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INTEREST: Hatsune Miku Shares the New Miku Expo LA & NY Theme Song with the World

Ok, so admittedly the whole Vocaloid thing was a tough sale for me. I'm still very much a novice, but found that the sound quality was a touch too robotic for my liking in this one. The song and the beat are great, but sound-wise (and it's not a language thing), I've heard others that are very clear and sounded almost natural. In both, English and Japanese. Dye (Granted it's Luka, not Miku) being an example of a clear bilingual song.

Though, I'm kinda liking that we're getting a preview of an experimental version.

Also, you guys are wasting your time going around in circles about the clarity of Miku's English/Japanese voice. A computer can more naturally pronounce Japanese syllables than English ones. There are approximately 400 phonemes in Japanese while there are over 4000 in English.

I wish that Hatsune Miku's English voice had never been released because now we have idiots that are bastardizing her original image. Miku is Japanese and trying to Americanize/Westernize her leads to transference of American values like materialism, deception, violence, promiscuous sex, greed, and prejudice onto that image. I'm afraid this will lower the overall reputation of Miku among the general populace and deter potential fans.

Suiseiten wrote:

Ok, so admittedly the whole Vocaloid thing was a tough sale for me. I'm still very much a novice, but found that the sound quality was a touch too robotic for my liking in this one. The song and the beat are great, but sound-wise (and it's not a language thing), I've heard others that are very clear and sounded almost natural. In both, English and Japanese. Dye (Granted it's Luka, not Miku) being an example of a clear bilingual song. Though, I'm kinda liking that we're getting a preview of an experimental version.

how is Dye in any way a clear bilingual song? It's sung entirely in English and is so drowned out with the music that it's impossible to hear.