• MachineFab812
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    1 month ago

    The character is also a holographic projection. There are concerts. There are cameos in shows and advertizements, iirc. The character may not be more well-known than the voice, but the voice is not so popular as to render the avatar nothing more than an accessory to a voice-changer.

    • lime!@feddit.nu
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      1 month ago

      they’re usually accompanied, at least.

      also, fun fact, it’s not a voice changer, it’s a waveform generator. you give it a syllable and an envelope and it outputs a note. using miku as a voice changer involves a speech-to-text step.

      • MachineFab812
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        1 month ago

        The steps between that and a voice-changer are choices that could be changed on a whim with the tech that existed at Miku’s conception, let-alone today, but you’ve also made my point that synthesizer alone is an incomplete description even on the strictly-audio level. I was not aware that Miku sings gibberish, if that’s what you are asserting.

        • lime!@feddit.nu
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          1 month ago

          well it can do that, but it’s made for japanese syllables which is why it sounds weird in english.

          • MachineFab812
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            1 month ago

            I wouldn’t know, but I don’t equate Japanese with gibberish, although I get what you’re saying.

              • MachineFab812
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                1 month ago

                So … “Japanese doh re mi fa so le do” with licensing?

                Chip-tunes Miku then. I kinda dig-it after all, as a background instrument.

                EDIT: this is why I’m always over-confident on the internet, especially when I’m potentially wrong. Learning stuff is fun. Learning stuff from strangers who are mad at you is like prodding a drunk uncle to learn no-no words as a toddler - the ones who get mad at your parents so you can’t tell they aren’t really being nice about it.
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