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*** The tropes are applied to the songs and popular fan interpretations. There is a sort of story to each song. So, to answer your last question, the same way one applies tropes to music and music videos.

**** Count me among the baffled. Isn't it true that anyone who buys the software for $180 can make it play whatever song she wants? Shipping Vocaloids makes as much sense as "Roland x Fairlight" or "trombone x french horn" shipping would.

***** Well, since they are ''voice'' synthesizers, they are [[Anthropomorphic Personification|given personality]] by the creators/fans. And when you can [[Axis Powers Hetalia ~~(Manga)~~/Fanfic Recs|ship Italy and Germany]] together, trombone/french horn is really nothing.

***** Well, since they are ''voice'' synthesizers, they are [[Anthropomorphic Personification|given personality]] by the creators/fans. And when you can [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Fanfic Recs|ship Italy and Germany]] together, trombone/french horn is really nothing.

* You want to know what I don't get? Why there's [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]] and [[Internet Backdraft|Internet Backdrafts]] everywhere in regards to pairings...for a fandom whose canon ''[[You Fail Logic Forever|changes with each song]]''. It makes absolutely no sense to me. Sure, I'm not too fond of Len x Rin or Kaito x Luka, but you don't see me going [[Yandere]]-crazy whenever I see people shipping it.

** On an unrelated note, should UTAU and Vocaloid be two seperate articles? I'm just curious since they're seperate programs, the only difference being in that UTAU is just a freeware version of Vocaloid and isn't allowed to use famous singers/actors.

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** There's something in the Lin/Ren names that makes it easy to mix up.

** Japanese has no L sound, so the two are interchangeable.

* Considering the sheer amount of tweaks one has to go through to get a vocal track to sound right, it Just Bugs Me that so many listeners dismiss Vocaloid songs as cheap, lazy [[~~Autotune~~]] crap -- and a lot of this bashing seems to come from people who never liked Jpop (or pop in general, really) all that much to begin with.

* Considering the sheer amount of tweaks one has to go through to get a vocal track to sound right, it Just Bugs Me that so many listeners dismiss Vocaloid songs as cheap, lazy [[Auto-Tune]] crap -- and a lot of this bashing seems to come from people who never liked Jpop (or pop in general, really) all that much to begin with.

* Okay, as a Mac user myself, I find it really frustrating that the VOCALOID programs are not available for Macs (or at least the ones that I looked into so this might not be completely true). This seems unfair seeing as I don't want to have to go out and buy a compatible computer so as to use the software and since it doesn't seem like they're planning to release them for Macs, it just bugs me even more.

** Using MikuInstaller or Wine (since they're both built in the same platform) works like a charm. Absolutely no bugs. (Mac user here who's tested it out.)