Kagamine Rin is the second work in the virtual singer software character lead vocal series developed and sold by Japan's CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA based on Yamaha's VOCALOID 2 speech synthesis engine. It was released together with Kagamine Ren on December 27, 2007.

CN: Fruit Butterfly

Production process and naming

Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Ren are sold by CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA (Crypton Future Media Company) The second version of the VOCALOID2 role-vocalist series on the market for voice synthesis desktop music software. It is the first VOCALOID to have a plurality of sound databases. Both Kagamine Rin and Hatsune Miku were designed with characters and paintings by KEI. The original voice was provided by Asami Shimoda, a new voice actor who is also popular in NICONICO animation. It was recorded at the same time as Hatsune Miku. Shimoda recorded with a energetic impression. During the recording, he sang some katakana with no special meaning in conjunction with the music played at the time. The process was carried out over two days and took eight hours, but initially only the sound of the bell was recorded. Kagamine Lian, which was released as the same set of software as it, was only in the conceptual stage at the time. It was officially decided in mid-September 2007 and recorded on September 28 of the same year. Kagamine Rin revealed her name "Rin" on November 1, 2007. On November 7, due to the early release of the December 2007 issue of "DTM MAGAZINE" containing the introduction of CV02, the last name and voice actor were announced earlier than the official one. There is no blood relationship with Hatsune Miku in terms of setting, but some people call her "sister". Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Rin provide the sound source for Shimoda Asami and are sold as a set of software. Although Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Rin have the same last name, they are not siblings or siblings, and they do not have any friend settings. This is because CRYPTON wants users to have greater creative space. However, many people still call Suzu and Ren "twins" and "siblings", including in the comic "Manufacturer's Unofficial Hatsune Mix" (the copyright of this comic belongs to CRYPTON, but CRYPTON stated that "this is not an official work") Inside, Lian also calls Ling "sister". Kagamine Rin is suitable for singing rock, electro-acoustic music, dance, ballads, and encore pop songs. The adjustment performance of the gender parameters (GEN, Gender Factor) is higher than that of Hatsune Miku, and the overtone components are also more complex, but the bass sometimes has the side effect of turning into a trance sound.