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Make Gackt sing for you with new Vocaloid clone Gackpoid
by Zac Bentz, 05/07/2008



Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!

How many times have you had the girls over and just dreamed about how TOTALLY AWESOME it would be if Gackt *squeee!*...Sorry...if Gackt just came over to your house *SQUEEEEE!!*...I know! But what if he just came over and sang a song just for you?! *dies*

OK, OK. So obviously that's never going to happen, no matter how many times you write his name in your dark diary and cover it with chicken blood and an ounce of your bitter tears. But now, thanks to the space age technology behind the immensely popular Vocaloid software, you can at least sort-of pretend to control his silky voice. 

According to his website, Gackt has suppled his dulcet tones for a new edition of the magic box that created virtual robotic idol singer Miku Hatsune. Clumsily titled "Gackpoid," (seriously, why not "Gacktoid?" Everyone is doing it!) users will be able to compose their own songs using Gackt as the singer. Well, sort of. You can get a glimpse of the horrible future here in this streaming Windows Media file. Warning, file contains Windows Media.

Obviously, that sample sounds awful, but in the hands of a seasoned Vocaloid master, I'm sure it'll be sheer Gackt gold. I mean, that's basically how pop singers are made to sound less like drunken salarymen and more like sweet sweet angels in the first place. They're just cutting out the middle man. 

[via ANN






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