數(shù)碼流行歌星的第一場現(xiàn)場音樂會

1、數(shù)碼流行歌星的第一場現(xiàn)場音樂會One of the hottest tickets in Los Angeles this weekend was a concert by a Japanese pop-culture icon. Her name is Hatsune Miku. Her sold-out show, Mikunopolis, marked her debut in the U.S.Hours before Hatsune Miku s show, thousands1)jockey outside the Nokia Theatre to be the first insi

2、de. Now if cute and catchy is your thing, it shouldn t be any surprise why Miku connects with teens in the viral web. Shes over the top in every way, starting with her trademark 2)turquoise hair, color-coordinated outfits and voice that sounds like a 3)caffeinated 4)chipmunk. But heres thetwist. Mik

3、u s a virtual singer whose only appearance on stage is as a life-like 3D 5)hologram. She s what scalled a “vocaloid, ” basically the consumer -friendly interface for voice 6)synthesizing software.In Japan, Hadiki Kanmochi developed vocaloid at the Yamaha Corporation. Other companies create character

4、s, like Miku, that give the vocaloid technology a more human range. Their voice libraries and Miku shot to fame because fans, and even some professional Japanese artists,popularized her sound library by using software to create songs and videos that went viral. The process does for singing what the

5、keyboard synthesizer does for pianos. In the vocaloid scene, this meansa gifted songwriter may not have to rely as much on their own pipes. So far, despite the sold-out concert in LA, the vocaloid style is still an acquired taste.As the show closed to an encore and sea of waving glow-sticks, this mu

6、ch was clear: the techniques pop 7)ethos of Miku wasn t just a virtualhit; she was a realone too.本周末美國洛杉磯銷售最火爆的門票之一， 是一場日本流行 偶像的演唱會。 她的名字叫初音未來， 她名為 Mikunopolis 的首 場美國演唱會門票售磬。初音未來的演唱會開始前幾個小時， 數(shù)以千計的歌迷就守候 在諾基亞劇院門外準備爭先進場了。 如果你也喜歡迷人可愛的少 女形象，那你應該就會明白為什么初音會在網(wǎng)絡上受到青少年的 瘋狂追捧。招牌式的青綠色頭發(fā)、顏色搭配和諧的服裝，以及無 可企及的天籟聲線，

7、初音是完美無暇的。 然而，這一切是一個套。 舞臺上的初音竟是一個全息投影的三維虛擬小歌姬。 她只不過是 一個叫 vocaloid 的語音合成軟件， 是這個軟件便于操作的界面。在日本，雅馬哈公司的 Hadiki Kanmochi 編寫成了語音合成軟件，包括初音未來在內(nèi)的人物形象則由其他公司負責開發(fā)。這些人物形象給語音合成軟件賦予了人類靈性。這些電腦打造的人物和初音未來能夠迅速竄紅， 是由于歌迷們，甚至一些專業(yè)日本 藝術(shù)家，使用電腦軟件為她創(chuàng)作出大量在網(wǎng)絡上迅速傳播的音樂 和視頻作品。這些作品的創(chuàng)作過程，等同于鋼琴鍵盤合成器的工 作原理。就語音合成軟件來說，這意味著才華橫溢的作曲家不必 過分依賴他們的樂器。盡管初