Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Software Hits #1 On Amazon

9-10-07 (8:24AM EDT)---- Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol Software Hits #1 On Amazon

First reported here back on September 3rd Crypton Future Media is promoting its new Hatsune Miku virtual idol software that makes human singers obsolete. It allows musicians to inject the voice of their self styled 16-year-old pop idol into any melody and sing the lyrics to any song they choose. Voice actress Saki Fujita (Tokimeki Memorial) provided the model voice for the program. The soft ranked in 1st place in Amazon Japan's top software sales rankings as of September, 10th. The achievement is very unusual for DTM (Desktop Music) package. Retail stocks of the software are said to be extremely low and may be depleted in many shops by the end of this week.