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

As of September 2015, Zero-G permanently discontinued sales of LEON, LOLA, and MIRIAM.^[5]

Serial codes for Leon and Lola were still available in November 2015, despite Miriam being confirmed to have run out of serial codes at this point.^[6]

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 (LEON/MIRIAM)	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

Product Information
Optimum
Genre: Soul
Versions
Trial/Demo Vers?: No
Package details as noted:
LEON is the counterpart to LOLA and designed to compliments her vocals. He, like LOLA, sings with a British accent and is designed to be a generic Soul singer, with an effort to make the racial appearance of the singer within the vocal itself. Crypton Future Media, Inc. released a "Couples Bundle Set" (male and female) which included MEIKO, KAITO, LEON and LOLA. A loop sample set was also supplied with the 4 voicebank bundle.^[7]
Vocal traits as noted:
LEON has a light vocal, adept at handling higher notes over lower ones. In contrast to LOLA, his vocals have a smooth R&B feel to them.
Phonetic notes as noted:
Has 3,800 word combinations.
Software issues as noted:
LEON lacks a rough timbre, making his usage for certain genres (including Soul) more difficult. When weighed against LOLA and MIRIAM, LEON is ranked as the weakest of the English VOCALOID vocals.^[8] However, unlike LOLA, he receives higher praise at recreating Soul music than does.
Voicebank sample
LEON VOCALOID1 LEON singing in his raw state
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Interface

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

References

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[1] ↑ link

[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"~~

[4] ↑ link

[5] ↑ link

[6] ↑ link

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120410071121/http://blog.crypton.co.jp/mp/2006/08/_vocaloid.html

[review-8] LEON's Sound on Sound review

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+|demo1 = [[Check It Out]] (LEON/LOLA)
-|demo2 = [[Dupdah]] (LEON/LOLA)|url2 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Dupdah.mp3 Zero-G
+  |url1 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_Demo_Check_It_Out.mp3 Zero-G
+|demo2 = [[Dupdah]] (LEON/LOLA)
-|demo3 = [[Falling (Zero-G song)|Falling]] (LEON/LOLA)|url3 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Falling.mp3 Zero-G
-|demo4 = [[Freaky Sheep]] (LEON/LOLA)|url4 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Freaky_Sheep.mp3 Zero-G
+  |url2 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Dupdah.mp3 Zero-G
-|demo5 = [[Forever (Zero-G song)|Forever]] (LEON/LOLA)|url5 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Forever.mp3 Zero-G
+|demo3 = [[Falling (Zero-G song)|Falling]] (LEON/LOLA)
-|demo6 = [[Sad Mondays]]|url6 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples02/SadMondays_YVLeon_JMT.mp3 JMT
+  |url3 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Falling.mp3 Zero-G
+|demo4 = [[Freaky Sheep]] (LEON/LOLA)
-|demo7 = [[Internet Angel]]|url7 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples03/Internet_Angel_YVLeon_JMT.mp3 JMT
+  |url4 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Freaky_Sheep.mp3 Zero-G
-|demo8 = [[You ask me]] (demo reel)|url8 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples03/You_Ask_Me.mp3 JMT
+|demo5 = [[Forever (Zero-G song)|Forever]] (LEON/LOLA)
-|demo9 = [[Rising Star (Ravalex song)|Rising Star]]|url9 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples04/Rising_Star_Full_demo_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+  |url5 = http://www.zero-g.name/Audio_Demos/LEON_LOLA_Demo_Forever.mp3 Zero-G
-|demo10 = [[Summertime]]|url10 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples05/Summertime_-_Full_demo_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo6 = [[Sad Mondays]]
-|demo11 = [[Please Touch Me Lola]]|url11 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples06/Please_Touch_Me_Lola.mp3 JMT
-|demo12 = [[wikipedia:The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)|The Phantom Of The Opera]] (LEON/MIRIAM)|url12 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples07/The_Phantom_Of_The_Opera_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+  |url6 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples02/SadMondays_YVLeon_JMT.mp3 JMT
+|demo7 = [[Internet Angel]]
-|demo13 = [[Flying Girl]]|url13 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples08/Flying_Girl_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
-|demo14 = [[Yest Tolko Mig]]|url14 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples09/Yest_Tolko_Mig_(Full)_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+  |url7 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples03/Internet_Angel_YVLeon_JMT.mp3 JMT
+|demo8 = [[You ask me]] (demo reel)
-|demo15 = [[Red Hair Girl]]|url15 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples10/Red_Hair_Girl_Full_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
-|demo16 = [[East]]|url16 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples12/East_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+  |url8 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples03/You_Ask_Me.mp3 JMT
+|demo9 = [[Rising Star (Ravalex song)|Rising Star]]
-|demo17 = [[Short Romance]] (MIRIAM/LEON)|url17 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples13/Short_Romance_(voices_and_background).mp3 JMT
-|demo18 = [[In The Darkness]] (LEON/LOLA/MIRIAM)|url18 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples14/In_The_Darkness_(voices_and_background).mp3 JMT
+  |url9 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples04/Rising_Star_Full_demo_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo10 = [[Summertime]]
-|demo19 = [[Autumn In Central Park]]|url19 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples15/Autumn_in_Central_Park.mp3 JMT
+  |url10 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples05/Summertime_-_Full_demo_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo11 = [[Please Touch Me Lola]]
+  |url11 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples06/Please_Touch_Me_Lola.mp3 JMT
+|demo12 = [[wikipedia:The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)|The Phantom Of The Opera]] (LEON/MIRIAM)
+  |url12 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples07/The_Phantom_Of_The_Opera_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo13 = [[Flying Girl]]
+  |url13 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples08/Flying_Girl_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo14 = [[Yest Tolko Mig]]
+  |url14 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples09/Yest_Tolko_Mig_(Full)_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo15 = [[Red Hair Girl]]
+  |url15 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples10/Red_Hair_Girl_Full_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo16 = [[East]]
+  |url16 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples12/East_(voice_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo17 = [[Short Romance]] (MIRIAM/LEON)
+  |url17 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples13/Short_Romance_(voices_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo18 = [[In The Darkness]] (LEON/LOLA/MIRIAM)
+  |url18 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples14/In_The_Darkness_(voices_and_background).mp3 JMT
+|demo19 = [[Autumn In Central Park]]
+  |url19 = http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/examples15/Autumn_in_Central_Park.mp3 JMT
 }}