucose.

─ What was your impression before the release of Kagamine Append?

Shimoda: "Wow, the date is exactly the same as the date of original release three years ago." Did you set the date on purpose?

Sasaki: Yes, I did. In fact, I received claims from end shops such as "distribute it on the Christmas day" or "not this day, please" when I released it three years ago. I got claims again for asking this unusual release date this year.

─ True, the date was after Christmas, and was inconvenient for end shops.

Shimoda: Yet it was catchy to release just after three years. I hope we could hold events on December 27 as Rin's and Len's birthday.

This time of three years ago, I was expecting the Kagamine release. I had many visitors and e-mails, and was waiting for the awaited release. I received the unexpected offer this year again. I had no idea distributing another package after the first recording.

I was just narrating without any emotion at the first ACT1 recording, but expressions such as sadness or sweet whisper were newly added. Songs gain depth so I hope Vocaloid beginners would use Kagamine Append.

─ Wonderful comment.

Sasaki: You advertise the product better than a certain person in charge of Vocaloid. Well, do you have any chance to work for Crypton? (laugh)

Shimoda: Are you short of hands?

Sasaki: Yes, we are short of hands and smiles.

─ (laugh) Well, in the end of the interview, do you have any request of songs you want to listen with Append?

Shimoda: I have no idea. Saying about songs, I think Miku Hatsune is the artist who has the most songs around the world, so every genre has come with her. So, I hope users would find the singing ways which make good use of the features of Append. When you let Kagamine sing a ballade, for example, a part is in the sad singing with whisper voice and another part is in the forceful singing.

Sasaki: And Rin and Len manzai comedy usind 3-D MikuMikuDance would be fun. Rin hits Len, and Len's vocal turns from power to serious, then weeping voice. I'm glad to see your free-styled usage anyway. Damesukekun 08:34, January 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * You finished!


 * I say "thank you" but I mean to say so much more, but theres no words I know that can express my graditudes for this. One-Winged Hawk 09:53, January 20, 2011 (UTC)

Gackpoid Extend?
http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-7768.html

Oh, sorry to bother you, can you confirm something for me? Theres a little confusion, has Gackpoid extend been confirmed as well, the rest they've translated and understand but this one there is a little bit of conufsion over? One-Winged Hawk 19:30, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * The article only says Megumi Nakajima has already made a set of several vocal recordings for Meguopoid Extend. There is no reference of Gakupo. Damesukekun 23:14, January 20, 2011 (UTC)

Just some stuff
こんにちは. PCがいよいよダメになってきてるのか、previewするとよく固まってしまうのでこまめにセーブしていたのですが、鯖に負担かかっちゃうんですね^^; 出来るだけ負担かけないよう気をつけます. Blacksaingrain 06:14, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * レジストリクリーニングはしたことないので、Wise Registry Cleanerを使って試してやってみますね. ありがとうございます^^ Blacksaingrain 06:47, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

translatiors
I won't say no, considering the few western translators only seem to be sticking to their groups. I have my limits on the research I can do as well. I'm currently caught up in a clean up session at another wikia with an admin absence myself. Its taking time away from this particular wikia until they resolve it. Between you and the translators at wikipedia, they are not that many serving the Vocaloid fandom in the western fandom, and I can't seem to cox a few from other fandoms to translate.

The most major thing is clarification on what exactly is going on with the Japanese Vocaloids, the english ones are not the problem. Theres not many articles on them, but since their the language I speak, I can at least handle them myself with no troubles. I think I said it before, the major problem is that forums like Vocaloid Otaku, the members rely on dodgey google and babel translations with side effects being they can't quite determine what their results are being thrown at them. They get some things correct, but I've had things thrown back at me from wikipedia as "incorrect", partly recently when one of my own friends who translated stuff starting becoming really bad at it.

Help is needed at least until we can get things sorted and more translators take interest. The western Vocaloid fandom is really quite small, there isn't enough of anything yet. So "thanks" would not be enough to express what I mean when I say it.

