Xin Hua (VOCALOID3)


 * This is an article about the Xin Hua software for the VOCALOID3 engine.

History
It is highly likely that Xin Hua's production began in 2013 or 2014, as this was when GYNOID commissioned YAMAHA to create her. It was also noted that YAMAHA was going to continue creating Chinese vocals, even though VOCALOID CHINA had ceased activity in early 2014, dropping a small hint of Xin Hua's production.

2014
Xin Hua's existence was made known to the public in 2014, dating back to July. During this month, producers have accidentally leaked minor information about an upcoming Taiwanese-loid, but many assumed that this character was, an UTAU who is capable of singing in Mandarin and Japanese. The western fandom did not discover the upcoming VOCALOID until November, with no name given. However, at the time, it was considered to be merely a rumor and speculation due to the lack of sources and the company attempting to maintain the project as a secret.

2015
Xin Hua was introduced through a webpage on January 16th, 2015. The page contained information about her age, voice provider, and product information. She was to be introduced through TICA (Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival) in February 2015. The officials aimed to launch a song writing competition for her.

A second demo was supposed to be released on January 30th, but was postponed for the next week. She was released on February 10th and was first distributed through TICA, along with other goods and merchandise.

It was also noted that a certain number of fans have heard Xin Hua's voicebank before she was revealed from as early as December 2014. Some samples were small clips of the songs that were released, "Poem" and "Magic Melody". However, there were a few other samples that were never used as demo songs at all: a few being unnamed samples and one showcasing the first line of the Chinese classic folk song, "Mo Li Hua".

Additional demos were produced far after her release as promotion for her, Facio, and WangChen, a shopping agent residing in Mainland China that helped fans purchase her and her products. These demos were "Omamori" and "Huá Xīn Cǎi" respectively.

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