[Bob-san]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JZO8J2moWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSoLpzhqUk
and many more...

Thoughts?

[DarkBasilisk]

It's too bad all the really really high quality ones (there's several that sound nearly human), aren't really concert songs

Ex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKc2h0PiSIA

I'd like to see something like that in concert even if it isn't party mode, either that or something wtf like Double Lariat 

[Pred the Penguin]

I've never even heard of this. o_o

[NGTM-1R]

I've never even heard of this. o_o

I have, but am totally uninterested in seeing what it does!

[Ravenholme]

I've never even heard of this. o_o

I have, but am totally uninterested in seeing what it does!

It's technically impressive NGTM-1R, even you have to admit that.

Though only the Japanese could dream up the idea of a holographic frontman/woman for a band.

[Gortef]

It's indeed quite impressive what that software can do. I've had an interest for the whole thing from the moment I heard about it... can't remember when that was though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoT7F10D8TQ

[Satellight]

Wouahouh ! Technically, that was pretty awesome...

However, the song in the first link remember me of the beginning of this 

That's pretty disturbing...

Just try these simultaneously :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-JZO8J2moWA#t=23s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--I1v8K9zxw
 

[Ghostavo]

I'd like to see a human singer try to sing as fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVRJQQlvx1k&feature=related

[Flipside]

I've used Vocaloid on a few occasions, it's a nice little tool, but takes a lot of practice to get right. Personally, I prefer stuff like Voices of Passion or the Forgotten Voices collection.

[iamzack]

Watching those first videos makes me incredibly uncomfortable and I'm not sure why.

[redsniper]

Because it reminds you that robots will soon take over the world?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Have a listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBr5ogGDfOs

Apparently, the guy who composed this song has Miku Append.

[Mongoose]

The technology is impressive, but the whole "Let's make like Sharon Apple from Macross Plus and have virtual concerts yay!" is more than a little unsettling.  I mean, it's one thing to do something like Dethklok concerts, where Brendon Small et al. are performing under a screen showing the fictional characters, but when the vocals themselves are completely artificial...I don't really see the point at all.

(The characters make for some really great pr0n, though.  Not that I would know personally. >_>)

[Spoon]

Vocaloids are awesome.
I've watched those concert videos with absolute amazement when they first came out.

[Nemesis6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqRk3rSdaw

[Commander Zane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSoLpzhqUk
Wow they get this and we get...Justin Beiber...NO FAIR

[Kolgena]

I swear that the hologram is lipsynching the music.

I'm just surprised that you would want to go to a concert to listen to a synth.

I also just realized that the live band has a slightly more difficult time than other bands to get their timing right. I mean, they're essentially playing to a prerecorded voice (I think?), and need to get the timing of when the vocals stop and start exactly right, or else entrances will be... messy.

[Flipside]

I'm just surprised that you would want to go to a concert to listen to a synth.

I saw Jean Michell Jarre at Docklands

[Commander Zane]

I'm just surprised that you would want to go to a concert to listen to a synth.

I saw Jean Michell Jarre at Docklands

Ooh that would be awesome.

[Ghostavo]

I swear that the hologram is lipsynching the music.

I'm just surprised that you would want to go to a concert to listen to a synth.

I also just realized that the live band has a slightly more difficult time than other bands to get their timing right. I mean, they're essentially playing to a prerecorded voice (I think?), and need to get the timing of when the vocals stop and start exactly right, or else entrances will be... messy.

The voice is not prerecorded, it uses a speech synthesizer. That's the whole point of the thing, to be able to reproduce human singing at will, just giving it a melody and lyrics.

I'd wager there's some sort of input given to it by part of the band so it can keep up with them, and not the other way around.