Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25153933-20140801104830/@comment-53539-20140917104836

Samth beat me to the "quit hogging all the good Vocaloids".

Just a note, Prima was considered one of the two most realistic Vocaloids at the time of realise, of any Vocaloid and Ann was noted for her clarity.

Bare in Mind Miku though popular and easy to use, wasn't realistic and had quite a few bugs, and the Kagamine's were even worst. Gackpoid had realism, but also bugs and background noise loop interference in his samples. Bare in mind also, the Japanese currently cannot buy Yohioloid other then from PowerFX. This means it works both ways. And if you want a hard copy of Gachapoid V3, your out of luck. And Galaco? Galaco was a LQ-MQ vocal in its "prize" form.

Rana herself from what I've heard so far, is about Mid-quality, she is aimed to be "easy to use" and is a beginners Vocaloid. This doesn't mean she is LQ because that means she won't be user friendly. But it doesn't point to being on par with the highest quality vocals. She has realism issues as well (which I've not noted because I need to source it, but its something I've seen be reported from Japan).

Basically anon, Japan has at this stage sprung ahead because theyc an afford to invest more into Vocaloids, but this doesn't mean every Vocaloid is HQ nor does it mean they have the better Vocaloids then everyone else. If you want a Vocaloid that does, for example, realistic boy vocals, Oliver will produce the HQ vocal for this (since Kagamine Len and Gachapoid arer voiced by a adult FEMALES and not built based on realism) and Japan has no vocal currently covering this range.