Vocaloid discussion!

[altuixde]

The only Vocaloid song I have that's entirely in English is this one:

https://soundcloud.com/pianoninja/turn-to-the-light

I wish that the YouTube video of it were still available because it had the lyrics. This song sounds natural enough, but I haven't found any other Vocaloid songs sung in English that sound as natural, not even other songs by the same producer. Can't say that I've been searching much for English Vocaloid songs, though.

Oh, and I think it's okay to double post, as long as a significant amount of time has passed. I'm not sure what the exact amount of time would be, though. If you had just added to your earlier post, no notification would have been sent out to people who are subscribed to this thread, and it could've been a while before we knew you had written something here. ^^

[Amazing_Grace]

That's certainly a very nice-sounding song. I personally have a bit of trouble picking out what she's singing, but my ears might not be as tuned.

I've found that, generally, Circus-P (who wrote Circus Monster, if you know that one) and Crusher-P (who wrote Echo) tend to use the English voicebanks very nicely. They're good lyricists too, even if sometimes their words are pretty cryptic/just don't make sense. The words flow nicely and I like how their songs sound.

I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that it was against forum rules to double-post...? I'm sure that rule was made to prevent spam. I'll keep this in mind so I don't stop myself from sharing important news (when do I ever know important news before everyone else does?) just because I posted in this thread three days ago and no one else has replied yet.

[altuixde]

Did you know that an album for Magical Mirai 2014 is on iTunes?

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hatsune-miku-magical-mirai/id969914420

I just noticed today that it's there. I'll check it out later.

[JNiles]

I dunno how you find these things, every time I look it's just random crap.  I was hoping to find Viva Happy but nope.

[altuixde]

I was thinking, "it's been a while since I searched for Odds & Ends, maybe iTunes has it now." Turns out they have a whole concert album.

Tracks 16 and 21 (Tokyo Teddy Bear and Odds & Ends) are the only ones I ended up buying. I would've gotten more, but so many of the songs sounded unremarkable (well, actually the previews did), or I already had a version that I like better. I was listening to the previews through my MacBook's tiny internal speakers, though.

[Amazing_Grace]

Did you know that an album for Magical Mirai 2014 is on iTunes?

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hatsune-miku-magical-mirai/id969914420

I just noticed today that it's there. I'll check it out later.

Gosh darn it
More stuff to spend money on
Dangit I need a job

[altuixde]

Does anyone know who the character in the upper left of this image is?



(http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=50279949)

[JNiles]

If those are actual Vocaloids - I don't recognize some of them - then the one in the upper left should be Kaito.

[altuixde]

The Pixiv page for the image lists Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, Teto, Kaito and Meiko (seven names, but there are eight characters in the image). I thought that Kaito was the one with the white suit and (in this case) light blue hair, but now I'm not sure because I just noticed that the one in the upper left is wearing a scarf. If that's Kaito with the scarf then who is the one in the white suit?

[altuixde]

Thanks, FTGFOP!

[Amazing_Grace]

That's a good-looking image, though. You guys always find the best stuff. XD

[Amazing_Grace]

OK, so does anyone know where I might be able to find English lyrics for the song Astronaut by JanboP, written for Luka? Sneak covers it and it's lovely, but I really want to know what it's about.

[altuixde]

Coverage of Miku Expo Shanghai begins at 17:30 Shanghai time. The concert begins at 19:00 Shanghai time.
That translates to 5:30 AM and 7:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time.

Here's a link to the live stream - http://www.iqiyi.com/kszt/hatsunemiraishanghai.html
Unfortunately it seems to be geo-blocked in (all?) countries outside China.
Oddly, when I visit the link on Android or iOS, the promo video isn't geo-blocked.

[Mami Hatsune]

Any other Kagamine fans here? Cuz they will always be in my faves list. Although there is only one Vocaloid I particularly dislike (and I know of all of them I think). Seriously. Who thought that making a Barney-loid was a good idea? *cough*I'm looking at you, Ryūto*cough*

[Amazing_Grace]

I love the Kagamines, but I'm more partial to Len personally. I do adore the way Hitoshizuku uses Rin, in particular, though. Heck, I just love Hitoshizuku XD

Is CUL even relevant anymore? She's my favorite, but she doesn't have NEARLY! as many original songs as like any other Vocaloid ever. It makes me sad for her because it seems like she got a lot of hate just because her name happens to mean "*ss". But I think she's a great 'loid. I'd love for my favorite producers to get their hands on her one day. She would sound so good in some of the songs out there.

*rant end*