Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32500188-20140428192051/@comment-27885184-20140619165359

I'm a huge utaite fan, and there's lots of utaite I adore. However, some, like my favourite Gero for example, just wouldn't work as a VOCALOID. Like, he's notable for the emotion in his voice; like, when he sings a sad/slow song, he sounds like he's sobbing.

So, if I were to go by ones I like whose voices might work better as VOCALOIDs, I would have to say:

- he has a cute/high voice, yet it has a sort of distinct tone, almost eerie. His voice sounds really cool, and I feel it would sound great singing like, Halloween-type songs, like trick and treat. Though, he's also shown the ability to be versatile and sound very different, his normal voice would sound cool as a VOCALOID. I think a good example of his voice might be his cover of Kusare Gedou to Chocolate. I feel his voice is very distinct and original, so thus it would make a good voicebank.

- she has an extremely deep yet beautiful voice. She's a "trap singer" and because her voice is so deep, she can not only imitate a guy's voice but a guy's pitch quite naturally. But her normal voice would make such a great VOCALOID, I think. If you want an example you could check out her Just Be Friends cover, it's a great demonstration of a voice that is very deep yet still so womanly and beautiful. I think it'd be great cuz it would contribute a female voice deeper than any other VOCALOID, thus more versatility.

- what can I say, his voice is extremely dreamy. It already has an almost robotic feel to it, because his voice feels seemless and effortless, yet still sounds great even so I think it would be really successful as a VOCALOID. However, when he tries to sing too powerfully or high, it sometimes feels strained. His voice as a VOCALOID I feel would suit more mellow songs. A good example of his standard voice would be his cover of Gears of Love, it's featured on the wiki page here if you wanna check it out.

- I'm not 100% sure how to describe this voice, but it is so distinct and catchy. Her voice is extremely high, yet she can sing in quite a deep pitch. I'm not sure how that would be reflected as a VOCALOID; it would depend on who was using her voicebank, I guess. But regardless, no matter what song she sings, I find her natural voice just so insanely catchy. My favourite by her is her Yi Er Fanclub, I think it's a good example of her voice.

- once again, a voice I find very catchy. It has a distinct tone to it, I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but I can diffrenciate it from other voices, and it sounds good. I don't recall having a VOCALOID with this sort of tone yet, so it would be cool to add a bit more voicebank versatility. I feel his best cover is his Ifuudoudou.

And finally, - his voice is so seamless and stable, it sounds very good. It sounds good when autotuned, too. He has that "ikemen" or I guess you could say "charming/handsome" voice, with a very slight nasal tone. He's a very popular utaite too, so I think him becoming a VOCALOID could actually be possible! The idea really excites me. A good example of his voice might be his Mousou Zei or Donut Hole covers.

Besides that, I'd be biased to my favourite voice actors, both English and Japanese, which are numerous. My favourite Japanese voice actor's Takahiro Sakurai, whom you might've recognized as Haseo (Dot Hack franchise), Suzaku (Code Geass), Haine (Dogs), Misaki (Junjou Romantica), Claude (Black Butler), Yuuri (Kyo Kara Maoh), Sasori (Naruto), Zwei (Phantom of Infernos), Luka (The Betrayal Knows My Name), and numerous other roles. Though he has a versatile voice, so he might not work as a VOCALOID, because he can do completely different voices that might not be accessable through just editing the voice, unless he recorded separate voicebanks. For example, I felt this was a problem with Piko. He has such a versatile voice, he can sound deep and manly when he tries, or like a full-grown woman, yet when people use him as a VOCALOID he only ever seems to sound like a shota, and I think his versatile voice's potential was wasted.

As far as English voicebanks, I like the voice actors Vic Mignogna, who played roles such as Edward (Fullmetal Alchemist) and Tamaki (Ouran), who has a very infecious and catchy voice, and he's sang before too (on YouTube, you can find him singing the English version of Ouran's ending theme), as well as Matt Hill who played Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED) and Bankotsu (InuYasha), just because I find his voice really dreamy lol.

Sorry if that post was really long, you don't have to read it all though if you don't want to orz.