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A few of the other common traits;


 * The "pluck" sound is another and a voicebank glitch. Pretty much half of the vocaloids seem to have this, though its less apparent in V3.


 * Slurring; when a vocal can't fit all of its sounds in the space of time it has to sound them out in. The result? It can skip sounds or they sound jumbled.


 * Monotone; because a vocaloid is recorded in one tone, every vocaloid has a degree of "lack" in its ability to vary its tone. Some worst then others.


 * Pitching/note tuning; because a vocaloid uses recorded samples, the samples may or may not be perfect pitch or eve the best in key it could possibly be.


 * Synchronization; Amazingly this is another common trait, but aside from Lola and Piko no one seems to notice it. Its when a vocal can't match up lyrics with the tempo of the song and ends up lagging for a split second (or speeding up). May or may not end up being the result of choppy or slurring vocals but often is.

I will note as I update the vb sections I'm removing the comments about how well vocaloids mimick other languages, amongst other issues. I don't think its worth noting (see SeeU Korean) unless its been brought up by the company.