Especially as a Vocaloid producer, using Miku’s (oh I’m sorry, hAtsUnA mIkU) voice as an AI bank is extremely harmful to Saki Fujita, Crypton Future Media, and the vocal synth community. Sure, Crypton is a multimillionaire company, but Saki put a ton of effort into recording her vocals, so it’s upsetting to see people making a free, low budget version using paid samples. In addition, us Vocaloid producers spend days, weeks, or even months creating music. Making base files and tuning is no joke, so it’s unfair when people can make stuff like this in five minutes.
To aspiring Vocaloid users who can’t afford Miku, try SynthV! The basic version is free, the voices are super high quality, it’s easy to use compared to UTAU, and most importantly, it’s legal!
That being said, this app also uses the voices of other characters/celebrities WITHOUT the permission of the person where the vocals originated from. People can make someone say something hurtful, and blame it on the real singer/actor/voice actor; or profit off of their voice without their permission.
Instead of doing this, you can make people make AI models using their own vocals. It’s legal, and will not hurt anybody. But if you’re stubborn enough to keep stolen vocals up, then at least take down Miku’s voice.
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