The model was developed in 2001 as a source-filter model for voice synthesis, but was only implemented on top of the concatenative synthesis model in the final product as a method of avoiding spectral shape discontinuities at the segment boundaries of concatenation. Technology Voice model developed before the Vocaloid, Excitation plus Resonances (EpR) model, is a combination of:

also have released compilation albums featuring Vocaloids. Japanese record label Exit Tunes of Quake Inc. Japanese musical groups such as Livetune of Toy's Factory and Supercell of Sony Music Entertainment Japan have released their songs featuring Vocaloid as vocals. The software is intended for professional musicians as well as casual computer music users. Vocaloid 3 has added support for Spanish for the Vocaloids Bruno, Clara and Maika Chinese for Luo Tianyi, Yuezheng Ling, Xin Hua and Yanhe and Korean for SeeU. The software was originally only available in English starting with the first Vocaloids Leon, Lola and Miriam by Zero-G, and Japanese with Meiko and Kaito made by Yamaha and sold by Crypton Future Media. These avatars are also referred to as Vocaloids, and are often marketed as virtual idols some have gone on to perform at live concerts as an on-stage projection. As such, they are released under a moe anthropomorphism. Each is sold as 'a singer in a box' designed to act as a replacement for an actual singer.

Various voice banks have been released for use with the Vocaloid synthesizer technology. The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice.

A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. The software enables users to synthesize 'singing' by typing in lyrics and melody and also 'speech' by typing in the script of the required words. Backed by the Yamaha Corporation, it developed the software into the commercial product 'Vocaloid' that was released in 2004. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, in 2000 and was not originally intended to be a full commercial project. Vocaloid ( ボーカロイド, Bōkaroido) is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Japanese, English, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Catalan

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