Things seem to have reeeaaalllyyy quieted down in the last few years. Members that haven't been active in a year are still at the top of "notable member" list. I'm seeing a lot less from the people who had high-quality banks and/or were very popular. At least two UTAU users have now gotten Vocaloids (Macne Nana and Ruby, voiced by Misha), and who knows, there could be more. It's seeming easier (feels weird to say that considering it still is extremely difficult) to "become" a Vocaloid, but with the flood of releases following V3 and V4 it's starting to seem to me like people will just start getting Vocaloids left and right. A popular UTAU user even got to design a Vocaloid (which certainly isn't the same as voicing one, but still.)
That being said, that's just it; popular UTAU users are getting these chances. So you'd hope that that would mean UTAU actually gets a big surge of people trying even harder now that there's been fruits of these efforts!
Anyway, was just thinking about this because the people I used to talk to and do UTAU collabs with have stopped using it altogether (and as such our own friendships have tapered away...) so I worry that I won't find any solace in it anymore if I'm just doing it by myself, you know?
Kind of a rant. Sorry about that.
That being said, that's just it; popular UTAU users are getting these chances. So you'd hope that that would mean UTAU actually gets a big surge of people trying even harder now that there's been fruits of these efforts!
Anyway, was just thinking about this because the people I used to talk to and do UTAU collabs with have stopped using it altogether (and as such our own friendships have tapered away...) so I worry that I won't find any solace in it anymore if I'm just doing it by myself, you know?
Kind of a rant. Sorry about that.