Talk:Otomachi Una (VOCALOID4)/@comment-37740113-20181207041521/@comment-53539-20190429103648

I could argue otherwise, though... To be fair unlike when people go "Len is the best Vocaloid", there are far less arguments to counter Una's "why she isn't". Partly because not as much is known about her weaknesses and part because she is much better then the majority of Vocaloids.

Also, if you get into V4 XSY I myself consider her essential as there are 4 voicebanks that you can use for technical reasons; Megpoid V4s 10 voicebanks (adjust how you want), Gackpoid V3/V4 (male vocals), Kokone (falsetto) and Una. With Kokone and Una being the most stable as they cover a lot of other Vocaloid ranges due to their size. So even if you don't like the vocal, you may get the voicebank for this reason alone.

Chika, Cul and Ryutos voicebanks... Cul and Ryuto react funny to XSY and if you have Megpoid... You basically have little reason for Chika, as Chika's too similar to Gumi and Gumi has more voicebanks. :-?

@Maniella Rana's most major issues is basically being that she isn't that useful. She has a similar range to most V2's both in vocal and tempo, so is outclassed by most V3 - V5 vocals (not all tho, note here). Plus she was made to be a beginner friendly vocal, but it can be her downfall as there isn't much to her vocals depth. Biggest thing I think they did wrong is they should have either included XSY or another language... As there just wasn't enough differences between her V3 version and its V4 version, is that the V3 and V4 engines were both full of voicebanks that were much better value or more advance.

You can master her vocal easy... But there are better vocals out there and you'll want to move on from her sooner or later to a more useful vocal sooner or later.

I think this is the most major downside to Rana though, which is good as its... Not really a downside in the grand scheme of things. If you compare to Act1 Kagamines or Sonika, being known for being a bit too basic isn't a bad thing. Plus there are some producers out there who've managed to do some good things with her and really expand upon this well. Considering most Producers use between 1 to 4 Vocaloids and have limited funds... Rana was one of those Vocaloids you could afford to skip because of this reason alone. Whereas Una can become one of the essential V4 XSY technical voicebanks.