Talk:SeeU/@comment-5304498-20121230124604/@comment-5051846-20130103205058

Opera takes a lot of training, and can be damaging to young vocal chords. It can be very dangerous to push those child prodigies one hears about. Late teens (17-18) is generally when light opera works are handleable, though I am not an expert.

However, IA 's provider although 'operatic' may not have the sheer vocal power to be an full blown opera singer. Though I'd have to research Lia to check that, but from what I have heard of her she doesn't appear to be in that line of work. So IA may not sing 'full' opera, but the Vocaloid software may be able to change the provider's voice capabilities. Not sure.

Though I love it when she is used for deeper, more opera-like works! Gah, she sounds suckish so often at higher pitches. Too breathy; her notes sound hollow. Though not 'booming tree-trunk' hollow, more like 'blowing through a plastic straw' hollow.

On the topic of the arguement: I agree that voices are too varied to be attributed to specific ages. Voice acting for one thing, can emulate our stereotypes of life stages. However, a singer who is the same age as the Vocaloid voice she provides could be considered more 'authentic'. But if another person can match that type of voice exactly, what value does 'authenticity' have? I do not know enough about the science of voices to say if people can mimic another age perfectly. It also leaves us with the gap of Vocaloids with no specific voice provider, does this leave them handicapped, with another getting unfair benefits? Or perhaps not getting the criticism they diserve, like other Vocaloids with providers of different ages.