I was eventually picked from the two (or three).
A few days later, my “applicant samples” came down to the wire against one or two other vocalists. Aki’s sample was singled out pretty quickly when everything had been collected. Supposedly, the feminine pool was significantly smaller compared to the masculine pool. Our samples were collected into “feminine vocal” and “masculine vocal” applicant pools. Some of the samples she sent were mine. The same associate asked if Aki had any “male vocalist friends”, and if so, to send a sample or few along of those as well. An associate from Zero-G approached Aki, asking her if she sang, and if so, would provide a sample of her vocals. Starting out in the VOCALOID community as an UTAU buff, especially since it’s where I take my name (Kenji-B) from, a big dream of mine was to provide my voice for a VOCALOID, or have the opportunity to, at least! Hearing that I was chosen to provide a VOCALOID was truly surreal, and hearing what would eventually be a finished VOCALOID library for the first time… I was nearly hysteric! The ExperienceĪ lot of people asked what it was like when I was recruited to the project. The response was actually fairly positive, otherwise! Lots of support and love for the duo, Aki, and I! Still feeling the tension though, since there’s bound to be people who haven’t heard about it yet who might be upset for some reason. Plus, we had an NDA to adhere to, which isn’t fun! …I’ll be the first to admit that I was hoping more people would be surprised, not that I think we tried to hide it super hard (especially me), but I guess that’s what you get when you call the product you’re voicing by your own name on accident in the first reveal. I spread it around like WILDFIRE (shout-outs to Circus-P and Crusher-P) and answered questions as they came. Aki made the initial announcement around noon at Katsucon yesterday, posting the news online around 10:00PM. If you somehow missed it, the big announcement is that EmpathP and I provided our voices for Zero-G Limited’s newest VOCALOID libraries: DEX (voiced by myself) and DAINA (voiced by EmpathP, aka AkiGlancy or “Aki”). 
Zalas suggested I write a blog post to talk about it, and I figured that would be a good idea! EmpathP and I announced something pretty cool yesterday evening, and I’m still trying to chill out since I’ve got too much energy.
As I write this, I’m listening to the funkiest house I could find, drinking a soft drink, and enjoying some bread sticks.
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