Something that really friends my gears is when people think that the Utau program is just a poor man's vocaloid, and that's its characters/voicebanks are just fanmade vocaloids. Earlier I was checking out Xia Yu Yao and saw some utau appreciation things for her, and I really liked all the nice things being said, but what sort of ruined the good mood was when someone put in their dislikes of her the fact that she wasn't a Vocaloid, as if Vocaloid is just superior no matter what.
I understand that Vocaloid is seen as highly professional and does marketing and whatnot and surpasses utau in popularity, but does that really make it 'better'?
I think that if popular Utau were taken from the program and made into Vocaloids, our community will have lost something really important. For example, take Makune Hachi and Ruby. They sound quite similar, and by that not only in voice but both sound fairly high quality, despite being from different programs. After Ruby was made, Hachi was no longer available for download, which is understandable, but even still that's sort of a loss.
For that matter, just how much rights do voicers for Vocaloids have to their respective Vocaloid? I know that if one has made an utau they're the ones that manage and take care of them, and can freely distribute banks if they please.
So do you think Vocaloid is superior to Utau? Would you give up your utau if you were asked to Vocaloid instead? How do you overall feel about the topic?
I understand that Vocaloid is seen as highly professional and does marketing and whatnot and surpasses utau in popularity, but does that really make it 'better'?
I think that if popular Utau were taken from the program and made into Vocaloids, our community will have lost something really important. For example, take Makune Hachi and Ruby. They sound quite similar, and by that not only in voice but both sound fairly high quality, despite being from different programs. After Ruby was made, Hachi was no longer available for download, which is understandable, but even still that's sort of a loss.
For that matter, just how much rights do voicers for Vocaloids have to their respective Vocaloid? I know that if one has made an utau they're the ones that manage and take care of them, and can freely distribute banks if they please.
So do you think Vocaloid is superior to Utau? Would you give up your utau if you were asked to Vocaloid instead? How do you overall feel about the topic?