YOHIOloid (VOCALOID3)


 * This is an informative article about the YOHIOloid software for the VOCALOID3 engine.

History
PowerFX began production of another VOCALOID following the release of OLIVER. YOHIO, by rare opportunity, offered himself and YOHIO's VOCALOID was put on priority due to its English/Japanese potential. His vocal was recorded in Sundsvall, Yohio's hometown at the Ninetone Studios. Following a series of rumours, it was later confirmed that YOHIO was going to voice a bilingual VOCALOID. YOHIO himself also confirmed this through a tweet.

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 to be 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 two out of three 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 issues.

On May 28, it was confirmed all recording had been done on YOHIOloid and that there was just the refining process left to complete. A new updated release frame was set for early September 2013. This was later specified to be the 10th.

Bil Bryant announced on Twitter that YOHIOloid would be released on 10 September. The downloadable version of YOHIOloid was made available on the PowerFX site on schedule. A DVD release of the voice bank was later available for purchase on September 17.

Recommended

 * OS: Windows 7/Windows 8/Vista/XP
 * CPU: Celeron Dual Core 2.1 GHz or more
 * RAM: 1GB or more
 * Disk Space; 1.57 GB

Voicebank Libraries
Compairson between Yohio and Yohioloid

Individual Voices

 * -|YOHIOloid English=
 * -|YOHIOloid Japanese=