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The software project in general was developed by a dude who is a serious fan of William Gibson. Vocaloid software is sold with a license that basically reads 'If you're a music creator and want to use this as your singer, the music is ALL YOURS.' So Miku and the other Vocaloids are basically the exact opposite of Rei Toei. Instead of a central master computer cooking up maximum synthetic music tailored to the tastes of individual listeners, the software is owned by content creators who may have never had a voice to go with their music and released independently. Electronic musicians using Vocaloid are starting to pop up in places like Bandcamp. I expect this will make more of them start to surface. This DOES lead to a rather broad sweeping of musical styles, though. You can get REALLY poppy things like Melt... ..Or you can get things rather more serious like Magnet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58xKQYStMU And sometimes you wind up with rather experimental stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEtbN8AROCw EDIT: May as well toss this one in to show where the state of the tech CURRENTLY is, since DIVA Live is a fairly old concert now. 'Tell Your World' was composed at around the same time they announced plans to overhaul Miku's voice bank to allow her to sing English songs better and sell her software in the West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzF6uAZ8o3c Gearhead fucked around with this message at 13:07 on Apr 17, 2014 |
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Sometimes you just have to look to the heavens, sigh, and mutter 'Damnit, Japan...' under your breath and carry on. Sega is the sort of operation that will try to make money in any way they can these days. (Ask a Sonic fan how their franchise is doing...)
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