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Fact 1

The first VOCALOIDs to be ever released were the English VOCALOIDs L♀LA and LE♂N.

Fact 2

The voice of L♀LA can be heard in the song "The Girl in Byakkoya" by Susumu Hirasawa.

Fact 3

KAITO originally only sold 500 units and was deemed a commercial failure.

Fact 4

Software synthesizers need to sell just 1,000 units to be declared a commercial success, this includes the VOCALOID software. Some studios, such as Zero-G, are only given a certain amount of funding towards the VOCALOIDs they make and need to meet expectations to continue to develop the software. Therefore the failure of a VOCALOID can impact future development of others.

Fact 5

Hatsune Miku sold 60,000+ copies; 40,000+ of these units were sold during her first year.

Fact 6

MEIKO sold 3,000 units during her first year of release.

Fact 7

The only market VOCALOID failed to make in impact on back in 2004 was the American market; otherwise, it met all expectations in the markets it was sold in.

Fact 8

In 2010, it was reported that up to half of the sales of all VOCALOIDs songs come from America.

Fact 9

No matter the gender, Japanese VOCALOIDs are referred to as "it" on their product pages.

Fact 10

Miku is not holding a leek ("riiki", リーキ); despite popular misconception she is actually holding a Welsh Onion ("negi", ネギ).

Fact 11

At its time of release, VOCALOID had no rival software to contend with, and the first software designed to rival VOCALOID was Cantor.

Fact 12

A Japanese VOCALOID can be recorded in a matter of few days. In fact, the Kagamine Rin/Len append was recorded over the course of one week, while the Gackpoid package took 4 hours to record all its sounds and even had a second session later to create alternative samples to choose from. However, in contrast, it takes between a week to at least a month to record just one voicebank for an English VOCALOID.

Fact 13

When VOCALOID was first released in 2004, the concept was developed of being able to bring back the voices of dead singers. In 2011 with Ueki-loid this became a reality.

Fact 14

All VOCALOIDs naturally sound unrealistic to native speakers.

Fact 15

The first-ever VOCALOID concert featured MIRIAM. It was held in Novosibirsk, Russia in the Main Concert Hall of State Philharmony, and the event was called "Polyphony Studio 5th Anniversary Concert".

Fact 16

The first full word ever spoken by a VOCALOID was "asa", meaning "morning". Previously, the VOCALOID software was only capable of sounding out vowel sounds.

Fact 17

Kenmochi Hideki came up with the idea behind VOCALOID back in 2000, and the research was done at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain.

Fact 18

VOCALOID was not originally intended to be a commercial product.

Fact 19

The Japanese language is made up of over 500 diphones per pitch while the English language is made up of 2,500 diphones sounds per pitch. In the VOCALOID2 software it was reported that Japanese VOCALOIDs use over 1,500 samples to make the Japanese language and English VOCALOIDs use over 8,300 samples.

Fact 20

The first set of recordings for the Gackpoid software took four hours to record. A second set were recorded so that Internet co., Lt could then have pick of which were the best results. A further 5 months of editing followed to piece together his voicebank.

Fact 21

Quality varies by voicebank and is dependent on a number of issues and factors.

Fact 22

No two VOCALOIDs have exactly the same strengths and weaknesses as each other.

Fact 23

If you alter the settings to make either Kagamine Len or Kagamine Rin sound like the other, you can still pick out who is actually singing if you listen to their pronunciations. For instance, Rin has sharper pronunciations and Len is more airy.

Fact 24

The songs this wiki links to represent only a small percentage of the songs for VOCALOID; thousands of VOCALOID songs exist on websites like YouTube and Niconico, made by various producers. Also check piapro, pixiv, and deviantART for illustrations by fan artists.

Fact 25

Hatsune Miku and Prima both tie on who is capable of achieving the highest known optimum vocal range out of the VOCALOID2 vocals, both reaching #E5 on the piano scale. In second place are Megurine Luka and SONiKA, tied at a optimum range of up to #D5.

Fact 26

The lowest known optimum range that any VOCALOID2 is capable of can only be achieved by BIG AL, who can go as low as #G1. This is followed by the Gackpoid and VY2 vocals who can achieve an optimum low note of #A1.

Fact 27

The boxart has no effect on the quality of the VOCALOID's vocals and is just for decoration.

Fact 28

The Spanish voicebanks began their development during the VOCALOID2 era, and some of them were used just for demonstrative purposes. An early Bruno was shown in a private Yamaha conference and a Catalan male was shown by Xavier Serra during a conference organized by TEDx.

Fact 29

The CV series (Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin/Len, Megurine Luka) numbering was based on the progress of sound, with the numbers meaning:
 * CV01: "First Sound"
 * CV02: "Mirrored Sound"
 * CV03: "Traveled sound"

Fact 30

There are a few common traits shared by child vocals. Children have softer vocals than adults. Until puberty, male vocals sound almost the same as females, to the point where at times it is actually impossible to tell apart a boy or a girl apart based on their vocals alone.

Fact 31

To buy all VOCALOID voicebanks released from LE♂N/L♀LA to V3 Megpoid - Native would cost approximately $6,500.

Fact 32

When studios record their VOCALOIDs, the providers must read from a script of text and sing in various keys. The text will produce a variety of vocal sounds and results needed for making the voicebank, such as all the various vowel sounds. This script has often been referred to as a "spell" by those working on the production of the voicebanks, since it sounds like the voice provider is chanting out a spell.

Fact 33

Although the VOCALOID software has been singing since 2004, the first computer to sing did so in 1961. The computer which accomplished this feat was the IBM 704, which famously sang the song "Daisy Bell". Incidentally, VOCALOID itself originally had the codename of "Daisy" for this reason, but the name was dropped for copyright reasons.

Fact 34

The 2nd edition of PlanB, a contest where fans could create the lyrics for a famous artist/band, utilized the Vocaloid-flex's technology.

Fact 35

Teto is an UTAU who was originally promoted as a VOCALOID for an April Fools' Day joke, while Neru and Haku are derivatives who have become famous. They are not VOCALOIDs.

To find out information on where to find VOCALOID for purchase, please consult the Where to buy VOCALOIDs Thread at Vocaloid Otaku Forums.