User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Vocal clones/@comment-32500188-20140110134153

Honestly, I stopped even trying to voice my opinions on who sounds similar to whom after seeing the fandom get so bent out of shape over little comparison that seem viable enough, even if it was meant to be harmless. Prime example: Lapis and Miku's default/sweet/soft vocals sounding similar at times (but if you even mention that, you might have the mob waiting at your door). Merli is not allowed to be compared with Luka or Mew, even if the three of them share similar vocal timbre at times... even kokone, who's not even released yet, has the same issue, because with some of her notes in her expansive range she also sounds similar to galaco and GUMI. Heck, there are even times where if they're tuned to do so, even Mew, IA, and Iroha can sound similar to each other... not all the time though, but their voices do blend well together in certain cases. And of course, I've seen an argument with some people on other sides claiming Zola Project sounding like a trio of "appends"? It's a ridiculous statement, because they all do have different voice providers if you listen to the extra sound clips... but with concerns to the voicebank, they do sound similar at times, since their voices were made to blend together in the first place. Yet even these guys are not allowed to be compared to each other in this fandom.

Do I find any of these things negative? Absolutely not... because each individual voicebank will always have something to offer that the others probably won't be able to do as effectively as a user might want them to, hence the variety we have now that's continuing to grow. The more Vocaloids that come along, the more chances we have of similar-sounding vocals. A vast majority of the time they'll still be able to produce different results from others... it's just something that the fandom is going to have to accept as the product line-up grows.

Now, I can understand frustration over outlandish comparisons, especially when it comes to comparing two completely different languages... or something that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever... ("Sweet Ann sounds like Len!1!"). But after seeing people chewed out for ones that really do have similarities in vocal types, I think this fandom needs to get a grip and not jump on everyone that points it out... not everyone is comparing just for downing a vocal. (Negative comparisons should be fairly obvious at this point, because if people are going to hate something, they aren't afraid to show it.)