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i still wonder what in the world happened to gackpo's popularity

he went from a member of the Big 8 to basically dropping off the face of the earth with a lot of newer fans not even knowing who he is :gackpo_ani_lili:
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Could be that he never had an English VB, unlike GUMI, nor any banks since V4. That's a trait all the characters who went into obscurity have in common. MEIKO & KAITO have got English VBs, plus they are actually carried as "Hatsune Miku and friends", IA got an English VB plus ONE and HIPPI to support her, flower got a new VB, GUMI got new VBs, Una got new VBs. Just not Gackpo. He got left out, like Lily, CUL, etc.

Another reason might be his VP - GACKT. Maybe he is just too expensive for INTERNET to work with long-term, as he seems to be very popular in Japan, unlike most other VPs. How many VPs are there who were and still are more popular than their VOCALOID counterparts? Fukase Satoshi maybe, who's VOCALOID didn't get updated since V4 either. Porter Robinson, who's VOCALOID just got made.

I think having a famous VP is not good for a VOCALOID character in the long run.
IO+
IO+
I have to mention that male vocaloids or vocalsynths in general are not as popular as female counterparts and because of this, male vocaloids is unable to generate enough income for the companies to considered. Unfortunate.
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@IO+ It's true that being male might also be considered a disadvantage in a market, where the consumer base consists of predominantly adult male music producers, but simply being male would not hurt Gackpo. After all, he was the 3rd most popular male VOCALOID character after Kagamine Len and KAITO for most of the time. He dominated the niche while he was new. He didn't have the bonus of being marketed in the same team as Hatsune Miku, or Kagamine Rin. He was all by himself and still rocked.

Other male vocal synths got updates, such as Yuezheng Longya AI (closed beta) and ZOLA Project V6, while Len and KAITO will stay relevant for a long time thanks to Hatsune Miku media alone. Len and KAITO, as characters, don't require fresh voicebanks as often, as long as they keep being fed by the Hatsune Miku franchise machine. INTERNET failed to build such a media franchise around their characters, as is evident by their big number of obscure FEMALE characters, like CUL and kokone.
Gackpo got replaced by Otomachi Una in terms of company and fan attention, while GUMI remained a strong solo.

What keeps Gackpo going is just... old stuff from back when he was popular. Old stuff and the occasional merch drop for the remaining fans creating Gackpo content. He plays no role in any corporate media franchise, not even as a GUMI sidekick, and his company doesn't update his voice banks for some reason. The reason is probably a mix of all above mentioned.
Outside the venue for Miku Expo in Denver. \o/
Happy birthday~ 🎂 🍰
:mayu_lili::mell_lili: :kanatomell_lili:
3 days until Shiki Rowen's VOCALOID6 releases. It's almost like counting to doomsday.
So...I'm still trying to process what just almost happened to our (my family's) house
To make a long story short, someone or something set fire to our backyard and it spread (our backyard is basically a long stretch of green land shared between our neighbors)
Nobody was hurt except for our grandma, she cut her toe on a broken tile (she's fine now)

Here's some images (the seventh one is Grandma trying to put out the fire, and the second one is how many fire extinguishers we used):


...


EDIT:
Emergency services were also called. I had to stay in the house to look after my baby brother, so...
IO+
IO+
I know thailand can get very hot during summer but this seem like a man made fire since your backyard look fresh and green. เหตุการ์ณแบบนี้รุนแรงมาก ฉันหวังเป็นอย่างยิ่งว่าตำรวจนำตัวผู้กระทำผิดมาดำเนินคดีตามกฏหมาย.
MagicalMiku
MagicalMiku
i'm sorry for that.. but at least your grandma is fine and nobody got injured in that big fire..
it could have been somebody or something, but I recommend some things to better prepare:
- buy a smoke sensor (linked to remote alarm) and surveillance camera to look your backyard and record any suspicious actions
- buy some sand bags and put them between your house and the backyard, they can protect a lot against fire
- fire extinguishers can do very little, think that usually one is only rated for about 1 square meter. better use the water source from your house and something with good water pressure. buy also some fire guard blankets, safe gloves and smoke masks, prevention is key
Ryleigh Goldner
Ryleigh Goldner
@MagicalMiku Thank you so much for the advice! I'm currently looking into fire guard blankets right now—they seem pretty neat!


EDIT:
Also, I just made a to-do list of the things you recommended!
Using hi-fi headphones for mixing is not bad at all actually, because of how accurate they are when it come to emulate the ideal listening room.

A common believes that hi-if pairs are always colored, which is not entirely true. (unless you're using sony xb stuff) Although you need to get used to it but i don't think it's gonna be difficult because you probably listen to it everyday 24/7. If you already own a pairs then you probably don't need a monitoring headphone.
Does anyone knows if is possible to trick Voiceroid 2? Like

Install Any Voiceroid 2 vb

Install a voiceroid Ex voice, activate them

And then uninstall the other V2 voice and do Voiceroid ex voices work in voiceroid 2?

Im asking as someone that had the system problem before
Happy anniversary to :jun_lili:& :mell_lili: :kanatomell_lili:!
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MillyAqualine
MillyAqualine
MY LOVELY MELL OMG SORRY BABY I FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU ;A; Gotta try to finish the few Tokyo mew mew covers I've started, and maybe I'd like to try Splash Dream! on her because pink and cutesy
i hope that GumiUnaGaku concert IntCo is crowdfunding rn will have equal representation in the setlist

there NEEDS to be gakupo originals other than Dancing★Samurai at a concert
Rylitah
Rylitah
The crowdfunding page actually says what the setlist will be like! No specific songs have been announced (it says a mixture of classic and modern songs), but the third stretch goal of adding more songs was reached, so it's currently 18 songs with them getting five solos each, and one song with the three of them together.

I guess the extra two right now are Gumi and Una duets since I can't think of any decently popular song with Gakupo dueting with either of them, and I know Akali is pretty popular and makes duet songs with those two.
wrong_thyme
wrong_thyme
omg omf omghdjjs five gakupo originals lezgooooooooo :ia_ani_lili::prima_ani_lili::gackpo_ani_lili::ring_ani_lili:
i hope at least one gakurock producer will be represented (fingers crossed for a roy song)

also extinction aspiration disguise species (by ezfg) is a decently popular gakugumi original (and also aniimo but we don't talk about that song)
The Yuri on Ice movie has been canceled. I wasn’t a big fan of the franchise, but the series was enjoyable to watch and it’s sad to hear about the movie.
Twillby
Twillby
I hadn't realized they hadn't officially announced it yet. I think I saw someone on Twitter say it like a year ago and assumed 😅 The show was a really big deal for me back when it first came out, but it's kind of bittersweet now for a couple of reasons... Ah well, this just means they can't take my headcanon away from me :sweetann_ani_lili:
Blue Of Mind
Blue Of Mind
I never watched Yuri On Ice, but I've just read the drama on the movie - apparently, it was officially on the backburner for around seven years because the animation studio suddenly took on way more projects once YoI got popular, which meant the original team got scattered internally. And now it looks like too much time has passed and the studio doesn't seem to be interested anymore.