User blog:Angel Emfrbl/The approach to V1...

I noticed how expensive the Vocaloid 1 Vocaloids are, the same generation in engloids is so cheap. Zero-G really encourages the sale of their first gen Vocaloids while Crypton wants to almost retire them. And the fans in the english department want backwards capabalities while Crypton's looking to update the voices. Its quite a divide opinion. But there are advantages to both programs, why not keep all versions alive?

Anyway, I added the little info we know on Luka Append and suddenly a topic came up on VO forums on just the thing. Its been known for months... Its quite amazing no one created it before we added information up there. I am I writing in asking "is everyone bored of the Kagamine Appends?". Seems like Luka has a LOT of fans. And theres a lot of folks curious about if or not she'll have english Append. It would make her the first english capable Vocaloid to have one. I don't care, so long as Luka is steady. I listened to that accent test with Luka and the other Vocalodi 2 capable Vocaloids someone did (its midnight, I'm tired, memory is dead). Luka and Sonika both have this little fluxing movement in their samples. Its like the overall tone isn't identical through the phonemes, I notice it a lot in Luka, but the accent test with them all side by side. Its the first time I've actually heard the engloids together at equal levels to judge. Tonio and Prima have the most stable of the voicebanks and Big Al and Sweet Ann are okay. There is some, but its not so noticable as with Luka.

Sonika's tin-tap sound really gets to me though. She and Ann have the worst background noise, though Ann's scratchiness is easier to clean up, I rarely hear it, Sonika's noise is almost impossible to hide, a few manage it, the odd one doesn't. Tonio and Al, their nosie is heavy viberation, Al I have myself and confirm that its most likely all these noises are just the engine. Its pretty much the engine to blame for the digital sounds of half the Vocaloid 1 eras roboticness. :-/