Zero-G Ltd

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.

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

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
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 Lunacy (British pop singer) 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". MIT Press Journals. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  4. "Vocaloid". Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  5. "VOCALOID Software Update version 1.1". Yamaha Corporation. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  6. "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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