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.
SHAKING YOU SHAKING YOU SHAKING YOU YES oh my gosh that would be so cool!
and exactly… You understand the voca gender vision… You just get it .. and the fact that even if you use a specific voice bank you can break away from the common idea of their voice design etc by tuning them entirely differently from the norm or having a unique design than the original / common interpretations and I think that’s just sooo gender aswell
yesssss you can literally do voice training on them hahaha. i had miku cover a dude’s song once and i tuned her voice way down and while she didn’t sound “"like a dude,”“ she did sound like a really gruff deep-voiced woman and it was awesome
my favorite vocaloid is see-u and honestly i’ve always kinda personally seen her as kenochoric just because i fucking love her. she was the first korean vocaloid [!!!!] but she also like. had this specific niche of super fucking creepy songs. most people know hide and seek, but there was also shit like i = nightmare that i loved as a kid. my kenochoric creepycute icon