While Hatsune Miku is the most well-known Vocaloid and generally considered the most influential and popular, flower may have overtaken her in relevancy in some areas, having the most viewed Vocaloid song on any platform (Goodbye Sengen at over 100 million views) as well as being more relevant according to Google Trends (with Miku having peaked in Google searches in 2012 and flower currently peaking in Google searches in 2023).
VY2's original VOCALOID2 voicebank has a small but prominent oddity where the "i" phoneme in his mid/low range includes a mic pop when left to play out. it doesn't happen in his higher range (as it's a different sample all together) or when another phoneme directly follows it, whether in the same note or a separate one.
i love vy2 very much i just have no idea how this managed to get through to the final version. it took me so aback when i first worked with him
Now that's Miku Day I feel like I can say this: I'm happy people stopped thinking what Miku can and can't be because of her canon info, and on the contrary realized she can be anything you and others want her to be.
Project Sekai was probably the first "in-your-face" example, as there are present multiple Miku who have different looks and personality.
Another great example of this is Deco*27, not just because Miku has a different look in any of his songs, but also because he created comics where all his Miku interact with each other as separated characters, made two versions of his Miku 3D model and his song Manequin literally showcase what Miku is, an empty vessel everyone can interpret as they want.
And how can we forget the Project VOLTAGE, the official crossover between Miku and Pokémon where all the 18 types got their own Miku who is completely unique and unrelated to the others.
Yes guys what I'm saying is that Miku is Barbie:
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Pointless to say this applies to any Vocaloid and other voice synthesizer character, hope this helps.
This is all for now, have a nice rest of your day/night and remember to stay hydrated! 🦓🦄💖💫✨
An alternate version of Nekomura Iroha's VOCALOID2 illustration appears to exist, without the speakers on her arms or the Hello Kitty hood (instead being replaced with the headband from her Kittyler design). This was used to advertise an illustration contest for Iroha's first anniversary, but otherwise seems to be very rare.
(middle image from Tokyo Otaku Mode)
(source (+ right image source): Hatsune Miku Miku)
(thanks to @glaberr for sharing the middle image!)
Brainstorming ideas for designs of these Miku voicebanks:
•Sweet,
•Soft,
•Vivid,
•Light,
•Solid,
•Dark.
The idea is to make them younger or older than OG Miku depending on how they sound, and that they can be considered either sisters or "how Miku looked/will look at x age".