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Mikudayo 11/26/24 (Tue) 21:53:52 No.577

Not a newfag to Vocaloid but i wasn't around for its beginnings. What was it like to be a Vocaloid fan before Miku or around the time Miku was relatively unpopular in the west (mid 2007-ish)?.

Mikudayo 11/28/24 (Thu) 03:34:28 No.582

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>>577
>What was it like to be a Vocaloid fan before Miku
nonexistent unless you're ShuT-P
>around the time Miku was relatively unpopular in the west (mid 2007-ish)?
wasn't around for that time (discovered miku in 2010) but theres pages from notable old vocaloid fansites that date back to around that time that can give you a feeling for what the early days were like
https://mikufan.com/ (might need archive.org for this because it's down currently lol)
https://vocaloidism.com/

Mikudayo 11/28/24 (Thu) 03:59:18 No.583

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>>582
>vocaloidism
god you have no idea how much i miss blogs like that. social media really was the final nail in the coffin for those types of sites wasn't it? i'll admit that following a news account on twitter, instagram and all those sites is more convenient considering it's on sites people visit often but old blogs had some charm to them.

Mikudayo 11/28/24 (Thu) 21:20:36 No.591

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>>582
I get the feeling that Mikufan is gone for good. They stopped updating it around 2022 and now it's been down for a month. Shame considering it was one of the few remaining Vocaloid news sources that didn't succumb entirely to social media but at the same time it's not like they were going to update it again.

If i had the patience i would make my own Vocaloid news blog with an RSS feed but these days AHS, Internet Co and all those companies post updates via Twitter and it's hard to keep up with most of it. I also doubt anyone would care about a news blog in 2024.

Mikudayo 11/29/24 (Fri) 04:17:35 No.596

I typed "vocalsynth blog 2024" into google and this was the first result. It's honestly better than nothing. lukasparkle

https://vocalsynthretailers.wordpress.com/

Mikudayo 12/08/24 (Sun) 21:43:54 No.628

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>>582
>mikufan
Goodnight, sweet prince

Mikudayo 12/08/24 (Sun) 23:50:25 No.629

>>628
It's time for this site to step up and make the next MikuFan!
kaitocheer

Mikudayo 12/08/24 (Sun) 23:57:27 No.630

>>629
most vocalsynth news come from japanese twitter brand accounts and its hard to keep up with all of them

also this site comes close >>596

Mikudayo 12/17/24 (Tue) 20:15:08 No.729

i actually wonder what it must've been like to see vocaloid go from a neat little tool to help producers generate vocals for their songs to a whole cultural phenomenon people still talk about to this day. from tonio, prima, sweet ann, etc to miku, gakupo, gumi, teto, etc.

Mikudayo 12/18/24 (Wed) 00:58:54 No.749

>>729
I remember when I first saw those Miku and Toyota commercials I promptly lost my mind, it was insane. bacon wrapped hot dog indeed, miku.

Mikudayo 12/18/24 (Wed) 01:01:13 No.750

>>629
That's decades worth of content anon

Mikudayo 02/27/25 (Thu) 05:43:36 No.1902

>>591
Jinxed it lensorry

Mikudayo 02/27/25 (Thu) 05:47:49 No.1903

>>749
Holy shit you just unlocked a memory i forgot i even had

I remember coming across it years ago and thinking it was the funniest thing ever… and well, it still is meikolol

HATSOONE MEEKOO - HATSOONE MEEKOO - WOO WOO