But, "thank you" is the closet I can get to what I mean. :-) One-Winged Hawk 18:36, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Piracy / Copyright Violation
Thank you for informing me. I was wondering why IP and Editors were constantly messing with Lourdes' page, I figured it was due to jealousy from attention and such, but I only remember one person stating that it was a violation yet not being clear about it. I would inform Ricardo that this is illegal and should remove the link and location of it from visitors. If you feel like the character still needs to be banned, I will check with the other admins. -- Bunai82 (talk) 17:21, February 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * The least Ricardo would do is immediately cease distribution of the UTAU hybrid. (and download links where to get Lola & Meiko) Even on its modified form (Lola voicebank samples into UTAU-readable WAV files), there's ruling against that across both wikis. I hope he listens. Can you get him in here so he'll know how bad it is? O Herman 18:12, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm glad it was pointed out, I didn't know myself since I had seen bits on youtube thus presumed it was legit. Yes, this is VERY wrong and its embarressing I missed it, however, I also note there are other sites out there and on top of this she has been on the wikia for a while now. Damesukekun, thanks for bringing it to attention. On other note... The guys at VO forums LOVE trolling stuff. I wonder if they want something fresh to troll at in the name of justice? I might drop a notice of this persons' actions to them. >:-) One-Winged Hawk 18:32, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * What are the odds this one (meaning appeal to Ricardo) will fall on deaf ears? As a fanmade vocaloid creator and UTAU connoisseur I'm pretty disappointed by such actions... O Herman 18:39, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good grief, the links to their blogsite are up on DA. I've put up a notice on VO forums, I'm trying to get their side of the story, but even if I have to re-instate that fanmad's page, I'm not going to shy away from announcing what this person's been up to anyway, this is going to be recorded on the fanmades history so anyone reading knows this is a disapproved fanmade. One-Winged Hawk 19:08, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the immediate action. I received replies from Zero-G and Ctypton, and they said they'd already killed the download links and I confirmed it. Yet I think Ricardo should delete the "free download" links, remove the plagiarizing logo and stop distributing Lola voicebank for UTAU before we bring back Lourdes. Damesukekun 00:13, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sofia, another UTAU uses Meiko, he admitted this, but has lied and said not, but it was THERE in his blog.


 * Quote from before it was removed;Lionoid Sofia CL_02. Sofia is the Second Lionoid to be circulating on YouTube. It comes from Vocaloid Meiko, with some arrangements in his voice. But as I want it to all fanaticism, they can send their ideas and pictures of their creations to post here.


 * I'm trying to dig up information on this fanmade too, because it seems it was not the only one. I suspects as well Riki is also just as fake a UTAU despite the claim. I'm not so cute, that I wouldn't pay attention to the only thing written in english on a blog, and quote it so I remember that piece of information and made sure others had their proof, though I admit next time I'll go a step further and screenshot it as BETTER proof. With this in mind, I'm now not so keen to add the page back with any form of linking involved to any of the persons work, because they attempted to lie to cover their tracks and pretend I wasn't watching.


 * He has more UTAU, but now I do not believe they are not Vocaloids despite what he has said, because it seems odd that 2 out of 3 are Vocaloids involved. And yes, the link to downloadable Meiko isn't gone, thus the problem isn't completely resolved yet. ^_- One-Winged Hawk 17:53, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, he confessed to owning 2 UTAU to us here at the wikia, yet as has been noted, he created more with Lola to get "Appends". So he is not above denying what he has. This is not good for his reputation. One-Winged Hawk 18:19, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * He left the Sofia voice confession up apparently, it was just where I didn't expect it.


 * Also the MORE I look the worst it gets; http://ricardovocaloid.blogspot.com/2009/10/silver-world-disponible.html This songs in there listed he is not allowed to reissue as he has. I'm up to screenshot 7 as of this. Its far from over Damesukekun, you know, I'm not going to enjoy updating Lourdes' page after all this. I am also trying to get a translator of his language onto his blog messages, I think he may be calling "victim" here. I need to confirm that he is calling out himself as a victim. I'm surprised, in all of this, no one has attacked him on NND, where has work uploaded. There is no sacred ground he won't trend on. One-Winged Hawk 20:07, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * His own UTAUloid has been blacklisted now in UTAU Wiki, as a result. Geez, this is really... sad. O Herman 21:03, February 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * With 2 out of 3 UTAU made from Vocaloids, I honestly still do not believe Riki Leon isn't another Vocaloid steal. But I would need someone to identify it as to which Vocaloid to make sure that was the case. Its name implies "Leon" and that was the one I remember a VO forum member noting. But But its hard to compare UTAU with their Vocaloid orginal. One-Winged Hawk 21:41, February 8, 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to alert the Vocaloid distributors to this guy again and announce Ricardo's piracy to NND community. Damesukekun 23:20, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've already alerted the VO forum community, but the response is little at this moment. The western fandom tends to explode upon Vocaloid releases thus its sort of downtime while another gets made. The only other place to alert is Vocaloidism, but I don't have account there and their forum is more confusing. One-Winged Hawk 23:43, February 8, 2011 (UTC)

