Hatsune Miku, sometimes referred to as Miku Hatsune, is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer
application developed by Crypton Future Media, headquartered in Sapporo city.
She uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 and Vocaloid 3 singing synthesizing technologies.
She also uses Crypton Future Media's Piapro Studio, a singing synthesizer VSTi Plugin.
She has gone on to become
a virtual idol, performing
"live" concerts as a hologram.
Thousands of original songs have been written for Hatsune Miku.
Reports have confirmed that she has over 100,000 songs to her credit.
-Wikipedia
Developer:
Crypton Future Media
Initial release:
August 31, 2007
Stable release:
Hatsune Miku V3 / September 26, 2013
Development status:
Active
Operating system:
Windows, Mac OS
Platform:
PC
Available in:
Japanese
English
Type:
Vocal Synthesizer Application
License:
Proprietary
Name Origin:
The name of the character comes from merging the Japanese words for first, sound, and future,
referring to her position as the first of Crypton's "Character Vocal Series".
According to Crypton, her name is meant to signify the "first sound from the future".