They did not produce their own Vocaloids at this stage and would not do until early 2007 when Yamaha announced VOCALOID2. According to Crypton themselves, they were also charged with recommending English studios for the English version of the software, these companies were Zero-G and PowerFX.Ĭrypton's role in the VOCALOID era was public relations, promotion, ditributor and potential recruiter of English companies for production of English voicebanks. They were not acknowledged as 'Crypton Vocaloids' at the time since they belonged to Yamaha. in regards to the releases of VY1 and VY2. Meiko and Kaito were developed by Yamaha with Crypton Future Media being used to get the product commercially released, similar to the role of Bplats, Inc. was established in 1995 as an importer and seller of music software.Ĭrypton joined the project in May 2002, Crypton's handling of the two Japanese Vocaloids were MEIKO (released in 2004) and KAITO (released in 2006), they also were the Japanese distributors for Leon, Lola and Miriam.
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