http://www.piapro.jp/Ricardovocaloid

For what its worth... One-Winged Hawk 00:05, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

... Ah heres something; "I have to Lola, Miriam, Leon, Kaito, Meiko, Miku, Rin and Len, Kamui, Miki, Saai and Kiyoteru. I will use the voice and to sing in Spanish, English and Japanese."

I just noticed that, thats what Vocaloids he owns, I'm going to lean on Riki Leon being one of those voices if someone in the community can guess which one that would confirm ALL his UTAU are illegal. Also... More linking to his own accounts via that Piapro page. Not good considering that Meiko's on one of them. One-Winged Hawk 00:08, February 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Nope. Riki is voiced by a human. Couldn't associate the voice with any Vocaloid. I was leaning on Big-Al at first, but since he doesn't (supposedly) own him, that's not the case. Also, the voice has a certain human characteristic to it, it sounds extremely bored. Etiole 00:21, February 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'd prefer if it was 100% made sure. Also, that Piapro account is problematic, but only Japanese fans could get that removed. Its 00:23, I've been at this since about 2:30pm or something like that, digging around and checking things match up, particularly aimed as confirming he told us the truth (which saldy he didn't). The Lourdes page will be opened for discussion on Friday, an attempt to add a satisfactory addition to the history section will be made and posted on the talk page for everyone to edit. Until then, I suggest we all give it a rest... This story has been a pain for me in the last 24 hours, I don't know about everyone else here. I imagine, the Japanese community won't be happy (I've been there once already) possibly and thats now for them to disguest.


 * Theres nothing more the wikia can do... Now its up to us to document this formally and in neutral terms later on. We can't link to anything with Lourdes on anymore, because everything seems to link back to those blasted pages again. So Lourdes won't be getting links to any of her songs, I suggest we leave the creators name off. Can we delete the histories of a page too? If not we might have to make the page under her full name. Either way, I don't think its ever going to be possible to allow anything but admin editing to a page, if we let her page come back. The UTAU wikia is up to its own workings to decide what it wants to do, so I won't comment on that.


 * I hate to say it, despite the achievements accomplished here, we're a vicitm since we had links to that blog previously and the history of that page has to go somehow, and now we're left to judge on a page or not should even be re-enstated, if it does... How are we going to go about this? We'll decide this Friday. :-/ One-Winged Hawk 00:35, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

Just confirming, the Meiko link is empty, the blog post remains though. Also, Lourdes is gone from NND and Piapro now. This was not the aim. He still claims Sofia is a UTAU, despite a blog post saying she is from Meiko, which contradicts his claim. His admittance to sharing a Lourdes Append with 4 others, which contained Lola's voice is gone from his deviant art account, however he then notes it was a prototype here.

His language skills is preventing this being resolved fast. The download to his songs (which are just bad cover songs) which contain commerically copyrighted material, still remains on his other blog. We're almost there with what is needed to be resolved on this issue for Lourdes to return on her page. The remaining issues are on those freely passed around songs. Thats still up to the producers to adress of each song and decide if they want it removed. As they are being published freely, no charge, it depends on country laws if their illegal or not. :-/ One-Winged Hawk 11:08, February 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately for him, Japanese people are very passionate about protecting their products from misuse and piracy. It was natural that Lourdes and Sofia be rejected due to this. O Herman 12:40, February 9, 2011 (UTC)

