I saw this in school this morning on the school's subscribed news...
http://www.channelone.com/next-big-thing/ (http://www.channelone.com/next-big-thing/)
And flipped shit.
First thing out of my mouth?
"THEY MISPRONOUNCED HER NAME"
Second thing
"HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT"
Everyone was like "wat."
Hot-sauna Meeku.
Besides that, my reaction was simply.. "okay then."
*Still doesn't understand what's so great about Vocaloid*
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 12:48 PM
*Still doesn't understand what's so great about Vocaloid*
You never will.
Sadly enough.... i... i have been expecting this for a while. i even made a hypothesis for Decade of 2010.
Decade of 2010 will be the Decade of the Otaku. We already know that people read things otakus have created on the internet(memes mostly). i really hope things dont come to this as i dont want otaku culture to be another fad. i want it to be something that people enjoy for years to come. By 2020 all these things will seem "dated." That might mean that some games that are extremely mainstream will no longer even matter, but fads go in a cycle...
Hahsoona meekoo
Quote from: Iris Sapphire on Apr 27, 2012 12:50 PM
You never will.
I mean, why not give all this fame to Miku's voice actress?
"Otaku culture" was already a fad. The late 90s/early 00s. There were actually commercials for TokyoPop manga on TV.
Everyone working in the anime industry, especially the American distributors, would love to see that happen again. Popularity = money, and that period was the most lucrative for anime in America to date.
Quote from: TheGameNinja on Apr 27, 2012 01:32 PM
"Otaku culture" was already a fad. The late 90s/early 00s. There were actually commercials for TokyoPop manga on TV.
Everyone working in the anime industry, especially the American distributors, would love to see that happen again. Popularity = money, and that period was the most lucrative for anime in America to date.
Uso by Sid goes perfectly with your avatar.
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 01:27 PM
I mean, why not give all this fame to Miku's voice actress?
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 01:27 PM
voice actress
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/535313_219062618208100_130855890362107_365206_1416685129_n.jpg)
Let's give all the fame to someone who lent a few minutes of voice clips which were used to create a completely synthetic voice!
Quote from: Iris Sapphire on Apr 27, 2012 02:27 PM
(http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/535313_219062618208100_130855890362107_365206_1416685129_n.jpg)
I...I guess I am...
She doesn't have a voice actress? Then where does the voice come from?
The voice was derived from some chicks voice.. but you'd be better off giving fame to groups like supercell, livetune, exit tunes.. whoever else who created half of miku's songs rather than a voice actress who lent a few voice samples..
Quote from: Iris Sapphire on Apr 27, 2012 02:35 PM
The voice was derived from some chicks voice.. but you'd be better off giving fame to groups like supercell, livetune, exit tunes.. whoever else who created half of miku's songs rather than a voice actress who lent a few voice samples..
Just one of the reasons I don't get why vocaloid is so popular...
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 02:37 PM
Just one of the reasons I don't get why vocaloid is so popular...
The actress lent the company who made Miku voice clips which were used to create the program used to create Vocaloid songs.
Vocaloids are basically Microsoft Sam if he could sing...I guess.
Quote from: jkid101094 on Apr 27, 2012 03:34 PM
The actress lent the company who made Miku voice clips which were used to create the program used to create Vocaloid songs.
So why is this hologram thing getting the fame instead of the actress herself, if it's the voice that makes her so popular?
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 04:09 PM
So why is this hologram thing getting the fame instead of the actress herself, if it's the voice that makes her so popular?
Because it dances while wearing short skirts. Why else?
Quote from: supersonic196 on Apr 27, 2012 04:13 PM
Because it dances while wearing short skirts. Why else?
So it's famous cause it looks pretty?
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 04:17 PM
So it's famous cause it looks pretty?
Basically. Miku is the mascot for the vocaloid software too, before the hologram. It was a personification of the program. Like Sonic is famous for being the face of thousands of lines of code and a hitbox. The code and hitbox aren't famous, it's Sonic that gets all the love.
Quote from: supersonic196 on Apr 27, 2012 04:22 PM
Basically. Miku is the mascot for the vocaloid software too, before the hologram. It was a personification of the program. Like Sonic is famous for being the face of thousands of lines of code and a hitbox. The code and hitbox aren't famous, it's Sonic that gets all the love.
I guess the core at what I'm trying to get at is, the woman who supplies the voice, what does she get from all this?
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 04:28 PM
I guess the core at what I'm trying to get at is, the woman who supplies the voice, what does she get from all this?
Probably not much, she probably didn't know it was going to get this big. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Yamaha employee making average pay.
Miku's voice is derived from a Japanese voice actress's. I would imagine she would want more recognition for her genuine voice work.
Quote from: TheGameNinja on Apr 27, 2012 05:03 PM
Miku's voice is derived from a Japanese voice actress's. I would imagine she would want more recognition for her genuine voice work.
This
The fact that I'm hearing about this Miku person and not this voice actress bothers me
Like not giving recognition to Tara Strong for voicing Bubbles...
I actually meant that I would imagine the voice actress would want more recognition for the voice work she actually performed rather than Vocaloid. The woman herself is not actually singing the songs.
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 05:08 PM
This
The fact that I'm hearing about this Miku person and not this voice actress bothers me
Like not giving recognition to Tara Strong for voicing Bubbles...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Fujita (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Fujita)
She also sings herself;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctlgHyqcgQo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctlgHyqcgQo)
Quote from: windlessusher on Apr 27, 2012 04:09 PM
So why is this hologram thing getting the fame instead of the actress herself, if it's the voice that makes her so popular?
I already explained this...
It was a few simple voice clips, which were not compiled together to make songs.. but simply analysed and copied to create the voice of the Vocaloid. You can pull up any vocaloid and tweak with the settings a bit to recreate any voice you want, in theory, they just used a real voice to speed up the process, and give a touch of realism.
Even famous people like Gackt were never "famed" for their vocaloid work.. you wouldn't look at Gakupo and go "Hey that's Gackt, he sings very well", if you wanted to say that, you'd look at some actual Music from said person. (Which by the way, is Fantastic)
Like I said, you'd be better off giving the fame to the people who sat there and coded the voice, and created the actual soundtrack..
Miku is popular because of her music, and because of her avatar. That's like how an anime character is popular, and not their voice actor. Same as game characters. Whatever is on the surface is what is meant to sell, not what's underneath.
Quote from: Iris Sapphire on Apr 28, 2012 06:35 AM
I already explained this...
It was a few simple voice clips, which were not compiled together to make songs.. but simply analysed and copied to create the voice of the Vocaloid. You can pull up any vocaloid and tweak with the settings a bit to recreate any voice you want, in theory, they just used a real voice to speed up the process, and give a touch of realism.
Even famous people like Gackt were never "famed" for their vocaloid work.. you wouldn't look at Gakupo and go "Hey that's Gackt, he sings very well", if you wanted to say that, you'd look at some actual Music from said person. (Which by the way, is Fantastic)
Like I said, you'd be better off giving the fame to the people who sat there and coded the voice, and created the actual soundtrack..
Miku is popular because of her music, and because of her avatar. That's like how an anime character is popular, and not their voice actor. Same as game characters. Whatever is on the surface is what is meant to sell, not what's underneath.
...Charles Martines, bitch.