Talk:Derivative/@comment-2604:2000:9885:6E00:8C3B:BE32:259B:CCA8-20190708053236/@comment-7882956-20190708055638

Part of the reason they were created was because there were few male VOCALOIDs at the time. Nowadays, the lack of males isn't much of a problem anymore, but there is a larger pool of females compared to them no matter what. Making derivatives and pitching the voice to give it a different sound was just a way to "make more males", when there is a lot of issues with art theft and recoloring... not to mention altering original and cover songs with no actual effort of their own. Obviously, it is far more rewarding to do it in VOCALOID itself instead of taking someone else's hard work and altering it in Audacity, then have the gall to claim it as their own ("I own nothing but the pitch" is just a very hnnnnn thing to do).

Since we now have more male vocals, there really is no reason for the pitchloids' existence anymore. It was a phase some people grow out of while others might still like the concepts. But yeah... they were pretty problematic in a number of different ways.