Bplats
Encyclopedia
Bplats, Inc. is an application service provider
(ASP) based in Tokyo, Japan. The company offers Software as a Service
(SaaS) and Platform as a Service
(PaaS) solutions. It runs web portal
s on ASP, SaaS and cloud computing
and an online store to sell software and hardware, such as the Vocaloid
series VY1.
and their interpretation of the Vocaloid along with the settings used for the song.Bplats focused on their high quality Vocaloids, even delaying VY2 for quality related issue; VY2 was created with the intention of being realistic and stable. Bplats is looking to produce male and female English Vocaloid products, with improvements to the standard of English used by the software, another Vocaloid is already under production.
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Application service provider
An application service provider is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network. Software offered using an ASP model is also sometimes called On-demand software or software as a service ....
(ASP) based in Tokyo, Japan. The company offers Software as a Service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
(SaaS) and Platform as a Service
Platform as a service
Platform as a service is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service...
(PaaS) solutions. It runs web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
s on ASP, SaaS and cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
and an online store to sell software and hardware, such as the Vocaloid
Vocaloid
is a singing synthesizer application, with its signal processing part developed through a joint research project between the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and Japan's Yamaha Corporation, who backed the development financially—and later developed the software into the commercial product...
series VY1.
Services
The SaaS and PaaS services of the company include:- SaaSplats: a SaaS consultancy and distribution network
- eCPlats: an electronic commerceElectronic commerceElectronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online...
platform - RightsPlats: a business process outsourcingBusiness process outsourcingBusiness process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
service to report music sales to JASRAC - License-V: a business process managementBusiness process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
service to control licensing business
Products
Bplats sells the Vocaloid series VY planned and developed by Yamaha Corporation, along with related software and hardware. The VY series of Vocaloids are different to other Vocaloids as their considered as having no form of avatar and were designed to be a high quality professional voicebank as well as to act as the intended standard for the Vocaloids products themselves. Though each voicebank has a gender type voice (feminine, masculine) the Vocaloid series itself is void of such restrictions and are designed with the intention of allowing those using them to be able to manipulate the voice as they please. The avatarless look was intended to encourage creativity with the series. VY1, the first of the series, was released with a demo album containing songs by various producers from Nico Nico DougaNico Nico Douga
is a popular video sharing website in Japan managed by Niwango, a subsidiary of Dwango. Its nickname is "Niconico" or "Nico-dō", where "nikoniko" is the Japanese ideophone for smiling. Nico Nico Douga is the thirteenth most visited website in Japan...
and their interpretation of the Vocaloid along with the settings used for the song.Bplats focused on their high quality Vocaloids, even delaying VY2 for quality related issue; VY2 was created with the intention of being realistic and stable. Bplats is looking to produce male and female English Vocaloid products, with improvements to the standard of English used by the software, another Vocaloid is already under production.
Released products
| Product | Language | Sex | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VY1 | Japanese | Unisex Unisex Unisex stands for the meaning that either gender or sex will be able to, but can also be another term for gender-blindness.The term was coined in the 1962 and was used fairly informally... ("feminine" sounding vocal) |
September 1, 2010 |
| Product | Language | Sex | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VY2 | Japanese | Unisex ("young masculine" sounding vocal) | April 25, 2011 |
Upcoming products
| Product | Language | Sex | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VY? | English | Unisex ("feminine" sounding voice) | TBA |
| Product | Language | Sex | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VY? | English | Unisex ("masculine" sounding voice) | TBA |
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