How to make Vocaloid sound less thin/wimpy?

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One thing I notice immediately is that there's no space in your recording. The touch of reverb in the Youtube example goes a long way when it comes to taking Miku out of the computer and making her sound like she's a real person standing in a real space.

As for the rest, I agree there's something different in the character. I'm not a Vocaloid user, so I have no idea how to go about changing that. Hopefully someone else will chip in :)

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By making it sound less like the original maybe? :p

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Well the syllables in your version are REALLY choppy, which would probably help. I mean, I know Vocaloid is already pretty robotic sounding, but yours sounds especially robotic.
Secondly, as mentioned: reverb.
Thirdly, there is a lower presence to the voice in the original. EQ the low-mid range to add a little more body, also the highs on yours are pretty harsh, reducing those a little might also help out.

It sounds like the attack and the release is what is making yours sound so choppy.

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skytheguy wrote:Hey all! I've been playing around with the Miku Hatsune vocaloid lately, and I just can't get her to sound firm and clear like she sounds in other songs.

For example, this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtYH6OpGWGE

I linked the acapella so it would be easier to just pay attention to the voice.

So, you can hear that it's clear and strong. Now, a bit of the same thing, but without any effects. I recreated it to demonstrate what I mean by 'thin and wimpy'.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/md9e1rb5g0p6y ... .mp3?raw=1

Now, I don't think the problem rests in the fact that I haven't put on a compressor/EQ'd it/limited it/etc. as the vocal quality just sounds completely different from the original. There's some portamento going on when I set it up so it wouldn't have portamento, the consonants aren't firm enough, and it just sounds weak overall.

Any advice would be much appreciated :D Thanks in advance!
If you allow me, my first impression is that it need to be less staccato to add a bit of realism, would sounds more powered by a human breath IMO, (in fact both original and recreation, tough it might make more sense as it is, when performing inside the whole musical arrangement)

...if it ever helps !

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To make it less wimpy, run it through the 'Metal Demon' plugin from the Psycho Toolkit by Clone Ensemble.

http://www.cloneensemble.com/pt_main.htm
my other modular synth is a bugbrand

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whyterabbyt wrote:To make it less wimpy, run it through the 'Metal Demon' plugin from the Psycho Toolkit by Clone Ensemble.

http://www.cloneensemble.com/pt_main.htm
:lol: :tu:
http://www.cloneensemble.com/audio/psycho.mp3

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