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{{Short description|Vocaloid voicebank}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = FUKASE
| logo                   =
| screenshot             = FukaseV4Vocaloid.jpg
| screenshot size        = 200px
| caption                = Fukase starter pack
| author                 =
| developer              = [[Yamaha Corporation]]
| released               = January 28th, 2016
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| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]<br/>[[macOS]]
| platform               =
| language               = [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[English language|English]]
| genre                  = Voice Synthesizer Software
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| website                = {{url|https://vocaloidfukase.jp/mob/index.php}}
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{{Nihongo|'''FUKASE'''|ふかせ}}  is a Vocaloid voicebank developed and distributed by Yamaha Corporation for [[Vocaloid 4]]. He is voiced by {{Nihongo|Satoshi Fukase|深瀬慧}}, the lead singer of the Japanese band [[SEKAI NO OWARI]].
==Development==
On August 4, 2015, it was announced that the lead singer of SEKAI NO OWARI, Fukase, would be receiving a vocal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/sekainoowari|title=SEKAI NO OWARI Fukaseのボーカロイド『VOCALOID4 Library Fukase』発売中！|author=ヤマハ株式会社|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref> A design contest was held for him from August 4 to August 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pixiv.net/info.php?id=3388|title=[pixiv] お知らせ - 「VOCALOID４ Library Fukase」キャラクターデザインコンテスト開催|work=pixiv|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
Production of the vocal began three years prior when Satoshi Fukase's office contacted the voice provider via letter. The voice was always intended to be bilingual, due to SEKAI NO OWARI's tendency to use English in their songs. However, there was only one native English speaker among the staff with experience recording English voicebanks. They continued to create vocal recordings even while Satoshi Fukase was abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtmstation.com/archives/51968935.html|title=Electronica-Tuneが秀逸！新ボカロ、セカオワのFukaseがスゴイ！|work=藤本健の“DTMステーション”|date=18 January 2016 |access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
The English took 3 times longer to record and was done in 6 or 7 sections. At the time, English vocal [[Cyber Diva]] was under way in development and knowledge gained from this vocal impacted the balance of English vocals. "Soft" as chosen for Japanese to give a more whisper-like quality to the vocal. The Japanese "normal" draft was powerful in pitch especially with #G3, a decision was made to not focus on power. The plug-in "Electronica-Tune" was designed to be a snap-in pitch plug-in and mimicks [[Autotune]], adding vocal effects within Vocaloid itself rather than via the [[Digital audio workstation|DAW]].<ref name="itmedia">{{cite web|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1602/18/news085.html|title=「Fukaseなら俺の隣で歌ってるよ」 セカオワボカロを使ってわかったこと (1/3)|work=ITmedia ニュース|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
On September 18, the winner of the design contest was revealed to be mikuma.
On January 8, 2016, four demos for FUKASE were released. It was announced that he would receive two Japanese voicebanks: Normal and Soft. In addition, he received an English voicebank, which made him a Japanese and English bilingual VOCALOID. His digital download, physical copy and starter packs were marked for release on January 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://net.vocaloid.com/articles/sekainoowari|title=SEKAI NO OWARI Fukaseのボーカロイド『VOCALOID4 Library Fukase』発売中！|author=ヤマハ株式会社|access-date=27 April 2016}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Vocaloid products]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://vocaloidfukase.jp/mob/index.php?site=VF&ima=1241 Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306192521/http://vocaloidfukase.jp/mob/index.php?site=VF&ima=1241 |date=2016-03-06 }} {{in lang|ja}}
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[[Category:Vocaloids introduced in 2016]]
[[Category:Fictional singers]]
[[Category:Japanese idols]]
[[Category:Japanese popular culture]]