Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.176.74.198-20140221035333/@comment-70.50.63.221-20140224124940

I really doubt that Zero-G and Yamaha will even want to re-release their old V1 Vocaloids as is unfortunately. With the re-recordings of the "Straight" vocals for Meiko and Kaito they have said that the voices are like siblings vocals and don't have the exact same tones but are the closest they can get. Meiko and Kaito for V1 are much more robotic and choppy based on their performance as compared to their V3 Straight vocals which are smoother and softer. I find that Meiko's V3 in general is much more instable in pitch...or I guess I should say has much more flexibility in her tones as compared to Meiko V1 whom only had so much pitches to work around either sounding deeper, male, or pretty much Sakine Meiko pitch. The same kind of went with Kaito. I am glad that they did update the two and I accept the fact that they have evolved in their re-release into a completely new era of technology instead of the first 2 years of Vocaloid.

To be honest...I think that CUL should have an update (because Internet Co., Ltd. seems to rush every Vocaloid they make now) because again...she sounds nothing like her voice provider and isn't the clearest of quality she should be for a V3 Vocaloid. And I'm not entirely sure what to make of Kokone for now since she sounds very similar to Gumi imo. XD But hopefully some composers can make a new image for her than what many of us can see already.