vocaloids

Noun

vocaloid (countable and uncountable, plural vocaloids)

1. (countable) An artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.
   • Vocaloid producers often own multiple vocaloids and use them together in a single song.
   1. (proscribed, sometimes, genericized trademark) Any such artificial singer based on other singing voice synthesis software.
      • Kasane Teto is my favourite vocaloid!
2. (uncountable) Music that uses singing voice synthesizers (particularly those based on Vocaloid).
   • I love listening to vocaloid.
3. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, genericized trademark) A voice synthesis software voicebank, regardless of musicality and presentation.
   • It was too expensive to hire voice actors for every employee training video, so now we use a vocaloid for the voiceover instead.

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