CUL(カル Karu)

Name: CUL (カル Karu)
Gender: Female
Voice provider: Eri Kitamura

CUL (カル Karu) was the mascot character for the show VOCALO Revolution. The name has double meanings, short for "culture" and "Culnoza", a collaborative group organized by Hiroto-P.

History....
Cul started off as the mascot for VOCALO Revolution. On June 8th 2011, Yamaha announced that CUL would make a real Vocaloid with the voice provider Eri Kitamura. The publisher will be INTERNET Co.,Ltd. On November 4th 2011, her first demo, a cover of V3 Gumi demo "A Flash of Summer", was released on YouTube. Intertnet Co announced on twitter, CUL will be released around December 22nd. A second demo was also uploaded, this time a cover of V3 Gumi demo "Nightmare." Her third and fourth demos have also been uploaded.

Demo Songs...

• A Flash of Summer YouTube Broadcast
• Nightmare YouTube Broadcast
• Blue Time YouTube Broadcast
• ☆Magical☆YouTube Broadcast
  
  
  
  
  Marketing...
  
  She was introduced in "CUL makes Revolution!". CUL was featured in the shows introduction, the PV "白の季節" and the closing credits of the show. CUL was also the mascot of "CUL project; offical", a website designed to promote Cul to make her offical. Stickers were also released on sale featuring her.^[1] A MMD model used in her PVs, such as "CUL makes Revolution!", was later released.
  
  Usage for Music...
  
  As the Mascot of VOCALO Revolution, she was designed to help promote the growing Vocaloid culture, aiming to rise awareness and the acceptance of this culture. She originally used other female voices for the purpose of PVs such as VY1. Her voicebank is a powerful "young mature" female voicetype and sings in Japanese. She was made to be able to sing all genres of music, being able to climb from low to high notes with ease. Since she is part of a joint promotional effort, she, like Lily does not use Internet co., Ltd's "-poid" suffix. She comes with or without the Vocaloid 3 start pack. Her notes comng down the octaves are not as smooth in comparison to going up. Based on her demo, some reports place her as a standard quality voicebank.
  
  Reception...
  Since CUL's existence as a Vocaloid is owed to her fans, CUL already had an established fandom prior to becoming a Vocaloid. She has had much support and publicity within the Japanese fandom and this has resulted in her overall reception being positive. In the overseas fandom, however, there has not been as much interest in her.
  
  
  Originated by Vocaloid Wiki
  See More Information at http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/CUL