I posted a warning message on Ricardo's Piapro talk page in English and Japanese so that Japanese users can read what this guy is doing. @Angel Emfrbl: We really appreciate your tireless research on this matter. Please don't overdo, the responsibility is not yours but we all share the burden. I've already informed Crypton of Ricardo's piracy and shameless Piapro page. The company will take the due measure. Damesukekun 14:02, February 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * There isn't anymore to do on this side of the world any Damesukekun. I'm just glad something is resolving itself.  One-Winged Hawk 16:12, February 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * Its the end of it, on the vocaloid side, someone spotted "Pocaloid" on the software's name in the Sonika video which I missed at VO forums. The story is at an end so this weekend I'm cleaning up the lourdes page and restoring it to note all this.  At this point, its pretty much over for him + Vocaloid...  whats done is done. All he has now is UTAU to build on. One-Winged Hawk 14:45, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

Also for what its worth, Crypton might be interested in the user name "mendozairis" on youtube, his video on installing Vocaloid is a bit... Contraversal. One-Winged Hawk 14:48, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

Lourdes outcome
Its time to decide that fate of that page, all comments welcome. See talk page. One-Winged Hawk 12:20, February 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ricardo, creator of this Vocaloid returned under the name of Hispanoloid, if you didn't know. Well I don't know what else to do.  At this point he has lied about a lot of things, his retirement is now on top of the list.  We know he was shut down by the Japanese companies before... I don't know if you want to drop a hint along again on this same person, its begining to get really sickening that our friend Ricardo isn't taking this seriously.


 * Now the wikia isn't being vandalised, we can only keep tabs on him. The fact he is back means its back to square 1 with this whole story.  I don't think the wikia can do anything more then just keep reporting when he reappears.  I'm sorry, his reappearance was beyond everyone's control.  :-/ One-Winged Hawk 15:56, April 16, 2011 (UTC)

Just a quick confirmation
Template:Didyouknow

Did I got the Japanese for Negi and Leek right? One-Winged Hawk 13:17, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * I made a slight change. Damesukekun 22:25, February 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * So my first source was more correct then my second. I'll note that down. I've never had the need to translate the word "leek" before.


 * http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/10909-akaito-append/page__view__findpost__p__301285 - some of the guys at VO are struggling with translations here, Kaito's Append was revealed and the Kaito fans are all giggly over it. One-Winged Hawk 08:07, February 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * Mkey, I'll join the talk later. Damesukekun 23:00, February 22, 2011 (UTC)

Meaw

 * sigh*, remember Meaw Damekekun? I don't know, is there anything new to add about them? Every time they come up, theres some sort or form of argument on if they are or are not Vocaloids, etc, etc. I don't know, I wish they'd never had that PV, every time they come up I seem to spend time trying to state they were never confirmed Vocaloids and all in vein.

Is there ANYTHING about them at all worth noting new? I feel like the Meaw thing is dead and pointless, but everyone wants to beat the dead beast with a stick to see if theres any life in it, that even if I bring proof they won't believe it.

Sorry Damesukekun about this... I've had 4 people confirm theres nothing that states they were Vocaloid, one was you previously, another was Judachi at wikipedia. But this is one issue that will not die and every few months it comes back up. the guys at wikipedia won't allow it to say "Vocaloid" so I think their trying to make this harder to accept then it is. I don't know... Its something I wish would stop coming up. One-Winged Hawk 16:28, February 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, how "safe" is it to rely on the keytags on NND? They use the fact "Vocaloid" is slapped on as keytags as the single most important issue here. But SF-A2 miki is also slapped on there too. One-Winged Hawk 16:35, February 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Now we all know two real Thai singers are behind Meaw and that the unit has nothing to do with any vocal synthesizer. I personally think Meaw has no room in this wiki, all things having become clear. Damesukekun 18:30, February 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Now why would Thai girls masquerade themselves as Vocaloids? I mean, what's the purpose? O Herman 20:26, February 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * All I know is that I was downtrodden over Meaw recently. I have 4 translators, one of which is you, telling me their not Vocaloids... And I'm told off for "being able to read" and believe what other people tell me. And given that they rely on google translations, I find translator and get things translated, they rely on their google translators and someone who is not great at translating rather then the information I go to all this effort to find someone to get done for them. And if I try to point out their mistakes when they make them, I'm told I'm whining? Heck, one member at VO forums disrespectfully just wrote two of my posts at VO forums regarding Meaw as "Stuff" and "more stuff" when I said myself their not Vocaloids and explained what they were.


