[v6.4] VOCALOID – Modern singing voice synthesizer software

VOCALOID (AKA: ボーカロイド, short for Vocal Android) is a singing voice synthesizer program for Windows and Mac platforms, developed by Kenmochi Hideki in 2000 and released by Yamaha Corporation from Japan in 2004. It began from the simple concept of synthesizing the human vocals for singing, and has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, spawning new musicians, albums, figurines and even concerts.