#voca news

[kaito-so-cute]

NEW SNOW MIKU POLL IS UP!!! vote for your favorite snow miku design and they might win the 2025 snow miku contest!

link to vote and to look at the miku's here

[kaito-pictures]

Assorted Diamond Dust in celebration of his debut song turning into a novel !! (link below)

[astralfuchs]

I hate the Piapro Super Pack

They all sound like NT. In this video by SukoyaCathedral on Twitter comparing Kaito SP with his V3, you can clearly hear how the voice sounds just as nasally as NT and all the transitions sound muffled and choppy. They all sound like they got a bad cold and are trying to sing anyway.

A Spectral Analysis of the Video above shows that "V3 has diagonal formants, that means real samples. SP just jumps from one vowel to another." - @The_Soda_Wave

Especially Luka and Meiko are just Miku NT 2 and 3. They do not retain their Sound at all, sounding just like Miku most of the time, especially in the highs. This makes both of them nothing more than some sort of "Append" for Miku NT/SP. Here is an example of Luka SP by Axxell from the SynthV Unofficial Discord:

Luka V2 -> Luka V4 Hard -> Luka SP

It makes sense that people very quickly made jokes like these:

Images by The_Soda_Wave on Twitter

The worst thing about this situation for me is that this wasn't a rushed product in any way. They had all the time in the world to make it, they could've postponed it before the announcement and after, but based on them having demos ready and everything, it was clearly planned to be released like this. Crypton doesn't usually just rush things out for the sake of it, seeing as there is still only Miku on NT with no release of the other Piaproloids in sight.

This makes it very clear to me that Crypton is happy with this result. They WANT them all to sound like NT, all muffled and choppy. Luka and Meiko sounding just like Miku with parameters changed is DELIBERATE. Which also leads me to suspect this will be how the voices are going to sound moving forward with every new release as well. What this means for Miku V6? We will have to see, but my hopes have already gone down the drain.

No one actually likes the Sound of NT, the only people who actively listen to it are Project Sekai players, and with the art style of the box art and all of them sounding closer to their NT counterparts, I can only assume this Super Pack is actually a Sekai Pack, marketed to that side of the fan base.

In Conclusion:

The Superpack is a budget alternative to the actual VBs with worse quality in all aspects, no English compatibility and the sound of NT (one of the least liked vocal synth programs) hiding beneath it, which also completely destroys the tone of 2/6 characters. Even SynthV Lite voices sound better and those are free.

The only people that would gain anything from this are fans of Miku, Rin, Len and Kaito or beginners that really want VOCALOID instead of the other cheaper available programs, that don't mind that they sound bad and just want a cheaper way to get them, even if that means they are not as good.

This is the sound that Crypton wants for their Vocal Synths moving forward. They want them to sound sick and like they're eating their own words while singing them.

Crypton really hates Luka and Meiko and just wants them to sound like Miku

[loveletterworm]

*suddenly becomes cognizant of the current date* Miku

[the-dragon-girl-27]

[soto deta shunkan owatta wa]

Trying to draw a 2023 Vocaloid song every day till 2024 [4/31]

🍃 Kyoufuu All Back 🍃 - Yukopi

speedraw

[jupiterscallie]

Well, hello art blog! My computer broke back in December, so I haven't made polished art in a long while. But but but! I have quite the experience with phone art, and so when I finished making this piece for an extended bit, and it turned out this nice... Well, I'd be hard pressed not to post it. Even if it does make me mad that it turned out so cute. Hopefully I'll post some more art soon enough! ID under cut, if the alt text doesn't work.

[Image ID: A drawing of Inspector Zenigata and Lupin iii, from the series Lupin iii. They're drawn in a pose where they're chest to chest, touching hands and nearly face to face. This is in reference to the vocaloid song "Magnet," and the pose from the cover art. They are wearing glowing butterfly headphones to reference the song further, which are interlocked at the microphones. They are drawn in a soft shaded style. Inspector Zenigata is flustered and mad, while Lupin is smug. End ID]

[late-night-vocaloid]

tips for artists from twitter (short version)

a quick, summarized version of this post, check it out if you want lots and lots of info on these points

the first 20 tags on your post will have it show up in those tags

if you reblog and post art, use a tag for your art

don't censor trigger warnings

if you want to, make an art only sideblog within your account

posts on tumblr are timeless and may still get notes long after they're posted

if a post is deleted, any reblogs of the post on other blogs will remain

editing posts does not edit already-reblogged versions

reblogging is for sharing and saving, and is very much appreciated

reblogging with a comment adds it as a part of the post

replying allows for short-ish discussion directly related to the post

tags are often used for making one-sided comments for the poster/your followers/people browsing the tags on the post to read

on desktop, get xkit rewritten for its streamlined reblogging feature

if you want to, reblog your art for those that missed it earlier

add simple descriptions of what your images are to your posts for those who use screen readers (see longer post for info/examples)

you may need to add an icon/description to your blog, reblog a post, and wait a bit before tumblr will let you post to tags with a new blog (bot prevention)

you can use text posts with any tag to test if you posts will show up in tags before posting the real thing

[pichupurin]

I haven't got around to check my hobby room until today, I was finally planning to continue cutting stickers after coming home and mY CAT HAS FUCKIN PUKED ON MY KITTY SKOODGE.

THE WORLD IS DEADSET ON DESTROYING HIM

[red-dyed-sarumane]

i've always found a large part of the charm of vocaloid being that its just ordinary people doing it. sure it could be a job potentially but its just someone who wanted to make a song. for fun or to say something or whatever reason. does not matter if u can sing or can find a real vocalist. the characters for the instruments help find people itd be so hard to otherwise. this wasnt even a vocalo event it was just doijin music in general but getting to go to events like this makes it set in even more.

[theguardianace]

hiii 🎸

hey!!!!!!

your sound is something that speaks less through color and more through lighting (sorry if that doesn't make sense). it has a very strong driving beat, but still has a gentle atmosphere surrounding the power.

based on this... may i reccomend hoshi no aida by centimillimental? it fits the vibes i had described, but is still a touch too pop-y. i don't think i listen to the specific genre i'm thinking of for your sound so this is as close as i can get! think like if leo/need was more punk.

[kaito-so-cute]

( link -> here ) Kaito and Meiko online concert dates announced !!!!

Adding transcript here for easier access. v v v Good evening, I am in charge of life-size planning for MEIKO & KAITO (kamoji) As we announced in advance to our supporters yesterday, it has been decided that an online concert will be held on Saturday, February 24th next year !

It will be released for free on Hatsune Miku's official youtube channel (39ch) so that more people can watch it. Anyone can watch !

[utatane-piko-official]

sure have been gone a long time huh. got a virus I think. Woah when did all these other vocaloids get here??

[synthvnews]

New demo song for ANRI Arcane: SANITY!

Vocals: Synthesizer V AI ANRI Arcane

Created in Association with Dreamtonics

Tuning: dnf

Music & Mixing: LAINXOXO /okk_lain

Mastering: GuitarHeroPianoZero

MV Animator: BlueStacks

Illustrator: UNACHA

[strawberry-roro]

CHAT HE LIKES MY VOCALOID AU HANDMADE HEAVEN I REPEAT HE LIKES HANDMADE HEAVEN passes away

[sleep-nurse]

Binomi kinda reminds me of canni

YES BECAUSE CANNIBALISM YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❗❗❗❗❗❗❗