Macne Nana, the GarageBand-loid, UTAUloid, and Vocaloid! Upload Download Add to wardrobe 4px arm (Classic) Background Macne Nana SkyLen64. Nana's original voicebank, along with a compact version called 'Macne Petit', was released on March 28, 2009, for the software Reason and GarageBand. This led to a series of vocals similar to Nana being added to the 'Macne Family'.
The Mac Fan magazine for Mac computer users has released a collection of voice samples that the magazine used to create its ongoing Macne Nana virtual singer project. As part of its Haruna Ikezawa's Tensei Himego feature, the voice actress Ikezawa (Keroro Gunsō's Momoka Nishizawa) recorded the 50 phonetic moras of the Japanese language in both a 'regular voice' and a 'child's voice.' Users of Garageband, Apple's Mac OS X desktop music (DTM) software, can apply the voice sample data of the 980-yen (about US$10) Macne Nana Petit version to synthesize vocal songs. The regular 2,980-yen (about US$31) Macne Nana version can be used on either Garageband or the Mac OS X and Windows versions of the Reason 4 DTM software. A sample song has been posted on the YouTube video-streaming website.
Another company, Crypton Future Media, has released a standalone voice synthesizer based on YAMAHA's Vocaloid software engine in three character packages: Hatsune Miku (voiced by Saki Fujita), Kagamine Rin and Len (Asami Shimoda), and Megurine Luka (Yuu Asakawa). The musician and occasional anime voice actorGacktlent his voice to Gackpoid, a separate spinoff from the Vocaloid vocal music synthesizer that SSW's Internet software company developed.
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Nana Macne (Mac音ナナ（マクネ ナナ） Makune Nana) is a bilingual Japanese/ English Vocaloid from Macne.net who was once featured in GarageBand and UTAU. She was debuted by Bplats on January 31, 2014. Her voice is from Haruna Ikezawa (池澤 春菜 Ikezawa Haruna).
| Developer(s) | MI7 Japan Yamaha Corporation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | March 28, 2009 |
| Stable release | Macne Nana V4 / December 15, 2016 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows macOS |
| Available in | Japanese, English |
| Type | Voice Synthesizer Software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Official website |
Macne Nana (Mac音ナナ/マクネナナ, Makune Nana) is a vocal developed for Mac computers for Reason and GarageBand. Her Garageband and Reason voicebanks were able to be ported over into UTAU, and later on, she was released for Vocaloid 3.
Development[edit]
In 2008, VOCALOID was only available on Windows, and there was no equivalent software for the Mac. This inspired Haruna Ikezawa to start working on something using her own voice: Macne Nana. Macne Nana was released as the first member of the Macne series (Mac音シリーズ). It followed the success story of Hatsune Miku, a voice produced for the Vocaloid software which was produced for Microsoft Windows only.[1]
Macne Nana, along with a cheaper alternative compact version called 'Macne Nana Petite (Mac音ナナ Petit)', released on March 28, 2009 for the software Reason and GarageBand. She possessed 104 sounds, while the Nana Petite version had less samples as it lacked the triple and bass ranges.
This led to a series of vocals similarly to Nana being added to the 'Macne Family'. Users were also able to take advantage of the Macne Nana and Macne Nana Petite's open license status to exploit her vocals into other software; this had led to UTAU conversions existing.
Additional Software[edit]
A later version of the software 'Macne Nana 2S' was created, the character of 'Macne Nana Petite' had become by this point Nana's younger sister 'Macne Petite (Mac音プチ)' and was released with a vocal called 'Macne Petit S2' on the same day. The 2S version had improved performance and was released with an already converted UTAU vocal. This version was recorded in the scales of D#4/G#4/C#5 and had 117 samples, more than the first Macne Nana release.
After the news of the Mac version of the engine 'Vocaloid Neo' was released, a Vocaloid was considered .However, though the news was interesting, as a Magazine editor Haruna Ikezawa had no budget for a Vocaloid production. Later, after things were sorted to produce the Vocaloid 3 version, teasers were left hinting at Macne Nana being produced for Vocaloid 3. This was later confirmed on Macne Nana's Twitter account.[2]
According to Mac Fan magazine, there was a conversation with Yamaha; no money was involved and the OK was given for the voice of Haruna Ikezawa to become a Vocaloid release. The vocal would be reviewed at 70% completion. If the vocal does not meet with expectations, it will be scrapped. It will only be put forward to commercial release if the vocal is satisfactory. In October 2013, it was confirmed she was going ahead and that she would have both a PC version and a Mac version, with Bplats doing the recording.[3] It was also confirmed she would include an English as well as a Japanese vocal.[4]
It was mentioned in an interview that a Chinese vocal was not completely out of question yet, as they made a test vocal for Nana in that language. However, it is not a complete version so they don't guarantee a release for it.[5]
Competition[edit]
Those who pre-ordered the Vocaloid 3 version were entered into a competition to win one of 10 signed hand-drawn pictures by Haruna Ikezawa and Gomoku Akatsuki.[6]
Macne Nana - Wikipedia
Characteristics[edit]
She is the third eldest daughter of the Macne family and the main star of the Macne series itself alongside her younger sister Macne Petit. Macne Nana is cheerful and positive (but a little clumsy), she is accident prone but always looks on the bright side of things even when running late for work. Macne Nana is about 14 or 15 years old according to her official profile, her 3 sizes are B87 W57 H87 with a height of 157 cm or 5' 2' (5.150 ft).[7]
See also[edit]
Macne Nana | Macne Series Wiki | Fandom
References[edit]
Macne Coco
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- ^'マクネナナ（Mac音ナナ）'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'初音ミクみく'. Retrieved 27 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'マクネ.net -- マクネナナ（Mac音ナナ）公式サイト'. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'しんくまさん (猫)'. Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^bplats taking about Macne NanaArchived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'マクネ.net -- マクネナナ（Mac音ナナ）公式サイト'. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)