Yamaha Corporation sits proudly in the midst of the city, nestled between smaller buildings. It's size is only given more attention to by the large, neon lettering atop the skyscraper.
The building had to have been at least fifty stories tall, if not even higher. Most certainly though, it was not the tallest building in the city, mind you, but it's importance would later be recognized.
It was here, in the year of 2004, after tireless failures in every creation, that one survived. It was but a small disk, however, it would revolutionize Yamaha forever.
Containing thousands of program tweaks, strings of binary code and software updates, it was the only program of it's kind to make it past the initial planning stages.
This project would be then dubbed by the name of LEON, the first synthetic software designed to sing and match the tones, pitches and words of an actual human male
At the same time, a second project had been underway to make a partner voice for the LEON program. This partner voice was to be matched to the voice of a human female, and in effect, was named LOLA.
The LEON and LOLA programs were, in reality, an attempt to see if human voices could in fact be imitated to the point of sounding exactly like those of a living, breathing creature. What they had made proved much more than that was possible.
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Originally, the purpose of these programs was merely for recreational uses. For a time, only a limited amount of people, mostly those who gave substantially large amounts of payment, were given the chance to use these programs.
All they had been designed to do was sing, simply by letting the user type in the lyrics and notes into a computer interface. The music industry was baffled by this once the news was heard.
Music created in such a way was a threat to their own buisness in the world, and it only became worse once the LEON and LOLA programs were made available to the public.
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Four months after the release of the first two Vocaloid programs, a third voice had been developed. This voice was given the title of MIRIAM, and was modeled after the voice of a young woman.
The creators were intrigued by what they had accomplished in such short time. They had given life to a voice with no body.
This very thought was what gave into the first of a long line of tests, results, and ultimately, the birth of life.
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It's been many years since people had heard the very first words of a Vocaloid. Now, there were enough in the world to make any music producer happy. Pick one. Give it a song. You have a hit.
Today, however, the voices are much more than voices. They have bodies. Personalities. You would never guess from their appearance that most of them were robots. Most. Save for one, here and there.
The Vocaloids were created purely for the purpose of singing and entertainment.
That's what the public was told, and they accepted it, as did the Vocaloids. Two 'races' of sorts, living together as though no differences separated them.
Ultimately, this very statement was what would eventuelly lead to the truth.