Talk:Yuezheng Ling/@comment-123.211.233.56-20140804085804/@comment-53539-20140804142433

^There are traits female vocals can't naturally achieve that males can, so the complete lack of a male means the complete lack of access to these traits.

Once you have both a male and a female on the market, you can continue developing as normal. Also, by not including a male, your limiting your target audience, leaving producers who desire that vocal out. So from a marketing perspective, it also aids grabbing the attention of a much bigger consumer base.

This is why I'm so concerned about it. Thats all. As I said, the lack of males usually doesn't bother me much... I understand why the Japanese vocaloids favour males, and I know that overall, there will be more females rather then males. People who complain about the lack of males, aren't usually 1; a producer so won't buy the Vocaloid anyway and/or 2: not part of the market those vocals are being aimed at so aren't the target audience anyway.

It amounts to useless whining/complaining/ranting/whatever, since like everything else its all made for commercial release... And like all commercial products, its sales, not talk, that will dictate future developments. Its the same logic I once spoke about English vocaloids back in 2010, that unless you buy what is put out in the first place, no further developments can happen within the franchise. It can backfire (since it can tempt the studio to produce another bad product), but unless the products they have sell, things can grind to a halt. :-/