Hey! c: Welcome to the Vocaloid fandom.
Yeah, your friend's right! Vocaloid is not an ऐनीमे in any way, shape या form, but a software used to create songs.
Many people think it is an ऐनीमे because of the ऐनीमे characters on the boxes and in the videos. This is a pretty logical thing to think; I first thought it was some sort of anime, too. In fact, the characters आप see are all mascots for the voices in the software, so आप have a representation of the character when आप listen to the music.
The voices in Vocaloid are not computer generated; they hire people with good गाना abilities to record all of the syllables in the Japanese language to create a voicebank. Once the voicebank is ready, a Vocaloid अवतार is created to represent the voice. In this way, a Vocaloid is a virtual singer! :)
With Vocaloid, आप can create your own संगीत and songs with a personal singer in a box. It's a pretty neat concept, right? Some वोकलॉड्स sound almost just like people.
आप can watch Vocaloid PV's (Which are like संगीत videos) on many video-hosting websites like Youtube. Also, if आप have a Nico Nico Douga account (A Japanese equivalent to Youtube), आप can watch many वीडियो there as well. c:
It's a bit of a confusing fandom for people just learning about Vocaloid, but it's a super cool one!! Virtual singers with ऐनीमे personas means आप can connect and meet so many people that like the same songs and singers आप do.
Here are a few of my प्रिय Vocaloid संगीत videos- yes, the singers are all from the software! I hope this helps clear things up for you.
link (Sung द्वारा Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin)
link (Sung द्वारा Hatsune Miku)
link (Sung द्वारा Megurine Luka)
link (Sung द्वारा Kagamine Rin)
link (Sung द्वारा Hatsune Miku)
link (Sung द्वारा GUMI and Len Kagamine)
There are thousands और songs than these, and many, many और वोकलॉड्स to discover! :D
