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Yamaha

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Yamaha Corporation is a Hamamatsu-based maker of musical instruments and audio equipment; it sells VOCALOID6, singing-voice synthesis software built on its VOCALOID:AI engine, directly through its own VOCALOID shop.

Subsidiary: Steinberg

Founded1887

HeadquartersHamamatsu, Japan

StatusPublic

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• VOCALOID6 Application Sold on its own

  Desktop singing-voice synthesis software that generates a sung vocal from entered notes and lyrics using Yamaha's VOCALOID:AI engine, with voice banks and a sing-to-input converter (VOCALO CHANGER).

• Mobile VOCALOID Editor Application Sold on its own

  iPhone and iPad app that produces a vocal track from entered melody and lyrics using VOCALOID voicebanks, with MIDI and audio recording input, sold by monthly or annual subscription.

• VOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN Application Sold on its own

  Real-time singing-voice conversion plug-in for a DAW that analyses a sung performance with AI and re-sings it in a VOCALOID:AI voice bank voice.

Inside VOCALOID6

• VX-β Application Included with the parent

  Beta singing-synthesis plug-in for DAWs, from Yamaha's VOCALOID research studio, that sings melodies entered straight into Cubase's key editor using installed VOCALOID6 AI voice banks, with voice parameters adjustable in real time during playback and a single Power knob shaping tension, breath and vibrato.

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DDreamtonicsUndisclosedVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Vocoflex both list voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Dreamtonics's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBoomyUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Boomy both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Boomy's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTrebloUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Treblo both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Treblo's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAIVAEarly-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and AIVA both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; AIVA's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBeatoven.aiUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Beatoven.ai both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Beatoven.ai's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSoundfulEarly-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Soundful both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Soundful's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSunoLate-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Suno both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRespeecherEarly-stageVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Respeecher Voice Marketplace both list voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Respeecher's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSOUNDRAWUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and SpaceMusic AI both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; SOUNDRAW's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareUUdioEarly-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Udio both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Udio's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSASkywork AIUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Mureka both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Skywork AI's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLoudlyUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Loudly both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Loudly's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSAStability AILate-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Stable Audio both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEElevenLabsLate-stageVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and AI Voice Changer both list voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMubertUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Mubert Play both list music generation; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Mubert's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSoundverseUndisclosedVOCALOID6 and Soundverse do comparable work on music generation and voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Soundverse's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMurf AIEarly-stageVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Murf Studio both list voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Murf AI's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMagnificUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Magnific Creative Suite both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Magnific's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLALAL.AIUndisclosedVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and LALAL.AI Voice Cloner both list voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; LALAL.AI's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMiniMaxPublicMobile VOCALOID Editor and MiniMax Audio both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlphabet (Google)PublicMobile VOCALOID Editor and Google Flow Music both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKrispUndisclosedVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Krisp Accent Conversion both list voice conversion; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Krisp's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePLPika LabsLate-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Music Studio both list music generation; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareVVeniceLate-stageMobile VOCALOID Editor and Venice both list music generation; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMAMusic AIEarly-stageVOCALOID6 and Moises Studio do comparable work on music generation and voice conversion; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Music AI's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareXxAIAcquiredVOCALOID6 and Grok both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDescriptUndisclosedVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Descript both list voice conversion; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Descript's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSESamsung ElectronicsPublicVOCALOID6 and Bixby both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation.Shared product typeCompareYYellow.aiUndisclosedVOCALO CHANGER PLUGIN and Nexus Vox both list voice conversion; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Yellow.ai's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBFBoris FXUndisclosedVOCALOID6 and AudioDenoise both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Boris FX's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareCCutout.ProUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and Cutout.Pro both list music generation; both also serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Cutout.Pro's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIiZotopeAcquiredVOCALOID6 and VEA both serve buyers who need to create synthetic voice and audio; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; iZotope is acquired, with no independent scale.Shared product typeCompareFFadrUndisclosedMobile VOCALOID Editor and DrumGPT both list music generation; Yamaha's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; Fadr's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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Sources

Total funding

Checked — none published

Listed on the TSE Prime market since long before venture funding existed; no cumulative funding figure applies or is published. Read https://www.yamaha.com/en/about/profile/ and the FY2026.3 Flash Report.

Market cap

Not found · 5 Oct 2026

Yamaha's own Stock Information page states "Stock Exchange Listing TSE Prime, Code No. 7951 Number of Shares issued 463,000,000 shares" (as of March 31, 2026) but publishes no market-capitalisation figure; aggregator market caps are refused as third-party-database.

Founded

Company disclosure · 5 Oct 2026

"Year of Foundation 1887" and "Date of Incorporation October 12, 1897" — Yamaha Corporate Profile page. The foundation year is used, as Nikon's record uses its establishment date.

Revenue (TTM)

Company disclosure · 30 Jun 2026

TTM to 30 June 2026 = FY2026.3 revenue 465,330 million yen (Flash Report https://www.yamaha.com/en/ir/library/flash-report/pdf/frepo-2026-q4.pdf, 11 May 2026) + Q1 FY2027.3 116,335 - Q1 FY2026.3 103,888 (Flash Report dated 4 Aug 2026) = 477,777 million yen. Converted at 158.2292 JPY/USD (the rate already used on this record, ECB cross-rate 2026-10-05), about USD 3,019.5 million, rounded to the nearest million.

Description

Official documentation · 5 Oct 2026

"VOCALOID6 features VOCALOID:AI, an AI-based technology for generating a highly expressive singing voice that’s more natural than ever before." — VOCALOID6 product page; footer of the same page: "VOCALOID SHOP is the official shop for VOCALOID, run and operated by Yamaha Corporation ." Business lines from https://www.yamaha.com/en/about/profile/: "Musical instruments business segment: piano, digital musical instruments, wind, string, and percussion instruments business, and other music-related activities. Audio equipment business segment: audio equipment for consumer, professional, and mobility use, and other sound-related activities."

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