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Macne Nana (Mac音ナナ) is a voicebank for the UTAU program.
History[]
The Macne family is a series of Japanese voicebanks designed for Reason 4 and GarageBand. They are the music sequencer softwares for the Macintosh operating system, developed by MI7 Japan and distributed by Act2. Following the rising popularity of VOCALOID2 Hatsune Miku, a voice synthesizer software that only works only on Windows operating systems, a voicebank for Macintosh computers was conceptualized in the Japanese voice actress Haruna Ikezawa's regular column 天声姫語 Vox Reginae, Vox Dei ("voice of princess, voice of god," a spoof of Asahi Shimbun's editorial article 天声人語 Vox Populi, Vox Dei or voice of the people, voice of god) carried in the magazine Mac Fan by Mainichi Communications. Haruna provided her voice for the first Mac-themed vocal synthesis character, Nana Macne, alongside other voice actors and actresses who joined the project as Macne gained in popularity. The characters are used in Reason4 or GarageBand by selecting one of them as an instrument and altering pitches and lengths of sound files; they can also work normally on UTAU by converting their samples and providing a tuned oto.ini file.
Macne Nana was available for purchase as a download through act2's Macne website. Her download files included a few wallpapers, concept art and the .aiff samples. The samples included recordings done in three different pitches, as well as a "chibi"-like voice.
On February 28, 2012, Macne Nana's voicebank was made unavailable for purchase, and act2 announced that they will be releasing newly-recorded updated voicebanks for Macne Nana and Macne Nana Petit, entitled "Macne Nana 2S" and "Macne Petit 2S", to celebrate Macne Nana's third anniversary. On March 29, 2012, the updated voicebanks were released, replacing the original voicebanks.
Macne Nana 2S was originally sold on the official Macne.net website for ¥980 as an already configured UTAU-synth voicebank.
Nana was considered for the VOCALOID NEO update for VOCALOID3 and had to be judged to pass Yamaha's approval. She was later confirmed to have a vocal in development, which would be reviewed at 70% completion. If the vocal was satisfactory, she would go into a full release.
In October 2013, it was confirmed a full PC and Mac sale was expected. The package would be bilingual and included both Japanese and Nana's first English vocal, as well as the first vocal in the Macne series altogether. On January 31, 2014, Macne Nana's English and Japanese voicebanks were officially released. They could be bought separately as digital downloads, or together as a physical bundle. Macne Nana 2S was removed from the website for purchase, along with the other Macne family members, in favor of Nana's V3 Voicebank.
Ikezawa Haruna mentioned that she was watching the developments of a French Vocaloid. She noted that as she knows French, a French vocal for Nana was a possibility in the future. However, with the cancellation of this character as a VOCALOID, the possibility of Macne Nana French is limited. While developing the original English and Japanese vocals, a Chinese Nana vocal was also recorded, but never made it past experimental stages. As of 2014, there are no plans to release it.
Updates of the VOCALOID3 vocals were released for VOCALOID4 in December 2016. In addition to the updated vocals, a voicebank for Nana's younger sister, Petit, was included.
Concept[]
Unlike Hatsune Miku, Nana was given an official personality. She is cheerful and positive (but a little stupid), and she is accident-prone but always looks on the bright side of things, even when running late for work.
Appearance details[]
- Item: Green Apple
- 3-Sizes: B87 W57 H87
Relations[]
- Coco Macne (White) - elder sister
- Coco Macne (Black) - elder sister
- Nana Macne Petit - younger sister, sometimes Nana's "not-so-full version" of herself
- Papa Macne - father
- Whisper☆Angel Sasayaki - younger sister
Etymology details[]
- Mac音 (Macne: MAC sound) - Refers to how she is the "Mac Vocaloid".
Voicebank details[]
Nana is used in GarageBand by selecting her as an instrument and altering pitches and lengths of sound files with the aid of the Reason4 plug-in; she can also work normally in UTAU. You can buy Macne Nana 2S or Macne Petit 2S for 980円 at Macne.net's store.
On the original voicebanks, you will have to convert her samples into WAV, and they'll be in Romaji from the start. FRQ files for all wav samples will have to be generated as well before she can be used.
On the 2S voicebank, conversion to .wav files is optional for her use, however it is more preferable.
On January 31, 2014, Macne Nana's English and Japanese voicebanks were officially released. They could be bought separately as digital downloads, or together as a physical bundle.
Updates of the VOCALOID3 vocals were released for VOCALOID4 in December 2016. In addition to the updated vocals, a voicebank for Nana's younger sister, Petit, was included.
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