Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10966617-20150906101845/@comment-5051846-20151201105950

Basically, most people right now are choosing UTAU over CeVIO. Although UTAU doesn't market, it's extremely well known and the amount of banks make it self-sustaining. Everyone markets their own UTAUs, providing UTAU with popularity by extension. If CeVIO wants to succeed, it's got to bring something to vocal synths which no one else has.

CeVIO's main competitor is UTAU because they share the same assets. Both are cheaper than Vocaloid, are very expressive when tuned, and suffer from more noticable engine noise. So when people want something cheap and expressive, which do they choose? So far I think UTAU is more popular because of the wide range of banks, complete lack of price and ability to create your own voicebanks. To succeed a CeVIO needs star power, or something it can do that no other synth comes close to.