Top 10 Mistakes Fans Make Regarding Vocaloid
I do not mean to offend you, make you sound "wrong" about VOCALOID, or anger you. My goal is simply to point out these things in an informative way, not a negative one.I created this list to provide more information and ultimately help fans learn more about VOCALOID.
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They're neither. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the concept of Rin and Len being twins was initially considered during their development, but the idea was eventually scrapped. So, they aren't twins, but they're not lovers either.
When I first joined, I thought they were twins for a while until I found some videos. It turns out that their relationship is as much a headcanon as Miku and Kaito's is.
They aren't lovers, but they are twins. It's just that they play different roles in different songs, so people may mistake them as lovers.
This is understandable. There is barely any difference between VOCALOID and UTAU. I love Teto, and it's great that she's a UTAU because it's free to use, so I can play with her voice bank. I've always wanted to.
Someone should make a quiz of "Vocaloid vs. UTAU" where you have to guess if it's an unpopular Vocaloid or a UTAU/Fanloid. I'd fail.
Teto being the CV04 Vocaloid started out as an April Fools joke, and then she got a UTAU voicebank.
I used to think some of the names were pronounced with a silent E until I learned how Japanese worked. When I first found out about VOCALOID, I thought Miku's name was pronounced "Hat-soon Mike-OO." Then my cousin told me the last part was "Meek-OO." THEN I learned how the Japanese language works.
So, when pronouncing the names, the I's are pronounced "ee," O's "Oh," and E's "eh" as in "bed." When a VOCALOID's name ends with "Ne," you say "Nay."
OH MY GOD. There is nothing more frustrating than the fact that almost no one knows that it's pronounced REEN, not RINN. Holy crap, I cannot stress this enough. It sounds better with an ee sound and not a short vowel I. It frustrates me so much that almost no one knows this.
I wouldn't take this as an offense, so please don't.
People new to VOCALOID often don't realize that VOCALOID is computer software, and there are producers who write the songs.
I used to think that whoever created them wrote all their songs.
I was so stupid at the time, but I don't really blame myself, as I had only heard the song "Miku" at the time.
This one is probably the most annoying - more annoying than the Teto one.
There's nothing wrong with using those personalities (I actually like it when KAITO is seen as dumb, but I see him as an awesome dancer because of all his fancy kicks and spins in PD). However, some people take these fan-made personalities as literal facts.
Nothing really wrong with this one, but I guess if you want more accurate personalities of some VOCALOIDs (like the Crypton ones), look at Project Diva X. It's a game made by Sega, but I'm sure Crypton has some influence in showing off what they think each character's personality is.
VY1 and VY2's avatars that you see were winning entries in a contest made by YAMAHA, asking fans how they see VY1 and VY2 as human avatars.
LOLA and LEON were first, Miriam was second, Meiko was third, Kaito was fourth, Sweet ANN was fifth, and Miku is sixth or seventh.
She's the first Vocaloid made by Crypton (Meiko and Kaito weren't always Cryptonloids), but the title for the first Vocaloids goes to Leon and Lola.
I still say "Gakupo," but his actual software name is Gackpo or Gackpoid, which is derived (is that the word?) from his voice provider, Gackt. But there's nothing wrong with saying "Gakupo". I still do!
Before I say anything, Neru is accepted by Crypton Future Media as a character, along with Haku.
Okay - Neru is a derivative, just confirming that. To see more Fanloids, go to the Fanloid Wiki.
VOCALOID is a software used on computers to make it sing. However, to provide that voice, there's a voice provider. For example, Lily's voice provider is Yuri Masuda, the lead singer of M.O.V.E.
The Newcomers
This is just a headcanon made up by fans because he and MEIKO are the only CRYPTON characters without surnames. He has no official surname.
I used to think this until some dress-up game I played did an event where you could earn Rin and Len outfits too.
It bothers me that no one knows about any of the others. I actually like Rin and Len more than Miku.
Every Go! Animate user in a nutshell. She's just a fan-made voicebank edit of Miku. Nothing more, nothing less.
While Japanese Vocaloids make up the majority, there are Vocaloids for other languages too, such as Chinese, English, Spanish, and Catalan.
VOCALOID is the software you use voicebanks in. I never understood why people called voicebanks "VOCALOIDs" other than to refer to the character for the program.
While some VOCALOIDs do have short animated series (such as the vSinger VOCALOIDs having five short animated episodes about them), VOCALOID is not an anime. It is a vocal synthesizer program.
Technically, there are VOCALOID anime. But they're mostly for the super obscure ones like Zunko. There are also animated music videos, such as Reboot by JimmyThumb-P, which looks like an actual anime.
Why is this even an option?
But is this seriously a thing? They don't sound alike at all.
Every time I ask a VOCALOID fan who their favorite VOCALOID producer is, they tell me Googoo888. Like why? That's silly. Everyone knows that those clips are from Project Diva *Dreamy Theater/Arcade/Arcade Future Tone/etc.*
Plus, it says at the beginning of the video who made it. - Umi
It all depends on the producer. Some producers have rock-sounding songs.
Maruto made metal Vocaloid songs! They can work with pretty much any genre.