

A bundle with Vocaloid 3 editor is also available. Oliver is available to purchase as a download for $129 USD/99 EUR, or on DVD for $149 USD/129 EUR. Sending notes, lyrics and musical expression to the Synthesis Engine as set forth below and activating synthesis.Assigning musical expression templates from an Icon Palette.Inputting lyrics and automatic conversion to phonemes.Piano-roll style note editor, importing functionality from a standard MIDI file (limited for 1 track and 17 bars).“I think the Vocaloid 3 editor is easier to use than previous versions”, states Bryant, “we are really excited to hear what users are going to create with Vocaloid 3”. Another difference with Vocaloid 3 is that it is a standalone version only with no VST implementation.

The full version of the Vocaloid 3 editor is sold separately and can be used with many different Vocaloid 3 artists as well as Vocaloid 2 artists. The lite version is only 17 bars long and allows one imported stereo track. Other great apps like VOCALOID are Synthesizer V, Sinsy, Emvoice and Alter/Ego. The best alternative is UTAU, which is free. There are more than 10 alternatives to VOCALOID for Windows, Mac, Linux and Online / Web-based. As of Vocaloid 3, an artist title includes the voice bank and a lite version of the editor. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics and is a Text to Speech service in the audio & music category. The release of Vocaloid 3 is a departure from the previous two versions of Vocaloid where each title included the editor and the voice bank (the Artist). “Improvements in the synthesis software and the addition of being able to record tri-phones have improved the quality and naturalness of the vocal.” “Oliver has the best pronunciation of any Vocaloid to date”, says Bil Bryant of PowerFX. “Oliver” is modeled after a real vocalist, a 12 year old choir boy with a pure and clear voice. PowerFX has released Oliver, a sound library for Vocaloid 3, the updated singing synthesis software from Yamaha.
