Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-26213067-20150629104508/@comment-25521131-20150706121602

Here are some changes I'd like to see

- Stress Parameters: One of the initial issues with the first 3 renditions of the Vocaloid softwares was the inability to imitate different features of singing tone, which was an issue they mentioned during the development of the initial Vocaloid software - adding the GWL parameter into V4 was the first step in addressing this issue, as it is the first parameter ( besides Gender Factor, which doesn't really count all that much since all it did was make a vocal higher or lower toned ) to have an actual effect on the type of voice the Vocaloid sings in. It will be interesting to see if they could add more parameters like this. Specifically I was thinking of a parameter that could add "Stress" into a vocal, and perhaps give off a sort of nasally, whiney tone to imitate the singing style many singers seem to have.

- More English Voicebanks: IAENGLISHIAENGLISHIAENGLIS- ~ahem, I mean... Last generation had a pretty notable lack of native English vocals, and while Japanese->English or voicebanks with extra phonemes are certainly welcome - one can't deny they have their problems, specifically the Japanese ones with their microscopic vocal and tempo ranges as well as their whole "r" and "l" issue - the only Japanese->English vocal that can really be compared to native English vocals is Gumi English, and even she had some significant issues, granted they were mostly exclusive to her. In short, it'd be nice if we could get more native English speaking vocals ( or you know, English IA would work too ;-D *is shot to death* ). Luckily, they've already started going that direction, with the second V4 voicebank being a high-quality English vocal, our first good Japanese->English vocal we've had in a while ( even if her other voicebanks suck ;D ) and now we're being just flooded with new English vocals, specifically Dex, Daina, Ruby ( Hopefully ), and still a lot more vocals that haven't had their details completely fleshed out yet, like Zero-G's male celtic vocal, apparently a rock vocal, an American vocal by PowerFX ( assuming that wasn't Ruby, which I'm pretty sure it wasn't ), and hopefully a male VY4 - needless to say, I am looking foward to the V4 generation of vocals.

- More Language Compatibility: Ok - I'm just going to put this out there. I have a love-hate relationship with ALYS, I love her voice, I love the fact she's introducing the French languageto professional synthesizers, what I don't love though is that she was originally was going to be a Vocaloid vocal but then switched to CeVIO, which not only is bad because she was going to be introducing the French lanuguage to Vocaloid, but it was a HORRIBLE financial move. Needless to say, I was really looking foward to seeing a French Vocaloid, and furthermore, to see the Vocaloid software expand to being able to speak more languages, but so far we've seen nothing since V4 - we've seen a new Korean Vocaloid that we know microscopically little about, that's it.

- Updates to Previous English Vocals: Can't really say much on this, it probably won't happen, but it would be great to see Vocaloids like Tonio, Prima, and SONiKA get V4 updates. Also, V4 Miriam needs to happen.