Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-92.3.202.241-20150420160231/@comment-25159569-20150426172545

Kajiki wrote:

It may be that you really do dislike Gakupo, any way he's used. But what you're saying just makes me sad that the deep voices are rarely, if ever, used in a way that highlights their strengths. Big Al gets it bad.

I really just don't like Gakupo. He was the first Vocaloid that was really a "hate" for me. Male Vocaloids are weird in the fandom. I feel like the deeper vocals don't really get a lot of love. And as for Big Al, I think he is the opposite. People always use him in his optimum range and really make use of his lower ranges. It's just they always have him sing really stupid songs like Barbie Girl or Friday. He's actually really good when you take him seriously.

@Nick, My favorite Vocaloid is Oliver, but I don't love him because he is male. I love him because he is a kid Vocaloid that was actually voiced by a kid and he's just a cute, good vocal imo. My favorite male Vocaloid who I like for being male is a tie between VY2 and Leon. Kaito would've easily been my favorite male if his V3 wasn't just higher quality pixels and three scoops of vanilla for Japanese voicebanks. They also toned down his masculinity, which is pretty much the reason I liked Kaito to begin with. But that's at least fixable by tampering with the gender factor. For me, Gakupo can't be saved by tampering with his gender factor, an example of which can be heard in VY1V4's demo "iNSaNiTY".