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Revision as of 20:09, 8 August 2019
This article is about the first VOCALOID software known as a voicebank. If you are looking for the VOCALOID concept then click here.
History
According to later production notes, it took 8 hours each day for 5 days to record the vocals of Leon and Lola.[1]
The "Soul Singer" boxart
As noted by the existence of a early "Soul Singer" boxart, originally Leon and Lola may have been intended to be sold from the start as a duo. However, very little information is known about their early development at all and much of the early development of VOCALOID, such as even the name of "VOCALOID", was yet to be finalised. Both LEON and LOLA were known to have been around at the early days of "Project Daisy" and were the only vocals to have been ever be shown to the general public using "Daisy".
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 financial 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 |
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| 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 |
System Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- 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
Voicebanks
| Product Information | |
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| Optimum | |
| Genre: Soul | |
| Versions | |
| Trial/Demo Vers?: No | |
| Package details as noted: | |
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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: | |
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| Phonetic notes as noted: | |
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| Software issues as noted: | |
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Interface
LEON's VOCALOID interface
Like all VOCALOID vocals, LEON has his own version of the VOCALOID interface.
References
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