Changes: LEON (VOCALOID1)

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This is an article about the LEON software for the first VOCALOID engine.

History

According to later production notes, it took 8 hours each day for 5 days to record the vocals of Leon and Lola.^[1]

LEON was released along with fellow VOCALOID, LOLA, by Zero-G Limited. They were one of the exhibits at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest, and the VOCALOIDs won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award. At the time of their release, LOLA and LEON had no rival software to contend with and were the first vocal synthesizers to be released of their nature. However, LEON and LOLA failed to impact the American market due to their accents.^[2]^[3]

Re-Sale

In 2008, LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM were put back on sale for the first time in several years, this was thanks to the interest in VOCALOID.

Final Retirement

In mid December 2013, Zero-G's regular newsletter reported that on the 31st of December 2013, LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM would receive permanent retirement and would be removed from sale. They were all officially retired on the 1st of January 2014.^[4]

Zero-G have since responded explaining that due to finical reasons, it is not feasible to update any of the 3 VOCALOID vocals and it is unlikely they will ever be updated.

Post Retirement DL sales

On 26 December 2014 in response to a fan e-mail, Zero-G confirmed that they will still offer LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM in download format only. However, they cannot provide software support at this stage and users wishing to purchase the software must understand they cannot seek technical support from Zero-G.

For more information on to purchase these vocals see Vocaloid Otaku forums

Product Information

Demonstrations

Demonstrations


Check It Out (LEON/LOLA)	Zero-G
Dupdah (LEON/LOLA)	Zero-G
Falling (LEON/LOLA)	Zero-G
Freaky Sheep (LEON/LOLA)	Zero-G
Forever (LEON/LOLA)	Zero-G
Sad Mondays	JMT
Internet Angel	JMT
You ask me (demo reel)	JMT
Rising Star	JMT
Summertime	JMT
Please Touch Me Lola	JMT
The Phantom Of The Opera (MIRIAM/LEON)	JMT
Flying Girl	JMT
Yest Tolko Mig	JMT
Red Hair Girl	JMT
East	JMT
Short Romance (MIRIAM/LEON)	JMT
In The Darkness (LEON/LOLA/MIRIAM)	JMT
Autumn In Central Park	JMT

Windows XP or Windows 2000 (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOCALOID VERSION 1 PRODUCTS LEON, LOLA AND MIRIAM ARE NOT FULLY COMPATIBLE* WITH WINDOWS 7 OR LATER)
Pentium III, 1 GHz or faster
512MB of RAM or more
32 bit required (does not work on 64 bit systems)
Approx 700 Mb Hard disk space or more
SVGA Display (1024x768)
Sound Card with Microsoft DirectSound Compatible driver
LAN/network card must be installed, or a USB network card must be connected to the USB port.

Recommended Requirements

Windows XP (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VOCALOID VERSION 1 PRODUCTS LEON, LOLA AND MIRIAM ARE NOT FULLY COMPATIBLE* WITH WINDOWS 7 OR LATER)
Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz or faster
32 bit
1 GB of RAM or more

Voicebank Libraries

LEON

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Interface

Like all VOCALOID vocals, LEON has his own version of the VOCALOID interface.

References

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[VOCALOID-2] - LEON and LOLA won a 2005 EM Editor's Choice Award

[toy-3] ~~Vocaloid Creative Community - CEO from Crypton, on Engloids "It's a Toy"~~

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 ===Post Retirement DL sales===
-On 26 December 2014 in response to a fan e-mail, Zero-G confirmed that they will still offer Leon, Lola and Miriam in download format only.  However, they cannot provide software support at this stage and users wishing to purchase the software must understand they cannot seek technical support from Zero-G.
+On 26 December 2014 in response to a fan e-mail, Zero-G confirmed that they will still offer LEON, LOLA and MIRIAM in download format only.  However, they cannot provide software support at this stage and users wishing to purchase the software must understand they cannot seek technical support from Zero-G.
 ''For more information on to purchase these vocals see [http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/57805-v1-engloid-dls-still-available-for-purchase/ Vocaloid Otaku forums]''