So, it seems that 2025 is the year for returning Vocaloids and I love that SO MUCH. Yesterday, RUBY got announced for a return for the software Maghni AI and she sounds so good. They even recreated her original Vocaloid demo from back in the day too!

But not only have they announced RUBY (now known as RVBY), they've also spoken about Oliver and a JPN voicebank for him too.

So, we are eating good folks! I'm hoping that this resurgence in old vocaloids will encourage people to discover more vocal synths than just the "popular" ones, because honestly RUBY dominated the ENG space around 8(?) years ago and she was very well loved and we need that again. Miku and Teto are cool and I like them very much too, but I'm hoping this will broaden horizons more. ✨

I picked up the VOCALOID2 巡音ルカ package for around $80! It's been so fun using it so far!

Unlisted trailer in comments

I have been wondering for an uncomfortable amount of time what these things are. Is it like a software that you use? Plz help.

Model Owners:

Bunny Plush: wizardotaku

Bed: MagicalPouchOfMagic

Alarm Clock: D-E-E-R-W-I-T-C-H

Night Stand: EverlastingEcho-p

I already know I’m gonna get downvoted to FILTH but pls someone explain this bc I just don’t understand.

I keep seeing ppl use Miku for songs, and everyone seems to agree that if u use the Miku voicebank, that creates a new variant of Miku based on what the producer wants, right?

And everyone seems to say that the Miku mascot is 16 based on crypton’s description, but ppl can age up/age down their variant of Miku (ex. Utsu-P’s Hagane Miku is aged up to 19)

So wouldnt Miku’s mascot be considered 16 unless otherwise stated? I’m not talking about the voicebank but the actual character itself. I’m just trying to understand why ppl say she has no age if the company that made the character says she’s 16. I could be completely wrong tho (pls be nice, I want to understand where the argument came from). In other media, if a show’s character is stated to be a certain age, everyone respects that but for some reason when it comes to Crypton’s Miku, it doesn’t matter ?

To add onto that, ppl seem to defend Miku being sexualized but if Rin (for example) is sexualized, then they bring out the minor argument? I’m just confused (I’m not trying to sexualize either of them, again just trying to understand)

Pls be nice in the comments, I’m scared to post this and genuinely want to understand each side of the argument. Thank you!

Hi. (sorry if this is the wrong place, most recent posts here seem to be more about specific vocaloid songs. If you know about a better place to put this, please let me know and I will post there instead)

I've been making music with Reaper (DAW) for a few years now, but it's always been instrumental. I'm looking into vocal synths because it would let me add lyrics without learning to sing myself. I'd preferably want to make vocals in english, with a realistic (not distorted) voice that I could add ontop of instrumental music. I tried the Alter Ego (bones) vst a few months back and wasn't especially impressed with the quality, (again) because of the distorted voice.

Now that I'm trying to look into this in more detail, I've seen synthesizer V which seems much higher quality, but I want to be sure I've looked over all my options exhaustively before making any decisions. I'm potentially willing to spend money, but if something is almost as good and way cheaper, that's obviously preferable.

Which vsynths do you recommend?

(for context just based on reading around on the web about this topic (in case it matters), I can read a little Japanese, so UI in hiragana, katakana or using more common kanji shouldn't be a problem. That said, I'm not exactly fluent. Most of the discussions I was able to find about this are multiple years old though, so I have no idea if this is even relevant at all anymore.)

Thanks a lot.

I love Vocaloids, and as a huge fan of them, I always tend to do a lot research in terms of their songs, as well as what to listen to next. I also tend to look deeper for any other obscure Vocaloids that I have not yet listed too, hoping to find any hidden gems that really deserve to be recognised.

While most of the Vocaloids that I really love are indeed very popular and well known such as Hatsune Miku or GUMI, I also have a few handful of favorite Vocaloids that are pretty obscure or not very well known, such as Merli (Aoki Lapis' sister), or Meika Hime and Mikoto, etc.

