Help:Product guideline

This page is intended to be a page for notes on how to use or write the Voicebank sections.

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This section of the page is intended to give readers a rough idea of the design and capablities of a Vocaloid vocals and therefore are based on what has been reported by individuals. The information is not based on one persons opinions, but gathered over time from people who have expressed similair or the same views on a vocaloid. Sometimes we are also fortunate to be able to input professional reviewers and producers, even the providers who supplied their voices for the voicebanks. These sections are difficult for even the best of editors to write as they are subejct to a change of heart from the fandom, not only this but as proven in the past, sometimes important information is not known until long after the vocaloid package containing the vocal has been released.

Generally, this section is written as a method of giving readers an idea of the vocaloid voice, to increase their understanding of aspects of a particular vocaloid in the absence of any other source of information.

Also, another thing worth note is that as the number of vocaloids increase and the wikia grows dividing editors attention to many other pages, focus from editors may change. Therefore, like any other topic on the wikia they 'are subject to neglect and may need updating. A wikia is a community project, therefore we encourage visitors to update sections the regular editors may have neglected if a change of opinion on a vocaloid occurs.

Things to note

 * 1) Strengths and weaknesses are listed as a method of bringing readers to understand that not all vocaloids will have the ability to perform the same styles. Different vocaloids will have different flaws as their forte often lies elsewhere. In the past when the two were not seperated readers were reported to be left confused when a vocaloid's information seems over negative and unable to understand what was good about the vocaloid, if anything at all.
 * 2) That said, it is important to not that a trait that is normally considered a strength, canalso be at the same time a weakness to that vocal, and that inthe right circumstances a weakness to a vocal can prove to be a strength. A producer's goal per song varies per production, sometimes they may take inspiration from the least likiest of places. Therefore, we will try and note when a strength becomes a weakness, if it is known at the time of writing, and likewise vice cersa for weaknesses.
 * 3) We do not often note the overall quality of a vocaloid because too many factors can come into play in regards to this.
 * 4) *The weaknesses of a vocaloid are often the reason for a lack of quality, however, the strengths of a vocaloid may not together prove to render this vocaloid as much of quality as many realise. The Vocaloid's intention may limit the vocal as well.
 * 5) *As seen with Vocaloids like Prima, when used for the intended design of the vocal they produce high quality results in comparison to other vocaloids for the same style of music.
 * 6) We do not accept hatred or any other form of phrasing intended to put the vocaloid in negative light in this section' Likewise, we also do not accept undevoted praises for a vocaloid.  Editos; please do not write comments like "This is the best vocal!" or "This vocal is Shit!" as these statements will be removed.
 * 7) Sometimes, what an individual producer might think about a vocal has proven to be quite untrue, even with overwhelming evidence to prove otherwise. Since these sections are formed from group opinions of the vocaloid, there is a possiblity of a single producer not sharing the same opinion that most other producers would otherwise have.
 * 8) *Not only this but is also tempting for a individual to react negatively or positively to a vocaloid based purely opn personnel tastes. For example, Gachapoid is often a target for negatively because of his voice type ledign to some to just label him as "poor quality" without researching into his capablitie.  The quality of his vocals are still good evwen if the listener does not like his voice.
 * 9) *It has also become a problem of individuals judging the mascot design as a proof of a quality of a vocal.
 * 10) We have abandoned voice comparisons between vocaloids from the wiki, these tend to led to the wrong type of opinion landing on pages, and there is a risk of arguments. As noted, in real life two singers with similair vocal types often share qualities with each other. Vocaloids, being based on real life singers and actors will therefore share similairites.  Often the comparisons are between vocaloid vocals done by those who do not have the proper skill or knowledge to make a fair comparison. In other words, please do not write "Lily sounds like Meiko".
 * 11) * We do, however, allow comparisons between vocals within the same package. Exmple being Hatsune Miku Append's 6 vocals. This is important to help readers understand how each vocal related to each other.
 * 12) *Another issue, be it a minor one, is that listeners make silly mistakes or persumptions in regards to the order of which vocaloids are released. For example, "Sweet Ann sound like Kagamine Len" is considered wrong, because while it may possibly be true, Sweet Ann was released first.  Therefore the phrasing of this comparison should be "Kagamine Len sounds like Sweet Ann".