Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-53539-20180529221920/@comment-14.162.201.41-20180530063317

In my opinion, Vocaloid can't really deliver the same feeling like the original singer of the song that well, at least for now. (You know, the deadpan/expressiveless voice). Most of the time, the covers still end up more or less awkward.

I would say, metal songs are likely the one they can't recreate. I don't see it in rap too (especially for the female vocals, they weird me out). It's silly seeing comments compare rapping between Eminem and Miku, they are comparing human vs machine there. Still, some are solidly good ones (KAITO's cover of Rolling Girl rap for example, surprisingly good).

Songs date back in the 90s, 80s and before then are difficult to handle too. Take Michael Jackson's songs there, it's not like any vocaloids can cover them.

I have faith in the Engloids though. Cyber Diva or Cyber Songman, etc. deliver the expression pretty well.

At the end of the day, the matter depends on the producer's skill. Bad tuning, bad mixing = bad cover.