Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.89.162.24-20130812014139/@comment-53539-20130812071444

V3's been the best overall version of english vocaloid and there hasn't been really any 1 vocal that excels over the rest or isn't suitable unless your style suits them... In V2 pretty much every vocal had a problem which majorly would bring it down. Sweet Ann was very glitchy and dated, Sonika was mumbly AND glitchy, Big Al was croaky and too singspiel, Luka lacked diaphonetic samples and was too soft, Prima/tonio were too hard to work with and for experts only... :-/

As for Gumi, Gumi has bad english transactions which even internet co admitted. The library it an attempt to help avoid the bad samples, so when you type in words the auto-phonetic assignment system will try and dodge the problems. however, its fast once you learn the phonetics to type them in directly rather then letting vocaloid auto0-assign them, this is where the vocal will let you down.

Otherwise, the vocal is a nice all round type... The quality lets it down and if your after GOOD english go for Oliver and Avanna. Though both are soft (Oliver's is due to being a child-vocal (see Yuki for the same problem)) vocal types which works against them. Most people using Gumi say she is pretty fine and having used her demo myself I think she is also fine.

Beginner vocal? Well... I'd put her as that from using her, she is about on level with the V2 Big Al vocal, though as a V3 she will be naturally better then him on a technical level. Big Al has a stronger vocal then her and I find he is actually clearer... But he is heavy going into words which is expected...

Miriam is a V1 vocal, the best of V1 English, but there are better then her out now. She is cheap... V1 has some capabilities V2 or V3 don't have. But V2 and V3 are higher quality. We've been talking a lot about Kaito V1 Versus Kaito V3... As one should note on the two engines, V3 is higher quality, but V1 being as primitive as it was had a lot of 'give' in it. Since V1 is retired pretty much and its known V1's are due for retirement (no date has been given, this was stated though in 2011) it does put a damper in buying one. However... They ARE cheap, like, really cheap, often.

English Gumi might still have her demo up, you can test that if you can find it, I don't know if we've linked to it or not... :-/

Kaito V3 english is in the same boat as Gumi, good vocal type, fair level of english... You just end up with 3 vocals you may not ever use. Miku English, YOHIOLOID and Meiko V3 (confirmed English vocal) are due within the upcoming months... Kagamines are also confirmed English vocals being prepared. There is also V3 Luka... A Male counterpart for Avanna (no news though on this guy since 2011), a VY series english vocals (no news though since 2010), possibly English Lily and Gackpoid (no news since last year) and VocaTone confirmed a american accented vocal after yohoiloid. SeeU English is on hiatus though so this is the only let down right now...

there are plenty of vocals still yet to come. So holding out for another vocal is not completely out.