VOCALOID 2 "HATSUNE MIKU"

While viewing YouTube, I found a movie ranked high up:

VOCALOID2 HATSUNE MIKU sings "Ievan Polkka" (Final Version)

What the heck is VOCALOID? I searched the web and found a page entitled "Crypton | VOCALOID2 Special Page"[jp]. According to the page, VOCALOID is:

A Japanese virtual vocalist featuring a "voice actress" who has expressive voice.

"Extremely natural singing voice synthesized from recorded human voice" ---- VOCALOID 2 is the world's most advanced vocal sound source that can accurately express fortississimo, crescendo, and vibrato. It even changes singing style and voice quality depending on your lyrics.

Amazing! I checked the demo songs. They were quite natural and "on-key".

You can write whatever song you like and let HATSUNE MIKU sing it.

Want to change accents or add vibrato? Just double click the musical notes and you are done.

Her profile is written here [jp].

Virtual singer "HATSUNE MIKU" is a vocal android (VOCALOID) based on voice actoress Saki Fujita's pop and cute voice.

Demo songs are available here.

Synthesized voices has come to this level of naturality...I was quite surprised.

Let a vocaloid sing songs and share the movies with others... Maybe she is a child of our times, an idle we have been waiting for.

* HATSUNE MIKU