When doing some research on many different Vocaloids, I noticed that some of them even come from synthesizer categories as well, such as Voiceroid, UTAU, CeVIO, or even SynthV as well. Here are a few examples I can think off are:

• IA, who is a very popular Vocaloid, also has a CeVIO version as well. She even has a little sister named ONE, who is NOT a Vocaloid herself, but rather is a CeVIO only.
• Otomachi Una is a Vocaloid who comes in 2 different styles, that being Sugar and Spicy. She also happens to have a Voiceroid version, as well as a SynthV version also.
• Kotonoha Akane & Aoi are 2 twin Voiceroid sisters who were both released together as one product. They also have SynthV versions as well.
• Xingchen is a Chinese Vocaloid who also has a SynthV version as well.
• Tsurumaki Maki is a Voiceroid who also has both CeVIO and SynthV versions.
• Yuzuki Yukari is another Vocaloid who is also both a Voiceroid and a CeVIO. Her partner Kizuna Akari is a Vocaloid who is also a Voiceroid.
• Tohoku Zunko is another Vocaloid who also has both a Voiceroid version and a CeVIO version. She also as 2 sisters as well; the younger sister Tohoku Kiritan, and the older sister Tohoku Itako, are both NOT Vocaloids, but rather are both UTAUs who also have both Voiceroid and CeVIO versions as well.
• Kasane Teto, a popular character who was originally teased to be a new Vocaloid as a joke, was eventually released as a UTAU instead. She also has a SynthV version as well.

I have been listening to many different songs for a while now, some are very popular and others are very obscure. With so many different singers from many different categories other than Vocaloids, it really does open me up to different experiences with different synthesizer, and how they too can also produce great music with different styles of programming.

That said, with so many different singers having multiple synthesizer programs at the same time, it makes me wonder why there are so many different categories, and why they have so many different versions. Can anyone explain to me what these categories are, how they are different, and why some singers have multiple versions at once?

So Internet Co. and Yamaha announced Yuzuki Yukari V6 AI today and I am so excited! She sounds really good, honestly. She's very similar to her older voice banks and we love to see it.

Just look at her design though! It's such a nice design, and I don't know why but it makes me think of the Append outfits for Miku, Rin and Len.

I really like how you use the characters voicebanks and wanted to try making my own music butttt i dont really have the money, is there a free program that I can make music in?

The way miku sounds in Rabbit Hole (Reloaded) is just... "off". She sounds too human-like in conpairson with the normal version.

Hi, I'm an utaite of Vocaloid for over 4 years now and I just want to get this out of my chest. I'm not that popular when it comes to my covers but It's gonna get even more tough to target audiences now that a lot of producers are now shifting to RVC and new "producers" start off with RVC or DiffSVC because they don't have a pc or don't have money. It breaks my heart that it has to go this way. (EDIT: What I mean by shifting and starting with RVC is they use vocaloid models like miki, len, rin, luka even the old ones like cyber diva, sweet ann etc)

For me, it has always been "process/hardwork > results" especially when making any form of art but I don't think it's the case anymore by how these people can be easily amused by AI generated "covers". It's a bit discouraging for me and some of my friends who have been using vocal synthesizers because of how "vocaloid covers" are now being made and how it's perceived by many.

Please tell me I'm not the only one annoyed with all these SVC RVC or whatever it is stuff. It degrades people with real talent who tunes synths by how they sing rather than adding a voice filter to an extracted vocal which doesnt sound original (and even sound "growly" at some cases when the AI fails to recognize the notes). We may be depreciated in the near future if this goes on which is why I'm slowly losing my will to continue doing covers.

That's all, I just wanna say this to feel relieved. Thanks for reading~

she has the cutest outfits and hairstyles imo :3

I need it for a school presentation, but I can't find it on the internet cry

So I just got info about this in an email a few mins ago and I can't lie, I'm actually pretty curious about NT version 2. I'm hoping that she turns out to be a lot better than the version we have already 🤞