AnaROBIK

AnaROBIK
Origin	Computer-generated
Genres	Electropop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2007-present

Website	www.anarobik.com

Musical artist

anaROBIK is the name given to an electropop computer-generated female vocalist created by British programmer Robert Hedin and accompanied by American multi-instrumentalist Bobby Trempealeau of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"ana", as the character is called, was created using Yamaha's Vocaloid software, and specifically the "Lola" voice.^[1]

History

Hedin was formerly a member of the group Sister Friction, describing it on anaROBIK's website as yearning to be the "queerest pop band in the world".^[2] He conceived the new "vocalist" project in 2007, releasing the first album in 2010, followed by a remix album in 2011. The artist's website sets expectations for anaROBIK to "create musical compositions consisting of catchy melodies and body-friendly rhythms".^[2] Another stated goal is that "womanual [sic] performances by ana" as well as the computer performances "shall be used to create a rich and warm melding of woman and machine".

Technical details

anaROBIK's musical sounds are entirely synthesized, consisting of samples from the Moog Voyager, Roland Juno-60, Yamaha FS1R and SY85 and E-mu Audity 2000 and Emax, among others. Drums are mostly samples from Native Instruments' Battery library.^[1]

anaROBIK's recordings are mastered with a minimum of audio compression to avoid sounding "like crap".^[2]

Discography

Operator's Manual (2010)
Operator's Manual Addendum: The Remixes (2011)

References

^ ^a ^b Power, Melanie (July 15, 2011). "When Lola became Ana – How Zero-G's Vocaloid Created a Lead Singer…". Time+Space blog. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Staff (n.d.). "anaROBIK Biography". anarobik.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

External links

Official website

Vocaloid

Versions

Vocaloid
Vocaloid 2
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 4
Vocaloid 5
Vocaloid 6 (a.k.a Vocaloid:AI, released on 2022-10-13)

Studios /
Vocaloid Products

Yamaha / Bplats	VY1 (2,i,3,W,4,M,5) VY2 (2,i,3,W,5) Mew (3,M) Tone Rion (3, 4) Aoki Lapis (i,3,W,M) ZOLA Project (3,M,6) Merli (i,3,M) Macne Nana (3,4) Anon Kanon (3) Galaco (3,M) Cyber Diva (4,M,5) Sachiko (4,M) ARSloid (4) Unity-chan (4,M) Rana (3,4) Fukase (4) Cyber Songman (4,5) Yumemi Nemu (4) Masaoka Azuki (4) Kobayashi Matcha (4) Mirai Komachi (4) Amy (5) Chris (5) Kaori (5) Ken (5) SARAH (6) ALLEN (6) HARUKA (6) AKITO (6) Po-uta (6) Fuiro (6) ASAHI (6) SAKURA (6) SHION (6) TAKU (6) LUCAS (6) MICHELLE (6)
Zero-G Ltd	Leon (1) Lola (1) Miriam (1) Prima (2) Sonika (2) Tonio (2) Avanna (3) Dex (4) Daina (4)
Crypton Future Media	Meiko (1,2β,3) Kaito (1,2β,3) Hatsune Miku (2,2Eβ,3,4x) Kagamine Rin / Len (2,4x) Megurine Luka (2,2+β,3β,4x)
PowerFX	Sweet Ann (2) Big Al (2) Oliver (3) Yohioloid (3) Ruby (4)
Internet Co., Ltd.	Gackpoid (2,3,4) Megpoid (2,2+β,3,4,M,,6) Lily (2,3) Gachapoid (2,3) Cul (3) Kokone (3) Chika (3) Otomachi Una [ja] (4,6)
AH-Software	Hiyama Kiyoteru (2,4) Kaai Yuki (2,4) SF-A2 Miki (2,4) Nekomura Iroha (2,4) Yuzuki Yukari (3,4,M) Tohoku Zunko (3,4) Kizuna Akari [ja] (4) Haruno Sora [ja] (5)
Ki/oon Music	Utatane Piko (2)
SBS A&T	SeeU (3)
Voctro Labs	Bruno (3) Clara (3) Maika / Ona (3)
1st Place	IA (3)
Shanghai Henian	Luo Tianyi (3,4) Yanhe (3) Yuezheng Ling (3) Yuezheng Longya (4) Mo Qingxian (4) Zhiyu Moke (4)
Beijing Photek S&T	Stardust (Xingchen) (4)
Exit Tunes	Mayu (3)
Gynoid	V Flower (3,4) Xin Hua (3,4) Meika Hime & Mikoto (5)
ST Media	Uni (4)
Akatsuki Virtual Artists	LUMi (4)