Talk:OLIVER/@comment-180.191.163.33-20121012101332/@comment-53539-20121013095053

Oliver's only muffled because he is a soft type vocal on higher ranges, which is actually common amongst vocaloids. Ia, Luka, both those girls suffer from this.

I think you need to listen to a few sonika users. Sonika's e-capsule range has quite a wide range for her listed, but the reality is she is not that large in the range. She has one set ofkeys where she goes from soft and muffled to sharp and clear, but the change is so highly noticable it makes her one of the most unstable english voclaoiuds around. Oliver also doesn't have that annoying plucking sound glitch on near as many soundssonika does, nor is he highly tinn-can sounding. Indisputed, the guy who does the most Sonika originals even said himself that Sonika is a low-quality vocaloid compared to Oliver and Oliver was much easdier to work with.

I don't own Oliver to make a comparison, but out of Sonika, Big Al, Prima and tonio, and as well as Lola who I once owned (T_T), Sonika is the worst of the 4. Followed by Tonio, Prima and Big Al. Most folks don't know how to tune Vocaloids anyway and the trouble with engloids is due to phonetic blending there is always a level of softness, made worst by the accents sometimes. Zero-G's lot are mostly succumbing to this problem owned to the british accent being much more softer on vowels, whereas big al's american accent is hard on his vowels, its why he is much clearer.

note that softer vocals are often labelled "LQ" anyway, but have much higher blending value. This is why Tonio has an issue, his lack clarity but has an execellent blending quality that Big Al doesn't have.