UtaiteĪmong the fan-made content made based from the original Vocaloid works are the songs sang by a human singer.Īside from the definition mentioned above, the following is an excerpt from the Utaite Wiki which also explains what an utaite does. Her initial success can be linked more to her character image than her voice due to UTAU’s limitations at the time but with further developments in the technology, many Vocaloid producers has begun using her and UTAU in general as well. Teto was illustrated by Sen and voiced by ‘Mayo Oyamano’. She was then ‘adopted’ by Crypton the same way fanloids did. Since then, her voice was recorded for UTAU and she has been licensed by TWINDRILL. Kasane Teto is among the most popular UTAUloids whose character was initially made as an April Fool’s joke for being Crypton’s next Vocaloid. CAFFEIN’s Yowane Haku and Smith Hioka’s Akita Neru were too became recognized as official derivatives of Miku by Crypton and were also became part of the company’s promotions UTAUloidsĪnyone can make their own UTAUloid, there are many (and I mean many) out there including my own UTAUloid named Wajima Maro and his genderbend Mari which you can check out at the VrmL UTAU Project website. The most well-know examples are and often mistaken to be actual Vocaloids (like I did initially) are Yowane Haku and Akita Neru. Then again, remember Rule 63 (original illustration by pixiv user ‘an’)Īnd finally, we have fan-made characters whose design elements are borrowed from another Vocaloid or were based on events related to the Vocaloid community. It was often questioned by fans as to why Rin and Len would even have genderbends since they are ‘mirror’ images of each other. Even Rin and Len have their genderbends which are named Rinto and Lenka respectively. We also have genderbends which are basically the male/female counterpart of an actual Vocaloid whose voice parameters were adjusted to sound their opposite gender. Tamago’s ‘Hachune Miku’ and Sangatsu Youka’s ‘Tako Luka’ have eventually become officially recognized derivatives of Miku and Luka respectively and have since been used in Crypton’s promotions. Examples of these are Hachune Miku and Tako Luka. We have derivatives wherein these are characters that are based from the original character. However, I would like to clarify a few points on fanloids: there are actually different kinds of fan-made Vocaloids as well. It sometimes goes the other way around: a fan-made character could be adopted to become an official character.Īs mentioned in the picture, fanloids are fan-made characters made by the Vocaloid community, usually based on an actual Vocaloid, wherein they do not have an official voicebank which can consider them a Vocaloid (not to be confused with an UTAUloid, more on that later) Oftentimes, when an official character gets popular, fan-mades usually come out based on that character. Previously, I mentioned about characters in Vocaloid and how some are official and while others are fan-made.
We also happen to share the way how we got interested in Vocaloid which is the technology. I did come across this video which extensively covers further what I’ve previously mentioned and much more which is Vocaloid concerts!
Okay, while the picture above already explains pretty what they are, let me put in my own input as well. I was kinda embarrassed and I now knew that there was a lot more to cover about Vocaloid than just Vocaloid itself.
Well, after being clarified about fanloids, derivatives and especially UTAUloids. I can’t be blamed, they’re usually the ones that came out when searching for Vocaloid (at least for me at that time). I thought that the Crypton Vocaloids: Miku, Kaito, Meiko, Luka, Rin and Len were the ‘official’ ones and the rest were fan-made. After hearing about the technology and my fascination after hearing a few songs. So, I too got confused when I was still new to Vocaloid back in 2011. Let’s differentiate between a Vocaloid, a Fanloid, an Utauloid, and an utaite.
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