Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20151012162920/@comment-26427856-20151107021720

24.214.82.9 wrote: I'm currently debating whether I should get a vocaloid for Christmas or not. I'm afraid that my covers will never sound "good enough" because I'll only have free software like Audacity to mix with. I really want to buy a vocaloid, but it's uncertain whether I will or not because I doubt I'll ever be able get the best out of their voice. I know tuning/mixing a vocaloid could take months/years to master, but I'm willing to give it a shot...maybe. I need help! >.< I would recommend that you try out UTAU first since it's free. It may be harder to use at first, but working with that might give you some idea about if you would be willing to go ahead and purchase a Vocaloid. If you can mix an UTAU voice  well with the software you have then I'd say do some research on the Vocaloids you are interested in and then go for it! Also you could look up tutorials on how to use both Vocaloid and UTAU and how to make them sound good. Even if the things you find aren't for software you have, they could still help you get a basic idea of what to do to the voice to make it sound a certain way, and then you could try to find out how to do those same kinds of things with the software you do have.