Talk:AVANNA/@comment-53539-20121109102958/@comment-35301431-20121109142028

Yeah, I was going to comment on that yesterday but I was tired from all the awesome.


 * V1 era, (from what I remember) Yamaha developed Vocaloid engine and then promoted it around to see which company would be interested in creating synthesizer under their name with Yamaha as the source. From the looks of it, music companies were not interested. Only two companies bit and they were hesitant about it. And also their first two products were commercially failures due to the tech being new and the audience being unsure what to think of it.
 * V2 era, Crypton decided to try again and were successful. And to an extent so were PowerFX. And yeah, the rest is history full of colorful tears. But as the years of V2 went on and the fanbase grew, Yamaha got into marketing when Sonika's second anniversary. It became really obvious when the VY series were released. However, they seemed to be holding back when it came to voice banks in other languages besides Jp and En.
 * V3 era, Yamaha appears to be at the helm, they now see how interested society is getting, how music is changing, and how the fanbase is full of young people ready to be turned on to the technology called Vocaloid. And while you can ride the wave of "''its about the voice'~!!'" all you want, it is obvious that the personification of the vociebank matters as well. It is good for promotional use and it gives the audience that were so unsure in the V1 era that the mascot on the box is who they are meant to imagine when listening.

So far, it has been a "hit -miss" and "positive-negative reaction" with Japanese Vocaloids. The voice banks Gacahpoid, Tone Rion, VY, and Mew are the proof. They are what you get when something is too much of a good thing. I would break down each reason but I don't want to take up the page.

I just want to say I would LOVE for Yamaha to be successful with Vocaloid in the Americas because imo we really need it, the music industry is changing and more people either want to be in the industry by being actual singers, writers, or composers. Now when you do it legit and do the "waiting game" it is exhausting. Vocaloid in the Americas may not reach the popularity as with Tokyo producers and citizen and our Otaku are spread all over, but its worth a chance.