Talk:Utatane Piko/@comment-35502347-20190128002935/@comment-53539-20190129222733

Adding once again some more information... I also would encourage if the amount can be afforded to go after the premium version. Its just the fact the 4 VYs come so cheap and there isn't many vocal packages that can compete with the extra value and those that do... Don't have 2 languages and cover 4 characters. But one should only go for one can afford. The starter packs only tend to work with the Japanese Yamaha website at times so you have to pay attention to what prices are. Its a shame because the cheapest overall release is 1 vocal from the Vocaloid Shop and the full prem version.

The only thing to look at in all of this, is that well... Moving from V2 and going to V5 is a fresh start at least. The issue with V3 is that any year now it could be risked retirement and that means its expected lifespan can't be taken as more then 2-4 years. I expect it may last longer but thats due to how many vocals there are and how few overall differences between V3 and V5 vocals are overall. Most amount to recording styles and simple improvements, but the vocals still work the same or similar and little has changed. The most part, it falls down to basically technology moving and a newer Vocaloid will be recorded with better equipment and understanding even if the set up is the same for the voicebank as a V3 vocal. But generally any V3-V5 vocal will do as all but Arsloid's extension vocals are decent vocals.

Plus bare in mind an unsupported editor is basically a walking time bomb.

I will note... Actually, despite Manaboy's comments, the purchasing of vocals is becoming a little easier in some ways, its only the dated software thats becoming harder to get. The Vocaloid Shop has made life a lot easier, but there are far less physical versions and this is the only draw back to the modern Vocaloid scene. This is understandable though, as digital copies are generally cheaper to sell, bring more profit in and there can be issues like export/import tax on physical copies. You can pull up most Vocaloids for download once purchased now freely and it isn't a problem whereas in the past you had to chase the devs for help at times for things like lost codes. The V3 era did have the easiest time when the Vocaloid store existed as it had things like the cloud option to help... But thats long gone for whatever reasons and we just have to stick with the Vocaloid Shop instead of the Vocaloid Store.