In a team-up that will make perfect sense to some and baffle the rest, Japanese virtual pop star Hatsune Miku is going on tour with Anamanaguchi, a band fronted by a hacked Nintendo Entertainment System.
For those in the “baffled” category, Hatsune Miku is a digital persona created by Crypton Future Media for its line of Vocaloid-powered voice synthesizers, while Anamanaguchi is a New York-based chiptune band. (Or music makers that hack various retro game consoles and cartridges to make their sound.)
Vocaloid software can create fully-vocalized music tracks by simply plugging in melodies to a backing track, leading to a user-created discography that’s estimated to include over 100,000 songs.
YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwJ1i5lCw0M
Popularity of the voice synthesizer aside, Hatsune Miku has become an internet celebrity herself, appearing in hologram form, Tupac-style, to open for Lady Gaga and appear on The Late Show alongside a bewildered David Letterman (see above).
Despite the computerized celebrity having no corporeal form, real-life bodies have been filling up seats to see Miku’s official North American tour starting this April, with the Mexico City stop of the tour already sold out.
Anamanaguchi, who announced their collaboration with the Vocaloid star …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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