 * Yeah... If I quit Vocaloid fandom, I quit the wikia, so I'm weighing up my options quite closely over this Damesukekun... Its part of the reason why I'm not making an effort right now on the wikia. Even if I get them translations, even if I make the information flow more free to find, what good does it do? I'm begining to think, that even going to you for information is pretty pointless right now. Its not just recently, its been happening for a few months now.


 * I think Meaw is only on the wikia right now to make the guys at VO forums happy. It was put up to explain what was confirmed, when nothing was confirmed? It stays because they won't believe a wikia anyway. :-( One-Winged Hawk 20:36, February 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * You have the truth. This is your biggest weapon and naysayers should not make you cower. Nothing is more solid a truth than a native Japanese doing the translation. And if the VO people FFFUUUs all over that, that's their problem; not yours, not Damesukekun's and definitely not mine. Our job here in the wikia is to present the facts about Vocaloid and to see to it that it becomes a major reliable source. As soon as we back up the fact it's not a vocaloid, you can slap that to their faces. O Herman 20:50, February 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you contact the company? Evolotia 21:45, February 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think the contacting part might be a little difficult, not impossible mind you. One-Winged Hawk 22:01, February 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey OH, let me tell you a story. Lol. ;-)


 * In the One Piece fandom... Theres one particular member who hates the wikia they have, to the degree he was using one of the top forums to run a campaigne against it. Many fans went to that forum to be fans, as I explained you can be a editor but you need somewhere to also be a fan otherwise you won't have a interest in the thing your following. The fact he kept insulting us, was one thing, but on Christmas day, I had a PM on the forums ordering me to fix a wikia page to how he wanted it to be, "because it was my job". I was angry at this, because I do editing because I want to, for fun, not for his sake. I finally broke the silence and told the admin what he was doing, we explained we're perfectly fine with him hating the wikia and that we actually don't mind it. Its just he kept attacking us whenever he was given the chance, and no one stopped him because they didn't notice that he was doing it. Basically, it was bullying, we also explained we're fine with him using his own website to do this sort of thing, but he was using their forum as a weapon, that sooner or later there would be a fall out and nobody wanted it.


 * The icing on the cake; the thing I was ordered to correct... It turns out, we were right and he was wrong on it. Oh wouldn't you know. Still, we were suggested to invite him onto the team, no chance, because when I refused to do what he asked of me on X-mas day he turned to vandalising the page and was banned. Oh dear what a shame... We could really do with such a valuable person like THAT. Lol, the thing is there is only so much information a single person can share, whereas a wikia opens up the door for EVERYONE to share, much more varied source with people of all talents. Thats the difference between him and us was. Sure, wikias are not always reliable, but then again, neither is relying on a single fan as a source of information. Its like a cake, one person can make a single great cake, but 50 people can make 50 different cakes at the same time, each with a slightly different result even if given the same insturctions.


 * Besides, everyone is roudy whenever theres a lack of release and things to look forward to, thus that doesn't help either. Its the same with all fandoms. Hype around releases... Kicking shins when theres not. Lol. One-Winged Hawk 21:59, February 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * lol so basically what I predicted is slightly right? These catgirls are human singers whose tweaked voices sound synthesized? -- Bunai82 (talk) 01:21, February 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, all thats left to ask is "who wants to go smoke some fresh salmon under the bridge of "the silverlight lala" until NEXT time? Lol. ;-)


 * I'm sure this isn't the end of this. One-Winged Hawk 02:25, February 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * If it is true, linking them to the human vocaloid page would be fitting. -- Bunai82 (talk) 17:35, February 28, 2011 (UTC)

