Talk:Megurine Luka/@comment-24.72.8.103-20180611004348/@comment-53539-20180614073613

https://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Beginner_recommended

Yesterday I added this category if its any help, all "user friendly" or "beginner friendly" vocals are now in here if their company mentioned their purpose was to be easy to use or beginner friendly.

Note, however, the reasons for their status varies, I mean Miku V2 was easy to use, but if you cater in EVEC, English and Chinese, she may not be that now. Plus it didn't mean Miku V2 was good. This is something to consider about the vocaloids involved.

I would use trial versions and honestly stuck to your first Vocaloid being bilingual since it really is the best option for a beginner these days. Particularly if you want to do originals, doing Japanese if you can't understand may harder then you think and there is problems with English - Japanese usage. If you read that page plus English Phonetics and Japanese Phonetics you can gather a guess why.

Fukase and Macne Nana are both ideal for those who are starting out for the first time but aren't native Japanese, with Nana being the better option. Unless your a native or can have a conversation in Japanese with a Japanese person, there really is issues with jumping straight into Japanese with nothing to fall back onto if you have issues with language. Your second Vocaloid can be anything you want after that, it really doesn't matter. Fukase is also one of the vocals in the group I just linked to, but he has limited XSY.

Maika is a overrated Vocaloid in terms of anything outside of Spanish, as I've noted, a lot of people including Vocamerica push he as a Godscend to phonetics. However, she may have sounds for English but the primary vocal is Spanish. The extra phonetics that could allow her to do most other langauges are unsupported by say English diaphones or triphones and she is not a good match for a vocals quality in that language. She is good for Spanish if you want to go further with her, meaning she has long stay over vocaloids like Rana (once you master her, her limited tempo can mean a short staying power and your looking at a second vocaloid). But beyond that, you just have to treat her like Bruno and Clara. And she is not easy to use for most languages outside of Spanish, though supporters of her will cherry pick examples of her best results.