Real people covering well-done Vocaloid originals = ear seizures. Unless they are REALLY good. For some odd reason.

-Nikira

Stirru Arivv.

*snicker*

I dunno, it probably depends on the song... I've been listening to Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki today and I like some of the human covers better. Plus in the original the music kinda overpowers Miku's voice...

Also attempting to translate the song (mostly for my own benefit) but gosh is it a headache. There was an English version on Nico but "loose translation" does not begin to describe it.

There are enough bad covers of real bands out there already...why would they cover synthesized singing?

Because these songs are actually really good. Have you heard any? Just 'cause they're amateur musicians using a voice synth program and releasing for free on the internet doesn't mean they can't produce some really awesome stuff. In some cases it's probably more a case of using the synthesized voice by choice; Vocaloid is pretty popular, after all. And a lot of the covers are really good, as well.

I'm generally not a huge fan of Vocaloid music but I do have Sakura no Ame on my mp3 player. Uhh... I know that video site is blocked on BZP and you need an account for Nico... though there's a way to get around the Nico account thing. That'll work.

Sakura no Ame - music by halyosy, sung by Hatsune Miku. If you can't understand or partially understand the lyrics, it's a song about graduation and the title means "Rain of Cherry Blossoms." It's somewhat slower and lower pitched than a lot of Vocaloid songs so the synth artifacts aren't nearly as noticeable.

Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki - music by ryo/supercell feat, sung by Hatsune Miku. Always thought Miku's voice could be a bit ear-piercingly high pitched, but it's only noticeable near the beginning. This is the one I was trying to translate earlier; it's a love song. Title means "The Time When First Love Ends." This is also one for which I rather like the cover better.

Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki covered by... well, she goes by the username Φ串Φ. Very pretty voice, though.

'Course whether you like the song is a matter of taste... but you gotta admit they're very professional, and whoever did the cover has a nice singing voice.