Internet Co., Ltd.

Internet Co., Ltd. (株式会社インターネット, Kabushikigaisha Intānetto) 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.^[2]

Internet Co., Ltd.
株式会社インターネット

Company type	Public KK (unlisted)
Industry	Software, Internet
Genre	Music and video
Founded	September 1988[1]
Headquarters	7-1-5 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0011 Japan[1]
Area served	Japan
Key people	Noboru Murakami, President[1]
Products	List
Services	Online shopping Music education Consumer generated media
Website	www.ssw.jp

Products and services

Music composition

Internet started their Vocaloid development with the first Vocaloid 2 singing synthesizer Gackpoid on July 31, 2008,^[3] whose voice was provided by Japanese international singer Gackt. Gackpoid includes OPUS Express for mixing vocal parts with accompaniment or phoneme data.^[4]

The second product, Megpoid, was released on June 25, 2009, and is voiced by Megumi Nakajima.^[5] 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.^[6]

Yamaha's first Vocaloid called Lily was later sold via Internet's website.^[7] Internet also released Gachapoid based on the voice of Gachapin,^[8] a popular Japanese television character. Gackpoid, Megpoid and Lily would also be released in Taiwan.^[9]

Vocaloid 2

Product	Language	Sex	Voice sampled	Release date
Gackpoid: Camui Gackpo[10]	Japanese	Male	Gackt	2008-07-31July 31, 2008
Megpoid: GUMI[11]	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	2009-06-25June 25, 2009
Lily[12][13]	Japanese	Female	Yuri Masuda (m.o.v.e.)	2010-08-25August 25, 2010
Gachapoid: Ryuto [14]	Japanese	Male	Kuniko Amemiya	2010-10-08October 8, 2010

Vocaloid 3

Product	Language	Sex	Voice sampled	Release date
V3 Megpoid	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	October 21, 2011
CUL	Japanese	Female	Eri Kitamura	December 22, 2011
V3 Megpoid Native	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	March 15, 2012
V3 Lily	Japanese	Female	Yuri Masuda(m.o.v.e.)	April 19, 2012
V3 Gackpoid	Japanese	Male	Gackt	July 13, 2012
Megpoid English	English	Female	Megumi Nakajima	February 28, 2013
V3 Gachapoid	Japanese	Male	Kuniko Amemiya	September 18, 2014
Kokone	Japanese	Female	Unknown	February 14, 2014
Chika	Japanese	Female	Chiaki Ito	October 16, 2014

Vocaloid 4

Product	Language	Sex	Voice sampled	Release date
Gackpoid V4	Japanese	Male	Gackt	April 30, 2015
Megpoid V4	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	November 5, 2015
Otomachi Una	Japanese	Female	Aimi Tanaka	July 30, 2016

Vocaloid 6

Product	Language	Sex	Voice sampled	Release Date
AI Megpoid	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	October 13, 2022
AI Otomachi Una	Japanese	Female	Aimi Tanaka	June 22, 2023
AI Hibiki Koto	Japanese	Female	Reon Tachibana	April 18, 2024
AI Megpoid SOLID	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	July 4, 2024
galaco BLACK & WHITE	Japanese	Female	Kou Shibasaki	August 5, 2024
AI Tsuina-chan	Japanese	Female	Kadowaki Mai	September 30, 2024

Synthesizer V

Product	Language	Sex	Voice sampled	Release Date
AI Megpoid	Japanese	Female	Megumi Nakajima	December 20, 2023
AI ROSA	Japanese	Female	Shirayuki	June 3, 2024
AI Hibiki Koto	Japanese	Female	Reon Tachibana	October 30, 2024
AI Otomachi Una	Japanese	Female	Aimi Tanaka	November 27, 2024

Upcoming products

Internet's other music composers include:

• Singer Song Writer (SSW) - a music sequencer^[15]
• Mixture - a music composer^[16]
• VST Software Instrument LinPlug series - synthesizers and samplers^[17]

Sound editing and recording

• OPUS (Optical Practical Ultimate Sound Design) - a multi-track sound designer^[18]
• Sound it! - a sound editor and recorder^[19]
• Degiroku Studio^[20]

Video

• Video Save - a video downloader and converter for video-sharing websites^[21]
• Niconico Movier Maker (NMM)^[22]

Other

• Mobile VIVO 1816 Save vivo 1816 - a data backup tool for VIVO 1816^[23]

References

1. "Corporate profile" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
2. "BCN Award 2015 ソフトウェア部門 - サウンド関連ソフト" [BCN Award 2015 Software Field - Sound-related software] (in Japanese). BCN Inc. January 9, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
3. "Gackpoid product information" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
4. "Kamui Gakupo, Debut At the End of July! "Gackpoid"" (in Japanese). Barks. June 20, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
5. "Megpoid product information" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
6. "インターネット社長から「メグッポイドextend」が示唆された件" ["Megpoid extend" Hinted by Internet Co., Ltd. President] (in Japanese). Hatsune Miku Miku. December 14, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
7. "Lily product information" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
8. "Gachapoid product information" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
9. "Internet Co., Ltd.'s Twitter account" (in Japanese). Twitter. December 11, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
10. ケータイがくっぽいど [Cellphone Gakuppoid] (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
11. "Megpoid" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
12. "Lily Vocaloid" (in Japanese). Internet Co,. Ltd. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
13. "インターネット、第3弾のVOCALOID2「Lily」を8月発売－m.o.v.eのヴォーカル、yuriの声をサンプリング" [Internet Co., Ltd.'s Third Vocaloid Lily to be Sold in August - m.o.v.e's Vocalist Yuri's Voice is Sampled] (in Japanese). AV Watch. July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
14. "Gachapin Mascot Gets Vocaloid2 Voice Synthesis Pack". Anime News Network. August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
15. "Singer Song Writer 9 Professional" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
16. "MIXTURE / MIXTURE Basic" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
17. "VST Software Instrument series" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
18. "OPUS for Windows" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
19. "Sound it! 5.0 Noise Reduction Pack for Windows" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
20. "Degiroku Studio for Windows" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
21. "Video SAVE for Windows" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
22. "Niconico Movier Maker" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
23. "Pod SAVE 2" (in Japanese). Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2010-09-09.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• LinPlug Virtual Instruments GmbH