Zero G Vocaloid LEON Virtual Vocalist

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The Human Voice.

It's still the most expressive and emotionally communicative musical instrument available to mankind.

UNLESS, of course, you cannot sing. Or you don't have access to a quality singer when you need one, to bring reality to your ideas or your lyrics.

Either you can sing or you can't. Either you have a great singer who realizes your ideas or you don't. That is the way of things. For most creative music producers, this means that in one sense the human voice has also always been a sonic boundary - a musical frontier, through thousands of years of evolution:

Until now.

A true revolution.

When it comes to creating quality vocal tracks, Yamaha's VOCALOID singing synthesis technology literally changes everything. The future will now be very different. The last bastion of human musical expression - the singing voice - can now be synthesized, through LOLA, LEON, MIRIAM, and other VOCALOID virtual vocalists from Zero-G, thanks to the incredible new technology developed by Yamaha.

LEON is a virtual male soul vocalist modelled on a real professional singer, and when he is installed into your PC he will allow you to create synthesized singing of unprecedented quality and realism. LEON will sing ANY words you ask him to in English - literally anything - be they beautiful lyrics or comical trivialities, Monteverdi madrigals or manic chants. You can create vocal tracks of soulful singing in any lyrics you want. You enter notes, type in lyrics, and the software renders the synthesized vocal. Then add expression to taste, and render again. LEON is under your total control, and the really mind-blowing thing is - he can truly sound like a professional singing voice. With practice you can learn the skills to synthesize singing with LEON that will fool your friends - they will believe they are listening to a real singer performing.

Your own backing singers, 24/7, and no session fees.

With Vocaloid, creating your own professional sounding backing vocals is a realistic proposition - even for complex harmonies and arrangements. And as you gradually develop your Vocaloid editing skills, you will find that with patience even realistic lead vocal lines can become a reality, thanks to the arsenal of expression tools provided, which permit editing and manipulation of the finest nuances.

What will YOU make LEON sing?

Do you simply want him to perform your lyrical ideas in a rough form as an aid to your songwriting process? Or will you use his freedom from human limitations to create stunningly innovative and experimental vocal effects? He can sing over a superb pitch range, he can sing much faster than a human could if you want him to, as fast as you like in fact, and he can jump any interval yet hit every note beautifully, IF that's want YOU want him to do. And he'll NEVER tire or complain.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows XP or Windows 2000

• Pentium III, 1 GHz or faster

• 512MB of RAM or more

• Approx 700 Mb Hard disk space or more

• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive

• SVGA Display (1024x768)

• Sound Card with Microsoft DirectSound Compatible driver

• LAN/network card must be installed, or a USB network card must be connected to the USB port

Recommended System:

• Windows XP

• Pentium 4, 1.7 GHz or faster

• I GB of RAM or more

Supported Interfaces & Standards:

VST** 2.0, ReWire, Windows MME.