SAPPORO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hatsune Miku is probably best known as a virtual pop-singer, but actually is a voice synthesizer developed by Crypton Future Media in 2007. Not only the software, but ...

Hatsune Miku in New York in October. Photo: Courtesy of Crypton Future Media It wasn’t until 2007, though, that Crypton released Hatsune Miku (her name means “first sound of the future”), a highly ...

The “Vocalo P” are transforming the Japanese music scene. Vocalo P refers to producers who use Vocaloid singing-synthesis software to create music and upload it to the internet. Long a subcultural ...

This article originally appeared in Vulture. It wasn’t until 2007, though, that Crypton released Hatsune Miku (her name means “first sound of the future”), a highly stylized Vocaloid specifically ...