

Each Vocaloid is sold as "a singer in a box" designed to act as a replacement for an actual singer.

The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics.

It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers. Backed by the Yamaha Corporation, it developed the software into the commercial product "Vocaloid."The software enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project led by Kenmochi Hideki at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain in 2000 (the same team that later founded Voctro Labs) and originally was not intended to be a full commercial project. Vocaloid (ボーカロイド Bōkaroido) is a singing voice synthesizer.