Well... There still is inconsistency who they are in Japanese fandom... Many believe the vocals are vocaloid-like/robotic processed human singers, but Kobayashi Onyx and Tripshots claim they are Vocaloids and keep silent about the Thai twins. Keep the article as it is for the time being. This event reminds me of troll Teto release - processed human singer first and then the real UTAU voicebank followed. One of my speculation is Meaw will be a real Vocaloid when the girls master Japanese. Just a speculation. Damesukekun 00:35, March 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * I understand.
 * But what bothers me is there is literally no proper information given by the company that created them, even when the other Vocaloids were taking a long time to be released the company made sure to keep the fandom updated on the process. I question if Meaw is from Yamaha program and instead a similar vocal synth is being used to create them, it certainly wouldn't be out of the question but still highly speculative. -- Bunai82 (talk) 17:50, March 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Until that big new information blast comes out, we can't determine what they are. Meanwhile its pointless talking about Meaw with the guys at VO forums and we're better off just waiting for more information.  Vocaloid 3 is coming soon... All the studios have been tuned into this since summer, thus we don't know yet what is coming.  What we do know is there is a floodgate currently closed and waiting to open, is Meaw in the gate?  I'm doubting it but keeping open thoughts. For all we know the CD was a "test the waters" moment. One-Winged Hawk 19:15, March 1, 2011 (UTC)

You okay?
I hope your fine despite the events in Japan. I think one of the VO forumers just reported your fine in all due course, but were stuck on a train or something. Good luck Damesukekun either way! One-Winged Hawk 14:29, March 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I live far off the devastated area and I'm all okay. Damesukekun 14:31, March 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good to hear. ;-)


 * Everyone was scrambling to find out the where abouts of the Producers and anyone else, celebs and people they know like you. Lets say, Japan's crisis hit the panic button in all directions. Glad your fine though, I'm glad things were not any worst then it was, the panic across the globe was enough as it was and some were asking "could it get any worst?". One-Winged Hawk 11:30, March 13, 2011 (UTC)

Twitters on Miku english
http://twitter.com/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/48600754876989440 http://twitter.com/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/48606688198135808

May I ask if you can translate these to twitters? I think I know what the second is talking about, but I would like some confirmation from someone who knows what is being said. The second one is properly the more interesting one here, am I correcting in stating their undecided on a Miku eng. Append is what is being said or something along those grounds? One-Winged Hawk 15:55, March 19, 2011 (UTC) The English version of Hatsune Miku is at the α stage currently, not at the β stage, so it takes time to release it. We are going to work on for qualified voice database. We will release reports when we have any progress. The second one says; Question: RT@sih5632 Nice to meet you! Do you have English Miku vocal variations (calm-sounding dark or whispering sweet or so on) ? Answer: We would like to develop them in the future, but we have no specific plan currently. Damesukekun 14:57, March 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * The first one says;


 * Thank you! :-D One-Winged Hawk 00:54, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Kaito related twitters
来週、KAITO Append用音声の追加収録が決まりました. 久々に風雅さんとお会いします.

KAITOのプロジェクトが本格的に再開できそうな見込みなので、滞ってしまっていた諸案件についても急ぎ再調整させて頂きます.

Someone at Vocaloid Otaku wanted to know what is written here. Would you mind translating this please? One-Winged Hawk 09:50, April 5, 2011 (UTC) We have the pretty fair chance to reopen the KAITO (Append) project in full scale, so we rearrange the delayed items as quickly as possible. Damesukekun 14:27, April 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * The additional vocal recording for KAITO Append has fixed for next week. We are going to meet Fuuga-san after a long time.


 * Thanks. I'm not sure quite what the guys at VO forums are going to make out of those ones but I'll let them decide. Their still trying to figure out the latest message anyway after these ones. One-Winged Hawk 15:00, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

【現時点でのKAITO進捗状況】 収録した声の表情：全6種類、内、2種類は没、4種類は進行中（内、1種類はα版化済み）CVシリーズのような演技的な方向からのアプローチによる表情の違いではなく、声の響かせ方・声の張り・発声時の緊張感を調整して音色の異なる声を作っています.


 * Sorry, I guess this is important information here, but VO forums still rely on google translator. Their results are confusing. One-Winged Hawk 07:46, April 17, 2011 (UTC)

The vocal expressions recorded was six. Two of them have been killed and the others are on progress (one of them has completed alpha-version setting). We are creating various vocal colors by editing echo, forcefulness and tension unlike CV series, whose vocal colors are from the various vocal performance. Damesukekun 04:00, April 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * The current progress of Kaito