Vocaloid Keyboard
Vocaloid Keyboard[1] | |
---|---|
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]
About
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]
References
- ^ Yamaha Corporation. "VKB-100 - 仕様". jp.yamaha.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Yamaha Corporation. "VOCALOID Keyboard". www.vocaloid.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ Shota Kagami, Keizo Hamano, Kazuki Kashiwase and Kazuhiko Yamamoto (2012-03-17). "Development of Realtime Japanese Vocal Keyboard" (PDF). Information Processing Society of Japan. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "ニコニコ超会議2015:ボカロが気軽に使える「VOCALOID KEYBOARD」を見てきた!". ねとらぼ (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "ヤマハがニコニコ超会議2015に「VOCALOID KEYBOARD」を展示!". VOCALOID Link (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "今度は簡単に弾けるショルキー型「VOCALOID KEYBOARD」2015年モデル、その仕組みを詳しく聞いてきた (1/2)". ITmedia ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ ヤマハ株式会社. "【終了】VOCALOID™ KEYBOARDを目撃しよう!~ヤマハ、ヤマハ発動機 合同デザインイベント開催" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "球体型のドラムやボーカロイドキーボードが登場、ヤマハのデザインイベント・レポ". BARKS (in Japanese). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ 株式会社インプレス (14 December 2015). "【藤本健のDigital Audio Laboratory】第660回:Bluetoothやボカロと連携する"未来のMIDI"。「Think MIDI」で見た最新動向 - AV Watch". AV Watch (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ ヤマハ株式会社. "【好評につき期間延長&対象店舗追加】JOYSOUNDでVOCALOID™ KEYBOARDと歌おう!" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "Think MIDI 2015|INTERNET" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "結月ゆかり誕生祭2015生放送 告知内容まとめ - VOCALOMAKETS blog". 21 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "ヤマハ ボーカロイドキーボード『VKB-100』− 「初音ミク」をはじめ最大 5 種類の歌声に対応。12 月発売予定 −" [Yamaha Vocaloid Keyboard "VKB-100" - Supports up to 5 types of singing voices, including "Hatsune Miku". Scheduled to be released in December −] (news release) (in Japanese). YAMAHA. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "Good Design Award 2018" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ "GOOD DESIGN BEST 100". Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- v
- t
- e
- Vocaloid
- Vocaloid 2
- Vocaloid 3
- Vocaloid 4
- Vocaloid 5
- Vocaloid 6 (a.k.a Vocaloid:AI, released on 2022-10-13)
- eVocaloid
- Vocaloid-Board
- Vocaloid Keyboard
Vocaloid Products
![]() |
|
---|---|
![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() | |
![]() |
|
![]() | |
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
![]() | |
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
- Juliet Roberts
- Miriam Stockley
- Meiko Haigō [ja]
- Naoto Fūga [ja]
- Jodi Martin
- Saki Fujita
- Asami Shimoda
- Sarah Brightman
- Gackt
- Yū Asakawa
- Megumi Nakajima
- Miki Furukawa
- Sumire Morohoshi
- Yuri Masuda
- Kuniko Amemiya
- Piko
- Miu Sakamoto
- Kim Dahee
- Nemu Yumemi
- Eri Kitamura
- Lia
- Chihiro Ishiguro
- Nako Eguchi [ja]
- Shan Xin
- Ko Shibasaki
- Mayumi Morinaga
- Liu Seira
- Yohio
- Haruna Ikezawa
- Atsu Kuroda
- Miko Notoma
- Satomi Satō
- Ai Kakuma
- Chiaki Ito
- QI Inory [zh]
- Sachiko Kobayashi
- Akira Kano [ja]
- Asuka Kakumoto [ja]
- Satoshi Fukase
- Aimi Tanaka
- Jie Zhang
- Yuka Ōtsubo
- Ayaka Ōhashi
- Sayaka Ohara
- Madoka Yonezawa
- Kikuko Inoue
- Kotori Koiwai
- Hitoshi Ueki
- Eriko Nakamura
- Porter Robinson
- AnaROBIK
- Balloom
- Domino's App feat. Hatsune Miku
- Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
- Hatsune Miku: Unofficial Hatsune Mix
- IA/VT Colorful
- Kagerou Project
- Loituma Girl
- Miku Expo
- MikuMikuDance
- Nyan Cat
- Project Voltage
- Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion
- Super Robot Wars UX
- Voiceroid
![]() | This computer hardware article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This article relating to electronic musical instruments is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e