#peaches' vocalsynth vagrancy

[peaches2217]

Today is a big day! After years of collecting and foolishly giving away software for free two months before said software went out of production and became one of the most heavily sought-after and price-gouged programs in the vocalsynth scene *eyes V4 wearily*, I officially own all six Vocaloid editors!

I've rearranged my background so that Mario is presenting them to Peach as a gift. I think Peach would thrive with the colorful and highly-customizable V6 editor, and I think Mario would appreciate the simplicity and Y2K charm of the V3 editor.

What Vocaloids would they like?

[peaches2217]

@kimasousparky someone ordered some Sachiko? 👀

Phew! I haven't worked with her in a LONG time, and most of this was done in one sitting... I need to devote proper time to working with her. She's one quirky lady, but she's so pretty.

Here's the original song! Fun fact: the singer, Misora Hibari, died thirty years before this song was made. Yamaha collaborated with a team of her closest friends, relatives, and songwriters, and used AI to recreate her voice in a private, specialized version of the Vocaloid editor (this being in 2018/19, before AI voices were widespread, meaning this was mindblowing at the time). That's why everyone in the audience is bawling their eyes out.

[peaches2217]

With Miku AI on the horizon, I figured I’d gather my prides and joys for a long-overdue photoshoot!

I am the proud owner of every single Crypton Vocaloid release (arranged here by date of initial release); the only two I don’t own the legitimate boxes for are Miku’s V3 English and her Chinese and also V3 Vivid and Light but like. They were never given physical releases to begin with so I’m happy just having the downloads, but I do have V3E’s disk and bought the Chinese bank directly from Sonicwire, so I downloaded their box art and made my own boxes for them~

My girlfriend and I have already affirmed Miku AI WILL become part of our collection (we share our synth collection, I’m just the one that usually keeps the boxes because I like lookin’ at ‘em). However, I still have yet to decide about the upcoming Super Pack…

I, in theory, don’t have much use for it, because they’re just updated versions of each character’s latest Japanese banks, all of which are still excellent quality (except Luka, dear lord who greenlit her V4). But in the name of completionism (and the desperate hope they finally gave Luka her dignity back), my crow brain is insisting that we NEED it.

Hrm… I’ll wait for its release, see what all it has to offer, then make up my mind.

[peaches2217]

My favorite English vocalsynth got her long-awaited update today! Y'all know what that means...

🎶🎶JUMP UP SUPER STAR COVER, BITCHEEEEEEES🎶🎶

[peaches2217]

They are so janky!!! I love them so much!!!

[peaches2217]

Fuck it! It's been an incredible night AND I've just finished my first vocalsynth cover in ages, so I'm posting that cover here. Enjoy my rusty synth skills~

[peaches2217]

This day just keeps getting better and better 😭😭😭

[peaches2217]

So my favorite vocalsynth cover I have ever made was done on ACE Studio, which is... notoriously controversial for reasons I don't really feel comfortable talking about here (there's receipts aplenty online if you're curious and know where to poke your nose!), so in spite of my love for the program and the vocal I used in particular, I haven't touched the editor with a ten-foot pole from the moment I learned about the controversy.

That said, the editor's undergone major changes since last I used it (namely it's gone from free to $28/month), so I figured I'd at least download and fuck around with the latest trial, see if there's really all that much I'm missing out on. And while digging through my computer for a good test MIDI to use, I fOUND THE ORIGINAL PROJECT FILE FOR THAT COVER I WAS SO PROUD OF! AND ALL OF THE EDITS ARE STILL INTACT! IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS ON THE 6TH BUT IT'S STILL HERE AND I'M SO HAPPY

So I'll be spending the rest of the night plugging all of ACE's voices into the file and trying to convert it into other formats for other synths with as much of its data intact as possible and starting on a jinriki for Luan Ming because she deserves so much better than being stuck on ACE). Aaaaaah this is such a treat~

(And because I am shameless, here's a direct upload of the cover in question. Luan Ming baby I love you so much)

[peaches2217]

Miku NT... Miku NT why are you like this...

[peaches2217]

@multicolour-ink has me doubling down on my vocalsynth passion after a long period of stagnation, so I’d like to share my collection with y’all! These are just the physical releases that I own or have made boxes for in the case of some of the earlier Engloids. My digital collection’s probably twice as large 😅