Talk:Ryuto/@comment-2A02:C7F:BE1F:9A00:35D1:3A0E:C45F:9C75-20190113131329/@comment-53539-20190114010655

The issue is Ryuto even at his best doesn't sound right. He sounds like his provider is holding her nose. The entire effect causes his vocal to have singing problems and he... Well... Can't really sing much at all.

ITs hard to explain and I usually example Big Al and Tonio here who I own. Tonio is a natural singer vocal and sounds always like he is singing. Big Al is more singspiel at times and has a flat vocal with a lack of expression, this notices on both when you do drawn out notes. As a consequences, Big Al can sound singspiel-ish while Tonio sings without effort. I'm not talking about pronunciation issues because that only determines how they say words, I'm talking about the general say they sound, and Tonio never looses "oomph" nor does his partner Prima. Sweet Ann, however, can out sing her partner Big Al also easily because again she is a professional vocal. Miku had the same problem as Big Al did and often sounded Singspiel-like.

On the other hand, it depends on your opinion, I've seen the Japanese comment Big Al is like he came out of the same factory that produced Miku, and its purely because like Miku the vocal is really flexible and can be altered to take different tones. This is part why Miku was considered "Easy to use" as it didn't take much to morph the vocal how you wanted. ITs not until Miki you get a vocal that can both sing and outclass miku, but Miki wasn't beginner friendly 100%.

Sadly the same cannot be said for Ryuto because his pronunciation of words is off as well. He always sounds like Ryuto, especially in the V2 version without triphones. Its hard to use a Vocaloid whose vocal never sounds right. But if you do actually manage to make him sing well... The issue is then you have a vocal that doesn't sound like Ryuto. You may as well have begun with another vocal which could produce the vocal you made Ryuto sing over choosing Ryuto in the first place. He also had one of the shallowest ranges of tempo and range for a long time, so is vocal ranges best area was really limiting and you couldn't use him for many roles or genres.

So all of this piled up to why Ryuto's Gachapoid software hardly got used and hardly gets used now, or why he is the most unpopular Vocaloid among the Japanese Vocaloids for the amount of time he has been out. He was the only one who got a V3 not because it was planned but because basically it was released only for the Gachapin 40th anniversary. Internet co., Ltd never announced any plans to update him, just Lily, Gumi and Gackpo. He wasn't even mentioned for English. My theory is they made him to count Iroha who was made for Hello Kitty, or the other way around. But... Iroha ended up being one of the best V2 vocals and Ryuto one of the worst of the latter half of V2, an era where the standard quality of V2 vocals was generally better.

As I say with Len, if you can love a Vocaloid despite all of the flaws though, you are a true fan. IT shouldn't be about supporting the best Vocaloid all the time, but I disagree with people who see no flaws at all in the Vocaloids when there are many just with the engine alone. And I said to the fan who said they were a Luka fan but hated the English vocal, "no you are not a Luka fan, you are a fan of Japanese Luka", because they couldn't accept the flawed English. When we fully accept the flaws and strengths of our favourite Vocaloid, then yes, we truly ARE a fan.