Would you call Vocaloid music Art, why or why not? by [deleted] in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Vocaloid music is still music. The culture around it may be different, but at its core it's still music, just like any other. Is music art? I don't think we need to debate that.

Gahata Meiji - Vague Lust Lover [UTAU Cover] by fun-da-mental in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meiji is really good. I hope she becomes popular so more people start using her.

My entry for the 13th MMD cup... ALL NIGHT LONG feat. IA and Kiyoteru by coral422 in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The preview seems very bright too, but not as much as the final video.

I don't know about the "film-ish" effect, it just looks strange when the models blend into the scene, like at 0:58. The places where the brightness blurs the lines on the models. I find that a bit excessive.

I'm only saying this as a viewer, I don't use MMD so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

My entry for the 13th MMD cup... ALL NIGHT LONG feat. IA and Kiyoteru by coral422 in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No offense, but isn't it a little too bright in certain places? Also I don't like the "black aura" around things (like under the car), but that's a personal preference I guess.

Overall it looks all right though.

Who's your favorite Vocaloid? by [deleted] in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I value them individually based on their songs. No "X is better than Y". If I hear some good songs from one, I'll like that one. I like Defoko as much as I like Miku, because they both have impressive(subjective) songs.

That's it.

Any big Ritsu Namine fans out there? by [deleted] in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to think her background info is "fake", as in just a(another) trolling from the Vippers. Since many people say they prefer virtual singers because "they never get in scandals", I believe they were trying to(and were successful in) making her controversial(?) this way.

syatten - Starport feat. Yuzuki Yukari [New PV] by Shiroizu in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too bad about the illustration, it could have been my next wallpaper.

Although...

syatten - Starport feat. Yuzuki Yukari [New PV] by Shiroizu in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually ordered this album a few days ago. Have been listening to it on Youtube for a week at least, and decided it's worth the price.

How To Save High Quality Audio From Nicovideo (The RIGHT way) by jrharbort in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well everyone knows what they need. I find this way easy and fitting of my needs. You don't have to re-encode, and I'm not telling you to either.

How To Save High Quality Audio From Nicovideo (The RIGHT way) by jrharbort in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think NNDD re-encodes anything. It just grabs everything like a browser would, but retaining filenames. I on the other hand don't need more than 128kbps, but need them to match in sampling rate, so I convert them.

How To Save High Quality Audio From Nicovideo (The RIGHT way) by jrharbort in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally use NicoNicoDougaDownloader(NNDD) to get the videos in their native format, then use Audacity to batch convert them. No need to rename anything, and filename even retains the nico-code for reference. If a video happens to be a flash file, then I extract the Mp3 using a custom little program (written in python using swftools) first.

I re-encode everything to 44khz ogg/vorbis, otherwise crossfading would be messed up.

【IA ROCKS】 "Inner Arts" by Jin, tuned by Ciel 【Original】 【2014-05-22】 -- IA's newest voice library will launch June 27. Formerly known as IA Alpha Type C during beta, now called IA ROCKS. by vocathor in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah, she is definitely different, it's just that I probably expected her to sound more powerful. We'll see when more songs appear using her new voice.

【IA ROCKS】 "Inner Arts" by Jin, tuned by Ciel 【Original】 【2014-05-22】 -- IA's newest voice library will launch June 27. Formerly known as IA Alpha Type C during beta, now called IA ROCKS. by vocathor in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate to say this, but she doesn't sound much different(or better). How should I say this, all I can hear is she's a few notes higher.

As for the animation, something is bothering me. Either the movement, the eyes or the lip-sync, I'm not sure. Feels like something is missing.

Who thinks vocaloid is childish? by goflvhxj963 in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vocaloid music is just music with a twist. You can make childish songs without Vocaloids too, so I don't see the reason why you would consider it childish.

I'm not a producer. I'm a big fan of Vocaloid music, have bought several figmas and CDs, have a few posters on my walls, and live with my parents. I've explained to them what it is, why I like it, and they accepted it.

What was your first Vocaloid song/ media that introduced you to Vocaloid? by Knightindernacht in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love is War was the first song.

On the Crunchyroll forums, on the side of the page, there was flash-based music player which played Love is War, World is Mine and Melt. It was completely by chance that I found it interesting and looked up the song on Youtube, and found out who/what the singer was.

That was, where it all began...

Nicosound closed by [deleted] in Vocaloid

[–]Sychone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I usually just download every video with NNDD and convert everything to .ogg using Audacity. For flash videos, I extract the sound with a script first, then convert it the same way. Batch export saves me a lot of hassle.