Talk:Status/@comment-24.16.50.207-20120522005846/@comment-90.222.148.24-20120527155404

I agree with NoPurpose; The fact that the singers are Japanese gives them an almost "exotic" quality, if you like, and I have heard the English ones. They're quite good if you listen to them properly - by that I mean not listening for ten seconds then going back to World Is Mine because they 'can't sing high enough' or 'they sound so robotic!'

Another thing that helps English speakers to like Japanese VOCALOIDS - they sound less robotic to us, because we don't have much experience with people that do speak the language. I for one have had a lot of Japanese friends, and they helped me to realize that VOCALOIDS do indeed sound quite robotic to them.

Many people doubt the above fact, claiming that 'Hatsune Miku sounds so realistic, and she looks perfect, sings perfectly, and has a range no human could hope to match!' Yeah right. Who's been watching the Miku promotion video? If they could just take the time to listen to Japanese speakers and see that they do sound robotic maybe they could appreciate the English ones more. I don't believe in perfection, and her vocal range is, what, around an octave? So she can hit a C6. Big whoop. Trained singers can hit a B#6.

So much fuss is made about the Japanese singers, and yes, I agree it's partly to do with the 'kawaii desu' impression. I am a big VOCALOID fan, but I will not hesitate to criticize them if I feel that they need to be.

- Saku, Saku