Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3076833-20141028204009/@comment-3076833-20141111175257

I think Angel's more trying to get at "Vocalistener requires someone (in real life) to sing, and if you can do that well then there's no reason you can't just sing your own songs rather than investing money for a real singer". You do have to keep in mind after all, that the point of VOCALOID is to act as a singer in your stead.

Of course they still have their uses, for example a VOCALOID could sing a genre better than you can, or higher range, or perhaps opposite gender. Fact of the matter is, if you're a considerably good singer or even aspiring one then you'd be better off singing your own songs since it means you have a free singer for your song, rather than a boxed ~$180 one.