Company type | Public KK (unlisted) |
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Industry | Software, hardware, digital content, IT solutions |
Founded | August 22, 2005 [1] |
Headquarters | Waseda Bldg. 6F, 7-7-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005 Japan [1] |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | |
Products | List |
Services | Online shopping |
Number of employees | 13 (as of March 2010) [1] |
Website | Official website |
AH-Software is the software brand of AHS Co., Ltd. (original full name: Artist House Solutions Co., Ltd.), [5] an importer of digital audio workstations and encoders in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as the developer of Voiceroid and a number of Vocaloid voicebanks.
AHS released their first Vocaloids on December 4, 2009, named SF-A2 Miki, Kaai Yuki, and Hiyama Kiyoteru. Kaai Yuki became the first Vocaloid to use a child's voice. AHS also published a Hello Kitty -based Vocaloid, "Nekomura Iroha", based on the Kittyler featured in the game Hello Kitty to Issho! Block Crash 123!! in cooperation with Sanrio. AHS are also heading the first project led by producers working with the software. [6]
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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SF-A2 Miki [7] | Japanese | Female | Miki Furukawa | December 4, 2009 |
Kaai Yuki [8] | Japanese | Female | Unknown | December 4, 2009 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru | Japanese | Male | Kiyoshi Hiyama | December 4, 2009 |
Nekomura Iroha [9] [10] [11] | Japanese | Female | Kyounosuke Yoshitate | October 22, 2010 |
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Yuzuki Yukari [6] | Japanese | Female | Chihiro Ishiguro | December 22, 2011 |
Tohoku Zunko [12] [13] | Japanese | Female | Satomi Satō | June 5, 2014 |
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Yuzuki Yukari V4 | Japanese | Female | Chihiro Ishiguro | March 18, 2015 |
Nekomura Iroha V4 | Japanese | Female | Kyounosuke Yoshitate | June 18, 2015 |
SF-A2 miki V4 | Japanese | Female | Miki Furukawa | June 18, 2015 |
Kaai Yuki V4 | Japanese | Female | Unknown | October 29, 2015 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 | Japanese | Male | Kiyoshi Hiyama | October 29, 2015 |
Tohoku Zunko V4 | Japanese | Female | Satomi Satō | October 27, 2016 |
Kizuna Akari | Japanese | Female | Madoka Yonezawa | April 26, 2018 |
Product | Language | Sex | Voice sampled | Release date |
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Haruno Sora | Japanese | Female | Kikuko Inoue | July 26, 2018 |
Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group in Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. The software was ultimately developed into the commercial product "Vocaloid" that was released in 2004.
UTAU is a Japanese singing synthesizer application created by Ameya/Ayame (飴屋/菖蒲). This program is similar to the VOCALOID software, with the difference being it is shareware instead of under a third party licensing.
Voiceroid is a speech synthesizer application developed by AH-Software and is designed for speech. It is only available in the Japanese language. Its name comes from the singing software Vocaloid, for which AH-Software also develops voicebanks. Both AH-Software's first Vocaloids and Voiceroids went on sale on December 4, 2009.
CeVIO is the collective name of a range of computer software projects, including Vision and Creative Studio. CeVIO was made to assist in the creation of user-generated content. It works via text-to-speech method.
Vocaloid 2 is a singing voice synthesizer and the successor to the Vocaloid voice synthesizer application by Yamaha. Unlike the first engine, Vocaloid 2 based its output on vocal samples, rather than voice analysis. The synthesis engine and the user interface were completely revamped, with Japanese Vocaloids possessing a Japanese interface, as opposed to the previous version, which used English for both versions. It is noteworthy for introducing the popular character Hatsune Miku. It was succeeded by Vocaloid 3.
Vocaloid 3 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 2 in the Vocaloid series. This version of the software is a much more expansive version, containing many new features, three new languages and many more vocals than past software versions combined. It was succeeded by Vocaloid 4.
Vocaloid 4 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 3 in the Vocaloid series. It was succeeded by Vocaloid 5.
Gackpoid, is a software product developed by Internet Co., Ltd. for the Vocaloid software. His voice is sampled from Japanese singer and actor Gackt. The mascot of the software is called Camui Gackpo, after Gackt's alias name. Gackpo is also known as Gakupo, and his last name is sometimes spelt as Kamui.
SF-A2 codename miki is a female Vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd for Vocaloid 2. Her voice is sampled from the Japanese female singer-songwriter, Miki Furukawa.
Yuzuki Yukari (結月ゆかり), sometimes referred to as Yukari Yuzuki, is a Vocaloid character produced by Vocalomakets and distributed by AH-Software. She is also voiced by Chihiro Ishiguro.
VY2 is a Japanese masculine vocal developed by Yamaha Corporation and distributed by Bplats, Inc. to act as a "standard" vocal for Vocaloid. It has the codename of "Yūma". It was originally released for the Vocaloid 2 engine. The fan design "Roro" which is illustrated by song producer Manbou no Ane, is commonly used to represent VY2. VY2 also has a Falsetto Voicebank that allows users to make higher pitched songs with its voice. VY2's voice bank is often used with the VY1 voice bank.
ZOLA Project is a release package for the Vocaloid 3 software containing the voices of 3 male singers. "ZOLA" is an acronym for "Zenithal Operated Liaison Aggregation".
Tohoku Zunko is a character created for Voiceroid and was later also developed for the Vocaloid 3 engine.
V Flower (ブイフラワ), stylized as v flower is a Vocaloid voice library produced by Gynoid Co., Ltd. The mascot character attached to the product is known as Flower (フラワ).
Hiyama Kiyoteru (氷山キヨテル) is a masculine vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd and released originally for Vocaloid 2. His voice is provided by Japanese male singer Kiyoshi Hiyama.
Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a child vocaloid character produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd and released originally for Vocaloid 2.
Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは) is a female Vocaloid voicebank produced by AH-Software Co. Ltd for Vocaloid 2. The voice sampled for her was confirmed to be Showa-style singer Kyounosuke Yoshitate. She is illustrated by okama, a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.
Vocaloid 5 is a singing voice synthesizer and successor to Vocaloid 4 in the Vocaloid series. It was succeeded by Vocaloid 6.
Kotonoha Akane & Aoi are a pair of Japanese VOICEROID+ voicebanks released 25 April 2014. They were produced by AI, Inc. using AITalk and distributed by AH-Software, with voiced by Yui Sakakibara.
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