i feel like vocaloids can also be a sort of gender
significantly cooler than ai. you have to actually tune the voice to your specific parameters and have a language-specific voice bank and a specific vocaloid character and you would tune it in something that almost looks like garageband. i know this because i used to make vocaloid covers of songs i liked with Limewire Hatsune Miku
This has been on my mind since forever as someone who connects to them in both alterhuman and gender ways u are so fucking right
imagine an aldern for being a vocaloid or like, having a vocaloid-esque voice[bank]
it also makes a ton of sense since a lot of vocaloids were made with very specific properties in mind beyond just “being a boy” or “being a girl.” they had specific flavors. vocal sounds. aesthetics and styles. etc.