Mew

Mew (ミウ) is a Japanese VOCALOID developed by Yamaha Music Communications Co., Ltd. and distributed by the YAMAHA Corporation, and was released in October 2011 for the VOCALOID3 engine. Her voice is provided by Japanese female singer Sakamoto Miu (坂(さか)本(もと)美(み)雨(う))

Concept

Etymology

Her name is based on her voice provider's name, Japanese singer, Miu Sakamoto, and an onomatopoeia for the sound a kitten makes.^[1]

Appearance

Mew is depicted in an aesthetic monochrome style. As her name suggests, her design is cat-themed.

She has a tattoo that shows her name written phonetically. The way in which it's written (with an [uː] and that it features the supra-segmental for long vowel) suggests it used an English phonetic notation. This is something unusual, as Mew is a Japanese voicebank.

The cat on the boxart was modeled after Sakamoto Miu's own cat Savami.^[2]

Relations

• Savami - Pet cat.

History

Marketing

Mew's voice provider was the subject of several interviews before the VOCALOID's release, and received more attention than VOCALOIDs such as VY1 and VY2.

Voicebanks

Mew

Mew was intended to be a faithful recreation of the voice of Miu Sakamoto. It is a professional singing vocal for a professional VOCALOID producer.

• Mew (VOCALOID3), October 21, 2011
• Mew SE (VOCALOID3), March 20, 2013
• Mew NEO (VOCALOID NEO), August 5, 2013
• Mew (Mobile VOCALOID Editor)

Reputation

Reaction

In Japan, for the most part, her vocals have been positively received, though few producers are currently using her. She is the second least popular VOCALOID3 release for 2011, the first being Tone Rion.

Achievements

• One of the first 4 VOCALOID3 vocals released for the engine.
• First YAMAHA VOCALOID to have an official avatar design.

References

External links

Articles

• VOCALOID Wiki

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