Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-53539-20130413201158/@comment-53539-20150427100019

50.8.243.71 wrote: What really boils my parsnips is when fans say "X vocaloid sounds like Y vocaloid/ a mix Y vocaloid and Z vocaloid." Some vocaloids do sound very similar, but why does everyone have to constantly compare them. Humans only produce a limited vocal range capabilities, so after a while similarities naturally appear. Its not always so bad, except comparing one or two voices which are of the same type or range isn't too far fetched as a concept. If no similarities occur, then vocal imitators or impersonators wouldn't be possible, so Bi Al's original provider wouldn't have been anble to pull of a Elvis impersonation at all. :-/

The truth is every vocaloid is unique because of the samples behind them aren't identical, so that trait alone will stop every vocaloid sounding identical to a tee. However, they are not such a unique snowflake that there is no way similarities in parts of the voicebank will not have any overlap. I think the only frustrating point is when a voice is said to be a mix of very different vocaloids, or the comparison is being used to run the vocaloid run.

Comparisons are fine, and will likely increase as more and more vocaloids occur. :-/