VOCALOID Release: March 3 - LEON and LOLA released in Japan.VOCALOID Release: Jan 15 - LEON and LOLA released.July 24: An album titled 'HISTORY OF LOGIC SYSTEM' was released, this contained the first commercial render of VOCALOID vocals (later known to be MEIKO and KAITO).February 26: The VOCALOID™ project was announced.These are the development names of ' Sweet Ann', ' KAITO' and ' MEIKO'. 'JODIE', 'TARO' and 'HANAKO' are seen on the Yamaha Vocaloid website.PowerFX joins Vocaloid production, there are reported 3 companies working with Yamaha on VOCALOID at this point, the other two being Zero-G Limited and Crypton Future Media, Inc.Kenmochi Hideki began the first developments with a team at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain.
