User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/End of Year Vocaloid most/least favs/@comment-25259979-20151224011226/@comment-53539-20151224100212

I know Meiko doesn't get enough credit for the things she does right and is often praise for things that other vocaloids can do better at this stage. As I've said in the past, the problem with good Meiko songs is their good Meiko songs. She is a very good vocaloid, but eery time a song gets covered of hers... Another vocaloid appears that an do that same song better. So my expectations for Meiko are high, because of how many good songs there are of her. Which means it takes a lot for a song to stand out using her voice.

If you want reliability, Meiko's the girl, if you want character, she sadly is not. But a lot of the fault lies back to her V1 roots at the original VY1-esque vocal. Her faults lie in her original design and not in the vocal itself. Just as Len and Rin are limited because they have to sound like they are Rin or Len, Meiko is limited because she can't go wild with her VBs like any of the CV girls such as Luka and Miku can. The same goes for Kaito... But Kaito has always ha the engine itself on his side. In V1, his vocal range was less then V3, but due to V1's engine itself, the range got extended thanks to being highly compatible with it.

Don't get me wrong, I can never hte a vocal with a good track record like Meiko. Its just she lacks that "hit or miss" factor that comes with Vocaloids like Big Al, Miku, Nana, etc, where in you can draw a precise opinion in one direction or another for or against them. And to be fair... V3 was unkind to Meiko overall. :-/

I think Dex is a good vocal.