Futuristic Voice Library based on a Human Voice
The latest version of MEGURINE LUKA V4X includes two English and two Japanese databases designed to enhance expressiveness. These databases are optimized for Cross Synthesis (voice morphing) and Growl functions, allowing for easy tension adjustments and growl-like expressions. The Japanese version features the E.V.E.C (Enhanced Voice Expression Control) function, enabling voice variations at each note. This allows for dynamic control within a song, such as whispers in softer sections and stronger high notes in melodic parts. To facilitate music production, Crypton offers an all-in-one package that includes the Piapro Studio vocal editor for managing vocal functions like E.V.E.C. and pitch control, along with Cubase LE, which features hundreds of virtual instruments.
This all-in-one package includes vocal editor Piapro Studio VSTi, Steinberg Cubase LE, and many virtual instruments for your immediate music production.
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Database (Voice Bank): The database of MEGURINE LUKA V4X is based on a human voice, provided by Japanese voice actress Yuu Asakawa, and carefully recorded in a high-standard studio environment. Every sound was precisely edited to produce this database that includes different kind of vocal sounds. The database contains both Japanese and English and it is compatible with all the functions such as E.V.E.C, Gender Factor, Brightness, Cross Synthesis (morphing function), Growl (growl-like expressions to the voice), which can be operated through bundled vocal editor "Piapro Studio".
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Vocal Editor: A vocal editor that allows you to easily operate and modify Miku's voice, Piapro Studio works as a VSTi plugin, and therefore performs at a high compatibility with main music production applications (PreSonus Studio One, Ableton Live, Steinberg Cubase etc.). Since version 1.1., Piapro Studio also supports AU (Mac) Plugin, which enables you to use Piapro Studio in Apple Logic and Apple Garage Band.
MEGURINE LUKA V4X comes in an all-in-one package for producing your own MIKU songs! This product includes the DAW software "Cubase LE" by Steinberg, featuring a variety of virtual instruments, sound materials, and plug-in effects.
Sound Bytes Magazine 07/2015 
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What it’s all about
For €159 EUR you get a creative and easy to use tool. It’s not to everyone’s taste, but it’s far from being useless. It adds some kind of spice, and you definitely won’t use it in every song you make, but it can do wonders if you use it creatively. To make the whole thing even better and more appealing, those Crypton fellows also added Studio One Artist Piapro Edition in a Vocaloid pack containing around 200 instruments, allowing you to make a whole song just with the included content.
If you don’t already have a DAW then this could be a good deal for you, as Studio One, even in this reduced version, is still a very good DAW that can proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with some its more well-known brothers.
The only thing I would have liked to see is an option to allow installation of just the English database, as the whole database takes up around 20 GB of space. For that reason I wrote to technical support and got an answer in less than 12 hours (after all, they live in a totally different timezone) letting me know this can be done by selecting “Customize” during installation. ( reducing the content to reasonable 5 GB)If you’ve ever had problems getting technical support from certain companies, I’m glad to inform you that Crypton is not one of them.
To buy or not to buy? It is up to you, but I definitely know why I ordered this one. After all, there are some albums recorded just with Vocaloid software, and if you didn’t know even Mike Oldfield used it for some of his back lines. These half-sampled, half-synthesized beasts are used by both professionals and amateurs around the globe. So count me in, please.
by A. Arsov, May 2015
full Luka review at Sound Bytes
Mac:
- macOS 10.11-10.15
- 32 bit & 64 bit
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2GHz or higher
- RAM : 2GB (4GB or higher recommended)
- 1280x768 or higher display resolution
Windows:
- Windows 8-10
- 32 bit & 64 bit
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2GHz or higher
- RAM : 2GB (4GB or higher recommended)
- 1280x768 or higher display resolution
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