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ZOLA Project
ZOLA Project is a release package for the Vocaloid 3 software containing the voices of 3 male singers. "ZOLA" is an acronym for "Zenithal Operated Liaison Aggregation". Development The project was first hinted at early in the month of February 2013, then officially announced in the following month of March that same year. More information was published in volume 10 of the magazine "VOCALOID wo Tanoshimou", which came out on March 11. The singers were picked out of 40 voices, two being picked fairly quickly. Over 100 hours was spent recording them. ZOLA Project was released on June 20, 2013, along with a special live-talk event on Nico Nico Douga. In late April, a special event was held. The event was to present their final drawings and concepts, as well as voice samples. In May 2013, there was an interview on the Yamaha Panel at Niconico Chokaigi 2. Yuki Seto described three main features he believed ZOLA brings to Vocaloid: *The ability to create songs that haven't been possible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaha Corporation
is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company. The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., which started as an affiliated company but later became independent, although Yamaha Corporation is still a major shareholder. History Nippon Gakki Co. Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) was established in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha (山葉寅楠) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture and was incorporated on 12 October 1897. In 1900, the company started the production of pianos. The first piano to be made in Japan was an upright built in 1900 by Torakusu Yamaha, founder of Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. — later renamed Yamaha Corporation. The company's origins as a musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
