• We're currently having issues with our e-mail system. Anything requiring e-mail validation (2FA, forgotten passwords, etc.) requires to be changed manually at the moment. Please reach out via the Contact Us form if you require any assistance.
peaches2217
Reaction score
14,574

Profile posts Latest activity Postings Awarded medals Usernames About

  • My final splurge until I'm settled into an apartment has been settled: in a few weeks' time, I'll have Kaito V1 and Miku NT, box and all! Aaaaaah I'm so excited~
    • Love
    Reactions: ___
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    Mmmmmmmm... even the excitement of a new purchase can't quell my anxiety. My stomach's been acting up all day and I feel nauseous. I need this apartment badly and I don't know what I'll do if I'm rejected.
    Well, I've submitted my application! I was, uh, planning to wait until I'd seen the place in person, but the submit button just said "Save and Continue", same as every other page that came before that, so what's done is done. (Luckily I've been doing some extensive research and I'm preeeeetty confident this is a good place.) Ah, wish me luck! I don't have a credit history, but since I've been making rent payments to my mom as well as my car payments she let me put her down as part of my rental history, plus I put that I could move in as soon as the unit becomes available on the 3rd. Here's hoping!
    WyndReed
    WyndReed
    There’s a trend right now for landlords/management companies to make prospective tenants apply before showing the property.
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    Hmm. Well, hopefully I seem desperate enough that they'll accept me. I've got my stim and tax return so I can pay rent a few months' rent right now.
    I don't care if it's "official", I will never spell Gakupo's name as "Camui Gackpo". I always read it with the most obnoxious hick accent. You can pry Kamui Gakupo out of my cold, dead, papercut-riddled hands. :gackpo_ani_lili:

    Yes I'm aware his emojis use the official spelling, they're the exception to the rule because I love them.
    My mom's unveiled her Grand Plan for kicking me out and replacing me with her new husband, so the search begins for apartments I can afford! Mercifully I don't need a whole lot: semi-functional electricity, a place to put a mattress, a toilet. What's gonna really cut my options is that I need a place that's cat-friendly, and I won't negotiate on that.

    Wish me luck. This is scary territory for me.
    cafenurse
    cafenurse
    Im also apartment hunting rn and its very stressful. Im trying to find a 3 bedroom because im gonna have 2 friends living with me and no place in my city seems to have 3 bedrooms available and its a nightmare 😭😭
    I wish you luck with your hunt peaches!!!
    Blue Of Mind
    Blue Of Mind
    My mum won't even let me move out because she thinks I'm too stupid to look after myself, even if I lived with my boyfriend. orz
    sketchesofpayne
    sketchesofpayne
    Get your priorities straight! The number one criteria for getting an apartment is: "How good is the high-speed internet?"
    Well, if the somewhat confusing back-and-forth I'm having with a representative on TaobaoFOCUS is any indication, it sounds like Quadimension's SynthV Studio vocals are receiving their boxes at long last! They've asked me which one I want and I asked if I could have all of the ones I purchased, so we'll see from there what's going on.
    Our company's rolling out new nametag templates with "customization options". One such option: personal pronouns.

    God, even if I can't understand corporate half the time, I'm happy for the times they do good.

    Courting. What was the point in courting, anyway? He already knew that Miku was to be his wife, and he her husband; long had he yearned to retire with her to the countryside, live peacefully in a quaint and cozy cabin where they'd bring up a family. It was a fantasy they'd play-acted together often as children, one that became increasingly enticing as the years passed and their friendship became warmer, closer, as intimate as they dare allow it to be in the prying eyes of the public.

    But such was the burden and the blessing of a nobleman's son, he supposed. And anyway, so long as it led to the same conclusion, he was happy to play along with such expectations.

    While Miku’s father spoke at length of his wife’s champion horses (his wife correcting his terminology every third breath, it seemed), he stole a glance at Miku, enraptured by facts and tales she’d surely heard countless times before. In the glow of the chandeliers her eyes shimmered, their rich turquoise putting to shame the vast ocean not even a mile outside of town; her hair was pulled back into an elegant (and rather large) bun tonight instead of her usual twin braids, so he could admire them all the more.

    Those eyes caught his, and Len looked away, only to catch the gaze of Miku’s mother, her eyes red as the wine they sipped and sparkling with amusement.

    He’d be receiving a lecture on propensity at the end of this night, he was sure of it, delivered with thick tones of humor. He was lucky her parents adored him, or else he was sure the consequences of his adoration would be more severe.
    I got bored at work earlier this month and wrote this, and I just now remembered I had it saved.

    ...it's oddly specific, but I don't like this pairing (or at least just don't prefer it) unless it's in this specific scenario, in which case I think it's the cutest thing ever. (Sorry Len, in all other settings I'd rather ship her with your sister.)
    My girlfriend is amazing and found the OG VSQ for Detective Loupe, so I was able to look into the files and see how Gakupo's laugh was made! So now Kiyoteru sounds a lot better.

