ayehunny wrote:
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<3_UtadaHikaru_Aijin_<3 wrote:
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ayehunny wrote:
"VOCALOID is a vocal-synthesizing software that enables song writers to generate authentic-sounding singing on their PCs by simply typing in the lyrics and music notes of their compositions. The software synthesizes the sound from "vocal libraries" of recordings of actual singers, retaining the vocal qualities of the original singing voices to reproduce realistic vocals. The software also features simple commands that enable users to add expressive effects - such as vibrato and pitch bends - to their synthesized vocals. Additional releases to the range of vocal libraries currently available will broaden the range of voices and singing styles that can be generated by VOCALOID. VOCALOID can generate singing in Japanese and English. It runs on Windows 2000/XP."

http://www.vocaloid.com/en/

so basically u mean we make our own songs and stuff??

well I don't really get it.
to me it sounds like they don't have to sing the song, just program the lyrics and their voice and music notes - something like that. and then the song will be made on the comp...

well, I think it's a cool invention, if I'm right. but I don't like the concept.

hiki!hiki!hiki! wrote:
omgg since gackt became a vocaloid there posibbility utada could be onee!!omg i am sooo going soo soo happpy if that happends

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hiki!hiki!hiki! wrote:
omgg since gackt became a vocaloid there posibbility utada could be onee!!omg i am sooo going soo soo happpy if that happends

That sounds like a really cool program. But I don't like the idea of an artist doing that. It's like they're cheating. The idea of Gackt doing that is really disappointing because I think his voice is so beautiful and I consider him to be one of my favorite artists. Also, I can't imagine Hikki doing something like that since her parents are musicians. And I hope she doesn't.

hiki!hiki!hiki! wrote:
actually i dun really care about the program....wat i care is the character she is drawn from or created
this is gackt one(the purple hair): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IubUwyau7Gc

thx aijin!

CrescentLupin9 wrote:
I agree, but that program just take the basic tonage of the recorded voice like, a simple "do re me" type of thing, and ppl would buy the program to just use the music scale to make the tone/voice to go up or down and to follow a song. But i think(obviously) you can only push that program so far and not match the original one, since probably when they record the voice its more mechanical feel. Also, when ppl puts it together not everyone will usually find it easy to make the voice match the tone/perfectly, since obviously its hard to bend something so hard, you know?

jigenbakuda wrote:
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CrescentLupin9 wrote:
I agree, but that program just take the basic tonage of the recorded voice like, a simple "do re me" type of thing, and ppl would buy the program to just use the music scale to make the tone/voice to go up or down and to follow a song. But i think(obviously) you can only push that program so far and not match the original one, since probably when they record the voice its more mechanical feel. Also, when ppl puts it together not everyone will usually find it easy to make the voice match the tone/perfectly, since obviously its hard to bend something so hard, you know?

But I've heard some really really good songs being made by vocaloids! I agree that matching perfectly is hard / impossible, still people have made wonderful things with vocaloids.

Here are some of my favorite vocaloid songs

leon - alice in wonderland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY8PSW_eARs

miku hatsune- miku full on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wcNUlvR6fU

Miku hatsune-singing the BGM of the game spelunker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3zTkHYoaY4

kaito x meiko- cover of ken hirai's elegy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbRkuBIIv8


I think a hikki vocaloid would be great, but she is not... otaku enough, it wouldn't seem right. But I'm sure it would sell!