VOCALOID Hatsune Miku VOCALOID6

[MagicalMiku]

Hatsune Miku VOCALOID6
A new version of "Hatsune Miku V6 AI" is scheduled to be released within the year!

Original artwork by iXima made for Miku 16th Birthday (August 31st, 2023 via twitter)
Crypton is currently planning to release a new version of the singing voice synthesis software "Hatsune Miku V6 AI" which uses Yamaha Corporation's VOCALOID6 as a new singing voice synthesis software using AI technology, which has long been requested by creators.
For "Hatsune Miku V6 AI", which is currently under development, we will set a preferential price for regular users of related software from "Hatsune Miku V4X" onwards. Details of each will be announced at a later date, so please wait for further information.
press release:

バーチャルシンガー6名の歌声をまとめた新製品の予約を開始！　「初音ミクV6 AI」も年内リリースに向けて準備中！

クリプトン・フューチャー・メディア株式会社のプレスリリース（2024年8月1日 14時06分）バーチャルシンガー6名の歌声をまとめた新製品の予約を開始！　「初音ミクV6 AI」も年内リリースに向けて準備中！

prtimes.jp

(note: this press release was written on August 1st 2024, together with the announcement of Hatsune Miku NT ver.2 and Piapro Characters Super Pack.)

Development Progress:
- On December 26th 2024, Takamichi Koizumi of Crypton Future Media wrote an Apology public message on Sonicwire official blog:

Thank you very much for your continued patronage of Crypton Future Media products.
As announced in our August 1, 2024 press release, the virtual singer software "Hatsune Miku V6 AI" currently under development was scheduled for release in late 2024, but due to development reasons, the release has been postponed. As we continue with development, we have come across some issues that are difficult to overcome, and after consulting with YAMAHA, we have concluded that it will take some time before we can deliver stable singing that is characteristic of Miku.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and concern that this postponement of the release has caused to everyone who was looking forward to the new product. The planning and development team would like to offer our sincerest apologies.
Crypton Future Media, Inc. "Hatsune Miku V6 AI" planning and development team

- During the spring of 2025, both Yamaha and Wataru Sasaki of Crypton confirmed that the voice quality of Miku V6 reached its climax, and they are "making steady progress" (via twitter)

- Crypton Future Media will celebrate its 30th anniversary on July 21, 2025. There is currently a 30% discount on all Piapro characters until July 31st, and it's possible there will be some news about Miku V6 during the 30th Anniversary week.

Announcement
Hokkaido University, which has a connection to us, will be holding a launch event for our company CEO Ito's book, "The Future of Creation: Why Hatsune Miku Was Born in Hokkaido"!
Non-students are also welcome to participate, so if you live near Sapporo, please check out the details

<Hokkaido University x Hokkaido University Co-op>
To celebrate the release of "The Future of Creation"!
"The creator of Hatsune Miku" Ito Hiroyuki talk and autograph session!

■Date and time: July 29th (Tue) 17:00~
■Venue: Hokkaido University Frontier Applied Science Research Building, 2nd floor (via twitter)

- On August 31st, 2025 for Miku birthday, Crypton staff will hold a talking session at Magical Mirai 2025 in Tokyo:

Virtual Singer Product Stage
Date and Time: Sunday, August 31, 2025, 11:00-11:45
Stage Introduction: We will look back on the Virtual Singer products that Crypton Future Media has released so far and talk about future developments.
* This stage will be live-streamed and archived on Crypton's official YouTube channel, "Piapro TV."

[TOKYO]企画展ステージ｜初音ミク「マジカルミライ 2025」

初音ミク「マジカルミライ 2025」は、創作で繋がる初音ミクたちのライブ＆企画展です！【SENDAI】8/1(金)-8/3(日)、【OSAKA】8/9(土)-8/11(月・祝)、【TOKYO】8/29(金)-8/31(日)開催！

magicalmirai.com

official website:
https://sonicwire.com/product/virtualsinger/special/index
Crypton official page:
https://ec.crypton.co.jp/pages/prod/virtualsinger/
Amazon JP product page:
coming soon!
support page:
https://sonicwire.com/support/prod

previous versions:
https://sonicwire.com/product/virtualsinger/special/superpack
https://sonicwire.com/product/virtualsinger/special/mikuv4x
https://sonicwire.com/product/virtualsinger/special/mikuv4c
https://sonicwire.com/product/virtualsinger/special/mikuv3
https://ec.crypton.co.jp/pages/prod/virtualsinger/cv01a
https://ec.crypton.co.jp/pages/prod/virtualsinger/cv01

 

[Palamon]

Coming soon, April 31st, 2026. /j

 

[InstallGentoo]

Coming soon, April 31st, 2026. /j

with all the computer merch collab with asus it feels like that's the most affordable release date for all the diehard fans (the ones with very little impulse control, like me).

 

[kimiworld]

Coming soon, April 31st, 2026. /j

If and only if it is confirmed to be April 31st 2026, at least I would have time to be prepared (money wise) lol.

 

[Bookworm2]

Coming soon, April 31st, 2026. /j

2026? No, minimum 2028.
That said, I am excited for Miku V6. Who knows, maybe this means updates for the rest of the cryptonloids! I wonder if the tone will be similar to a previous voicebank, or if it will be unique. Or is there an option for A.I. tracks similar to appends? I really don't know much about V6. Either way, I look forward to hearing it!

 

[MagicalMiku]

2026? No, minimum 2028.
That said, I am excited for Miku V6. Who knows, maybe this means updates for the rest of the cryptonloids! I wonder if the tone will be similar to a previous voicebank, or if it will be unique. Or is there an option for A.I. tracks similar to appends? I really don't know much about V6. Either way, I look forward to hearing it!

The main issue of Vocaloid6 is that, while it's a powerful engine with lots of interesting features, the change of tone is so much different compared to Vocaloid 3 and Vocaloid 4, so there are some issues that need to be solved in order to get a good tone that can be compared with the previous Vocaloid versions.
It has already been hinted last year that also Rin, Len, Luka, Meiko and Kaito might get Vocaloid 6 (together with NT2), but for now the focus is on Miku Vocaloid 6, because then it'll be easier to start from a good base for any future development
Those issues are the main reason why some years ago Crypton started development on NT, and I think Vocaloid 6 will especially be used for english and chinese voice banks of Miku and other Piapro characters. It's good that the producers will have more choices, and it all depends on what kind of "sound signature" they are aiming for. For example, some producers, even the most popular ones, still use today Miku V2 and her Append<3

 

[InstallGentoo]

some producers, even the most popular ones, still use today Miku V2 and her Append<3

That makes sense, V2 and append are legendary voicebanks. V2 is the voicebank of Miku in the popular section, and appends I recognize it as the cult classic that held up the trance and edm side of the fandom.
These days her NT banks are competing with synthV and Teto and it apears to me Teto is more popular due to it being relatively newer and shinier. Or maybe it's percived and I just been seeing more of her than I personally would like to see (no offense to the teto fans). So in terms of "cutting edge" and "future" perceptions of the public I think CFM is in the undertow in this race for the general public at the moment. V6 would be the answer to that I think, so it would make sense for them to try and get it just right when it releases.

 

[sunnyp4rk]

I think the thing I'm most interested in is how the XLS for English and Chinese will sound for her. V6 is already iffy on quality for those languages, depending on the voicebank. I want to see if it really is feasible for Miku to have only one voicebank that can sing in all three languages, rather than 3 different products.