Append – the future of Meiko
As of 2011, Vocaloid engine Vocaloids will no longer be supported by Yamaha. However, both
Kaito and Meiko were confirmed to have Appends on the way, both becoming Vocaloid 2.
Crypton did a survey of 8,000+ people, confirming positive views towards updating her from
Vocaloid, Crypton also noted these opinions came only from core Vocaloid users and
listeners. In 2009, Haigō Meiko’s voice was tested to see how it faired against the newer engine
due to how it had aged, satisfied on the results the recordings began. According to Haigō
Meiko,unlike the first Vocaloid recording, the new update was much more relaxed and she was
not rushing to get the recording finished.
After a long interval, Meiko’s recording is supposed to resume at the end of November 2011.
A few days later, Meiko Haigō announced she had finished recording completely.
Meiko Append was heard for the very first time when OSTER project used her in Lollipop
Factory which was uploaded on December 1, 2011; stating in the video description that she
was able to use it through the courtesy of Crypton Future Media. The version she used
however, was the unreleased Vocaloid 2 voicebank which was under development during that
period.
Meiko–The Vocaloid era Legacy
She sold 3,000+ units in her first year according to DTM magazine, this was abnormal for
a software synethiser at the time, this was far better then her counterpart Kaito had faired
who had sold only 500 units. As of note, for a commerical product to be successful, a software
synesither had to sell 1,000 units. Because of Meiko’s success followed by the success of
Hatsune Miku, Crypton focused on female vocals for their Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks, it was
also common expectations that females would sell better then males.
However, after Hatsune Miku’s success, Kaito went into rediscovery which put him on par
with the sales of Vocaloid 2 era voicebanks. In 2008 while Kaito was 2nd place in the Nico
Nico Douga best seller award, Meiko was struggling to keep popularity with the more modern
female Vocaloids released. By 2009 up until 2011, while Kaito was almost constantly on the
top 10 products page from Crypton Future Media, Meiko was barely selling at all.
Vocaloid Meiko’s History
On July 24, 2003, an CCCD album “HISTORY OF LOGIC SYSTEM”, which included a song
using Japanese vocaloids commercially for the first time, was released. It was a duet
song of “Ano Subarashii Ai wo Mou Ichido (That Wonderful Love Once More)” and it was
covered by prototype version of Meiko and Kaito before their release.
Vocaloid Meiko
MEIKO is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. She is the first Japanese vocaloid and first Japanese female Vocaloid, she utilizes the Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. Her voice is provided by the Japanese female singer Haigō Meiko (拝郷 メイコ). The illustration was done by Shogo Washizu, who is often called わっしー(Wasshi) and was once a member of Crypton.
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