What is Vocaloid?
Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer software product that allows users to create songs complete with lyrics right from their computers. It uses voicebanks made from the sounds of real human voices, which are attached to characters that usually take the form of anime figures. Once a user chooses a voice bank, they can type lyrics and melody directly into the program, and Vocaloid turns these inputs into a song.
Vocaloid was developed by Yamaha Corporation and released in 2004. It has continued to improve and grow in popularity, and its most well-known character is Hatsune Miku.