    His laugh, anyway. His talking... yeah, I'm not NEARLY as decent at Talkloids as I thought I was when I started on this cover.
    Sometimes I wonder why certain people treat vocalsynth companies making business decisions they don't agree with like a targeted attack and declare personal war with them. But every time I walk past ELF products in the skincare aisle of whatever store I'm in, I hiss, sometimes out loud, so I suppose I do sympathize. :clara_ani_lili:


    But it's been two months since the Mint Melt Catastrophe (please, for the love of God, don't make my mistake: never touch that line), and I can finally say my skin and lips are bouncing back! To celebrate I treated myself to a little spree at Ulta and Target; tonight I cleansed with my favorite cleansing cream followed by a new second cleanse I picked up earlier. After I got out of the shower I tested out my new Strawberry Donut Face Mask (I discovered a few nights ago that Patuk loves strawberry donuts, so it was a must) and paired it with a matching lip mask, which I followed up with my usual routine... with one last goody I found at Ulta to top it all off.

    Ah, with how exhausted I've been lately, it's been too long since I've done a full, proper routine. I feel like a new woman.
    Krin
    Krin
    One elf product I tried was this primer in a lotion-y form and on top of smelling disgusting it made my skin feel weird and burning so I've never touched that line since. But like, they're so cheap it's to be expected lol

    Ohhhh I really wanna try that strawberry donut mask!!!! I added it to my skincare need list for the next time i go makeup / skincare shopping because it IS a need!
    Blue Of Mind
    Blue Of Mind
    I feel that most makeup companies can't do skincare correctly because they, well... Focus on makeup too much to make really good skincare products. Even Glossier struggles with skincare nowadays (handy for skincare newbies, but too expensive compared to drugstore products and some products contain essential oils like rose that break people out and cause rashes), and their slogan is literally skincare first, makeup second.

    I personally stick to brands that are widely known for their skincare. Even though I have dry, sensitive skin, it's still been so far, so good.
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    That’s true, that’s true! I’ve kept giving ELF a chance because my mom swears by them, but she’s much more into makeup than skincare. And my skin’s super resilient, so I like to experiment... and I finally met my match.

    Come to think of it... there’s not a single ELF skincare product I’ve tried that I’ve kept in my routine longer than a week. I think it’s high time to stop holding out hope for them. :clara_ani_lili:

    @Krin oh my GOD it’s AMAZING. It feels nice and soothing, and it smells delicious, and when I washed it off my skin was glowing. Worth every penny!
    Hello, hi, yes, can someone PLEASE tell me how to make Vocaloids laugh and not sound dorky and sing-songy. Because nothing I'm trying is working.

    • Like
    Reactions: WyndReed
    WyndReed
    WyndReed
    Oh rip. Any other loids have files that could be edited to work?
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    I think I'm figuring it out! It sounds a little dorky, but... Gakupo's laughter in the OG sounded pretty dorky too. On the one hand, it's a V2-era song, so it's justified. On the other, I can keep it more faithful as a tribute to the OG? I dunno. That's my only thought at this point.

    I could very well use my own laughter pitched down, but I feel like that's cheating, if not outright deception...
    I
    inactive
    Tickle the underside of their feet.
    *cracks knuckles*

    So I’ve founded the Rosa Protection Squad, and I’m gonna go ahead and establish a Maki Protection Squad too. Once we get new info on the new AI Voice bank and what the deal with that is I may just make a Protection Squad for her too. All who want in, say 愛.
    I am but a humble Crypton simp, following blindly and stupidly after them like the big, fat, fluffy sheep that I am. Baa. 🐑

    I've been thinking: since I'll have to get Kaito through Crypton's Japanese store, why not go ahead and get another of their banks that's only available physically through said store? Save on shipping and get another shiny box~
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    Oh gosh no! He and Meiko were my fourth and fifth Vocaloids, purchased together as a pair (from Amazon, because I'm a risktaker). My Meiko V1, however, is still lonely.


    Vetis
    Vetis
    Do Crypton still ship physical boxes of their old products? I want Rin/Len ACT2, and noticed they still have a purchase page up for their box. I wasn't sure if they'd actually ship one though!
    peaches2217
    peaches2217
    I believe they do, yes! Another option would be getting them second-hand. You can find nearly-unused ACT2s on Mercari pretty often.
    • Love
    Reactions: Vetis
    So there's this enormous Chinese Vocaloid listing on Mercari, which includes every Mandarin Vocaloid, as well as Tianyi and Xin Hua's Japanese vocals and a V3 editor.

    The thing is, it's roughly $4,600 USD. Crunching the numbers, that's roughly $354 per unit. I can see that price being worth it for Tianyi's V3 (hell, maybe even her V4, as it's readily available as a download but not physically) or Xin Hua's V3... but the rest? The V3 editor you can easily find for under $100, and every other VB on the lot you can get for just over $100, then have them shipped to you for $50...

    The poster has already made it clear they won't sell their units individually. Which is a shame, because as much as I'd love each and every one of these, I'm not gonna pay nearly $400 a pop. Plus I've already got Xingchen, so that's another item that would go to waste, heh.
    How Editors React to My Headphones Unplugging

    UTAU:
    Meh.

    Synthesizer V Studio: Well that's inconvenient. Since you inconvenienced me, I'm gonna inconvenience you. You want a different output source? Change it yourself.

    VOCALOID5: *throwing chairs through every window it can find* HOLY FUCKING SHIT. YOU'VE REALLY DONE IT NOW. WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE GONNA DO
    On the topic of Maki's voice, this feels like a good time for a callout post. So without further ado!

    Callout Post: Patuk
    • Has the single cutest accent known to man-, woman- or humankind in general
    • Says my name like "Dærrrrbi"
    • Ma'am that's illegally adorable
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
  • Loading…