Zero-G Ltd

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Zero-G Ltd.
TypePublic
IndustrySoftware, Internet
GenreMusic and video
Founded1990 (1990)[1]
HeadquartersLondon, England
Area served
British Isles, European Union
ProductsProducts
Services

Zero-G is a company developing sound libraries, sound effects and loops. The company also develops singing synthesizers using the Vocaloid engine developed by Yamaha Corporation.

Products[]

Vocaloid products[]

Your Fish Tank

Zero-G developed an English edition of Vocaloid software. They subsequently were given recommendations by Crypton Future Media to Yamaha Corporation.[2] The company then went on to releasing both the first Vocaloid voices and the first English voices. The first Vocaloids, Leon and Lola, were released by Zero-G on 3 March 2004, both of which were sold as a "Virtual Soul Vocalist". Leon and Lola made their first appearance at the NAMM Show on 15 January 2004.[3] Leon and Lola were also demonstrated at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest and won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor's Choice Award.[4] Zero-G later released Miriam, with her voice provided by Miriam Stockley, in July 2004. A patch was later released to update all Vocaloid engines to Vocaloid 1.1.2, adding new features to the software, although there were differences between the output results of the engine.[5]

After interest in Vocaloids grew, Zero-G began reselling their Vocaloid products again on their website, and were considering to update their box art to match current Vocaloid trends better.[6]

Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Leon[7] English Male 3 March 2004
Lola[8] Female Juliet Roberts
Miriam[9] Female Miriam Stockley 26 July 2004

Vocaloid2 products[]

Zero-G's first Vocaloid 2 product, Prima, came out on 14 January 2008 with voice of a Soprano opera singer. The second Vocaloid 2 product, Sonika, is marketed as being able to speak any language, even though she is primarily an English vocalist.

An edition of Sonika was released in Taiwan on 1 August 2010. Users can choose to use the original English or traditional Chinese interface, however it does not have a Chinese language input method or a Chinese singing voice. This is the first edition of Vocaloid software widely released to speakers of Chinese.[10][11][12]

Their third installment in the Vocaloid 2 series, Tonio, is a classical singer designed to be able to sing in the Tenor - Baritone range and a partner to Prima.[13]

Released products[]

Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Prima[14] English Female Unknown 2008-01-1414 January 2008
Sonika[15][16] Female Unknown 2009-07-1414 July 2009
Tonio[17] Male Unknown 2010-07-1414 July 2010

Vocaloid3 Products[]

Zero-G has released a Celtic voicebank which later became AVANNA.

Released products[]

Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Avanna[6] English Female

Rachel Dey

Summer 201222 December 2013

Vocaloid4 products[]

Zero-G released two Vocaloid4 voicebanks that are rock based.

Released products[]

Product Language Sex Voice sampled Release date
Daina English Female Aki Glancy Summer 201220 November 2015
Dex English Male Sam Blakeslee 2010-07-1420 November 2015

References[]

  1. ^ "Company History". Zero-G Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ Utaenai (August 13, 2010). "It's a toy!". Vocaloid Creativity Community. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  3. ^ "Computer Music Journal". 28 (3). MIT Press Journals. September 2004: 89–91. doi:10.1162/comj.2004.28.3.89. S2CID 39910768. Retrieved July 11, 2010. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Vocaloid". Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  5. ^ "VOCALOID Software Update version 1.1". Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Zero-G Interview: Dom Keefe (Vocaloid Production)". Engloids. WordPress. January 28, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  7. ^ "Vocaloid Leon". Zero-G. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  8. ^ "Vocaloid Lola". Zero-G. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  9. ^ "Vocaloid Miriam". Zero-G. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  10. ^ 飛天膠?新品發表會 [E-Capsule New Product Rollout] (in Chinese). E-Capsule. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  11. ^ "Vocaloid2 SONIKA 正式開賣!" [Vocaloid2 SONIKA Formally On Sale] (in Chinese). E-Capsule. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  12. ^ "Vocaloid2 SONIKA ?擬女歌手" [Vocaloid2 SONIKA Virtual Female Singer] (in Chinese). E-Capsule. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
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  14. ^ "Vocaloid Prima". Zero-G. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  15. ^ "Zero-G shipping Vocaloid Sonika". Rekkerd. July 15, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  16. ^ "Sonika-Vocaloid by Zero-G". Zero-G. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  17. ^ "Tonio from Zero-G is a virtual vocalist based on a professional classical singer". Zero-G. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

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