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'''Vocaloid''' (a portmanteau of "vocal" and "android") is a series of music synthesizing programs created by YAMAHA Corporation. The program is separated into two parts; the editor, which is used to process any voicebank chosen by the user through their input, and the various voicebanks, each with their own unique voice traits for different user taste or purpose. Using a Vocaloid sounds simple enough, as the user simply has to type lyrics and adjust the melody of the song they're creating; however, fine-tuning is necessary to reach better, more natural-sounding resultresults.

There are currently 70+ different Vocaloid voicebanks<ref>(and that's not counting [[Updated Rerelease]]s or multiple characters that count as a single product)</ref>, with the engine itself having had multiple overhauls over the years to increase end product quality. The voicebanks in particular have become popular; due to their more or less blank state with little (if any) official background, fans have gotten into creating their own personalities and interpretation of them. Fanmade characters also exist, with some even [[Ascended Fanon|gaining recognition]] from the higher-ups. The UTAU software also helped bringing many fanmades into life.

In [[The New Tens]], Vocaloid has taken major steps in the entertainment industries, with live concerts (done with projections, in the style [[Gorillaz]] and the 2012 [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] concert), video game crossovers, collectible figure lines, and even race car sponsors. Of course, there's are also adaptations of the works related to Vocaloid, such as the manga ''[[Hatsune Mix]]'' and the OVA adaptation of the song ''[[Black★Rock Shooter (band)|Black★Rock Shooter]]'' and the multimedia franchise that is ''Kagerou Project''.

* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The "modules" you can obtain in the ''Project Diva'' games.

** Due to SEGA partially owning them, Miku and Luka have appeared in ''[[Phantasy Star Online 2]]'' as guest stars in the lobby concert.

* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: There are muchmany more female vocals than male ones.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Even back in the V2 generation, there's beenwere quite a number of voicebanks available. By the time V3 ended, the number ishad almost tripled, and by the time V5 rolled in, there arewere more than 70 unique voicebanks.

* [[Loads and Loads of Loading]]: The PSP versionversions of ''Project DIVA'' games are plagued with this., Especiallyespecially if you have the DLCs installed, as itthey needsneed to check the license everytime''every time'' the list of DLC items are loaded.

** So human, in fact, that you'll soon forget that they're robots. Some designdesigns even lookslook outright organic.

** Several examples such as Piko and Miki downplaysdownplay this; both have robotic joints and the former has what appears to be an equalizer and a USB-like tail.

** Some VocaloidVocaloids defiesdefy this, depending on their background info; some are stated as not being robots.