Vocaloid Keyboard [1] | |
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Manufacturer | Yamaha Corporation |
Dates | prototype 2012 - 2015, commercial product 2017 - |
Price | ¥32,400~39,800 (Japanese Yen) |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | Vocaloid: monophonic, Instruments: 48 |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 37 keys |
Left-hand control | Pitch Bend Wheel, Expression Wheel, Transpose Button, Phrase Button, Memory Button, Skill Button, Octave Button, Loop Button |
External control | mobile app |
Vocaloid Keyboard is a physical MIDI keyboard with a built-in Vocaloid synthesizer. The commercial product as a keytar was released in December 2017. [2]
The Vocaloid Keyboard was designed using the VY1 vocal. It is part of the eVocaloid range, a LSI sound generator called the "NSX-1" source chip which can generate 30 sounds of midi. For VY1, it uses the NSX-1 chip "eVY1".
The first prototype was showcased at INTERACTION by Information Processing Society of Japan, March 2012. [3]
The commercial prototypes as 37 key keytars with three colours; black, white and pink were officially showcased at several events in Japan, 2015. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The keytars were able to be played at three Joysound's Karaoke in Japan in 2015. [10]
In 2015, green Megpoid version was also showcased at Think MIDI [11] and purple Yuzuki Yukari version was featured in niconico live broadcasting by VOCALOMAKETS. [12]
The first commercial model VKB-100 was released in December 2017. [13] VKB-100 won Good Design Award 2018. [14] It was also selected as GOOD DESIGN BEST 100. [15]
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Vocaloid Keyboard [1] | |
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Manufacturer | Yamaha Corporation |
Dates | prototype 2012 - 2015, commercial product 2017 - |
Price | ¥32,400~39,800 (Japanese Yen) |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | Vocaloid: monophonic, Instruments: 48 |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 37 keys |
Left-hand control | Pitch Bend Wheel, Expression Wheel, Transpose Button, Phrase Button, Memory Button, Skill Button, Octave Button, Loop Button |
External control | mobile app |
Vocaloid Keyboard is a physical MIDI keyboard with a built-in Vocaloid synthesizer. The commercial product as a keytar was released in December 2017. [2]
The Vocaloid Keyboard was designed using the VY1 vocal. It is part of the eVocaloid range, a LSI sound generator called the "NSX-1" source chip which can generate 30 sounds of midi. For VY1, it uses the NSX-1 chip "eVY1".
The first prototype was showcased at INTERACTION by Information Processing Society of Japan, March 2012. [3]
The commercial prototypes as 37 key keytars with three colours; black, white and pink were officially showcased at several events in Japan, 2015. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The keytars were able to be played at three Joysound's Karaoke in Japan in 2015. [10]
In 2015, green Megpoid version was also showcased at Think MIDI [11] and purple Yuzuki Yukari version was featured in niconico live broadcasting by VOCALOMAKETS. [12]
The first commercial model VKB-100 was released in December 2017. [13] VKB-100 won Good Design Award 2018. [14] It was also selected as GOOD DESIGN BEST 100. [15]
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