Talk:VOCALOID3/@comment-76.28.197.86-20130415214107

Well while I've been making MMDs I held back on diving into the English Vocaloid pond until Miku was going to show up - then I ran across the Gumi English release.

I DLed the demo gumi and was impressed enough to buy the full editor. I'm getting my chops down in that editor but I've done music with DAWs for years so I know the feel.

Anyway I see the real big problem and that's been kinda touched on - is the phonemic deficiency of the Gumi English voice bank  - that fascinates me. It's been understood for many many years that there are a specific set of English Phonemes and how Yamaha could fail to release a product without the full set astounds me. I say that from the viewpoint who has my undergraduate degree in Speech and Language.

That said - it's still an amazing product.

If anyone knows of a source for the  undocumented phonemic features please post here.

On Gumi English - you have to develop a sense on how to approach it and what you are doing but it has the capacity to sound VERY GOOD.