Talk:VOCALOID/@comment-35502347-20190306022809/@comment-53539-20190306105404

I imagine some of the more famous ones like Miku will hire a new provider. It may also be a case of they can clean up samples indefinitely, for a while, as would only need the provider for new voicebanks.

Others like Gumi are dead when their provider's die, since Gumi's name refers literally to her being "the voice of Megumi". So these Vocaloids are done when their provider's are. Its sad to say, but a Vocaloid will allow a provider's voice to "sing new songs" long after they've parted. So singers like Gackt are going to be heard for new songs for years to come.

There is likely going to be a spout of RIP songs uploaded for a while after a provider dies as a sign of respect for them. Particularly from the Japanese fandom. Their beliefs is that the Vocaloid software is a avatar with the voicebank giving the product a soul, a belief tied to Buddhism. Its the reason why pirating is a lot less in Japan then elsewhere in the world and why they shun those who are found out to have done it. I don't know how they will react besides this, but it may turn out that a dying provider would make a vocaloid more popular for a while at least.