The company then released the first Vocaloid developed by them, and member of the official Character Vocal Series, Hatsune Miku, which used the upgraded engine Vocaloid 2. The company released Meiko in 2004 and Kaito in 2006, who were originally developed by Yamaha leaving the commercial release to Crypton Future Media. Its products use the Vocaloid singing synthesis engine developed by Yamaha Corporation they were also charged with finding and contacting English studios in order to gain recommendations for the English version of the Vocaloid software.
On October 12, 2008, Crypton president Hiroyuki Itō made a speech at the Science Café titled "Hatsune Miku Night - the diva transcending science" in Sapporo.Ĭrypton is best known for production and sales of speech synthesis software for computer music. 1 company for sound-related software, bringing a share of 21.4% of the market for their related product. In 2010, Crypton Future Media were announced as the no. Educational institutions, such as high schools, universities, and vocational schoolsĬrypton also operates a number of Japanese mobile websites, mainly for i-mode of NTT docomo, EZweb of au by KDDI, and Yahoo! Keitai of SoftBank Mobile, to distribute ringtones, sound effects, and voice ringtones (chaku-voice), including:Ĭrypton imports products from more than 50 international suppliers based in Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Public institutions, such as local governments, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Musical instrument makers, such as Roland Corporation and Yamaha Corporation.Computer software and hardware companies, such as Apple Inc., Dell, and Microsoft.Public and private broadcasting media (TV, radio, and cable), such as NHK.Video game publishers, such as Konami, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Namco, and Nintendo.The company has licensed software to the following organizations: Its main business partners in Japan include musical instrument shops, computer stores, and software distributors. Crypton started business importing audio products in 1995, and has been involved in the development, import, and sales of sampling CDs and DVDs, sound effect and background music libraries, and musical synthesizer applications.