personally I don’t derive pleasure from the uncanny valley of song.
and I do. clearly it's not for everyone, which is why vocaloid is still kinda niche. it's clearly words that are forming, but they do not sound human. It sounds cool, I like the weird inhuman sound. I don't think she'd be as popular were she speaking gibberish, because the inhuman speech is the fun part.
My overall point was that Hatsune Miku isn't replacing voice actors anytime soon, because the cases where vocaloid would be used weren't going to feature human voices anyway, same as the weird sound-effect speech some games use. It's a stylistic choice more than a price one.
Well that's a new one on me, but real artists have accomplished the same using auto-tune and talk boxes. Most don't center their entire act around it, although some have. My overall point was that game publishers looking for that "fully voice acted" aesthetic are going to use this tech just like low talent music producers and song writers have used vocaloid.
and I do. clearly it's not for everyone, which is why vocaloid is still kinda niche. it's clearly words that are forming, but they do not sound human. It sounds cool, I like the weird inhuman sound. I don't think she'd be as popular were she speaking gibberish, because the inhuman speech is the fun part.
My overall point was that Hatsune Miku isn't replacing voice actors anytime soon, because the cases where vocaloid would be used weren't going to feature human voices anyway, same as the weird sound-effect speech some games use. It's a stylistic choice more than a price one.
Well that's a new one on me, but real artists have accomplished the same using auto-tune and talk boxes. Most don't center their entire act around it, although some have. My overall point was that game publishers looking for that "fully voice acted" aesthetic are going to use this tech just like low talent music producers and song writers have used vocaloid.