or Internet, is a software company based in Osaka, Japan. It is best known for the music sequencer Singer Song Writer and Niconico Movie Maker for Nico Nico Douga, a video sharing website. It also develops singing synthesizers using the Vocaloid 4 engine developed by Yamaha Corporation. In 2014, they were the second leading company in sound-related software in Japan, boasting a 14.0% share of the market.
Products and services
Music composition
Internet started their Vocaloid development with the first Vocaloid 2 singing synthesizer Gackpoid on July 31, 2008, whose voice was provided by Japanese international singer Gackt. Gackpoid includes OPUS Express for mixing vocal parts with accompaniment or phoneme data.
The second product, Megpoid, was released on June 25, 2009, and is voiced by Megumi Nakajima. Due to the success of Crypton Future Media's "Append" series, Internet announced they will be working on an updated version of Megpoid called Megpoid Extend in 2011.
Yamaha's first Vocaloid called Lily was later sold via Internet's website. Internet also released Gachapoid based on the voice of Gachapin, a popular Japanese television character. Gackpoid, Megpoid and Lily would also be released in Taiwan.
Vocaloid 2 ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateGackpoid: Camui GackpoJapaneseMaleGackt2008-07-31July 31, 2008Megpoid: GUMIJapaneseFemaleMegumi Nakajima2009-06-25June 25, 2009LilyJapaneseFemaleYuri Masuda (m.o.v.e.)2010-08-25August 25, 2010Gachapoid: RyutoJapaneseMaleKuniko Amemiya2010-10-08October 8, 2010
Vocaloid 3 ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateV3 MegpoidJapaneseFemaleOctober 21, 2011CULJapaneseFemaleEri KitamuraDecember 22, 2011V3 Megpoid NativeJapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaMarch 15, 2012V3 LilyJapaneseFemaleYuri Masuda(m.o.v.e.)April 19, 2012V3 GackpoidJapaneseMaleGacktJuly 13, 2012Megpoid English EnglishFemaleMegumi Nakajima February 28, 2013V3 Gachapoid JapaneseMaleKuniko Amemiya September 18, 2014KokoneJapaneseFemaleUnknownFebruary 14, 2014Chika JapaneseFemaleChiaki Ito October 16, 2014
Vocaloid 4 ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateGackpoid V4JapaneseMaleGacktApril 30, 2015Megpoid V4JapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaNovember 5, 2015Otomachi UnaJapaneseFemaleAimi TanakaJuly 30, 2016
Vocaloid 6 +ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateAI Megpoid JapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaOctober 13, 2022AI Otomachi UnaJapaneseFemaleAimi TanakaJune 22, 2023AI Hibiki KotoJapaneseFemaleLeon TachibanaApril 18, 2024AI Megpoid SOLIDJapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaJuly 4, 2024galaco BLACK & WHITEJapaneseFemaleKo ShibasakiAugust 5, 2024AI Tsuina-chanJapaneseFemaleMai KadowakiSeptember 30, 2024ZOLA Project V6: YUU, KYO, & WILJapaneseMaleMinoru Takahashi (YUU)Yuu Miyazaki (KYO)Mauie Cayton (WIL)January 20, 2025AI Yuzuki YukariJapaneseFemaleChihiro IshiguroMarch 13, 2025Kotonoha Akane & AoiJapaneseFemaleYui SakakibaraApril 25, 2025AI Kizuna AkariJapaneseFemaleMadoka YonezawaJune 13, 2025
Synthesizer V +ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateAI MegpoidJapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaDecember 20, 2023AI ROSAJapaneseFemaleShirayukiJune 3, 2024AI Hibiki KotoJapaneseFemaleLeon TachibanaOctober 30, 2024AI Otomachi UnaJapaneseFemaleAimi TanakaNovember 27, 2024
Synthesizer V 2 +ProductLanguageSexVoice sampledRelease dateAI Hibiki KotoJapaneseFemaleLeon TachibanaSeptember 12, 2025AI Otomachi UnaJapaneseFemaleAimi TanakaSeptember 12, 2025AI MegpoidJapaneseFemaleMegumi NakajimaSeptember 12, 2025
Upcoming products Internet's other music composers include: Singer Song Writer (SSW) - a music sequencer Mixture - a music composer VST Software Instrument LinPlug series - synthesizers and samplers
Sound editing and recording OPUS (Optical Practical Ultimate Sound Design) - a multi-track sound designer Sound it! - a sound editor and recorder Degiroku Studio
Video Video Save - a video downloader and converter for video-sharing websites Niconico Movier Maker (NMM)
Other Mobile VIVO 1816 Save vivo 1816 - a data backup tool for VIVO 1816
References
External links
LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH