Talk:DAINA/@comment-29714788-20160509041642/@comment-26427856-20160509111706

I personally find Dex to be easier to use, and he also fits very well with Sonika and Big Al. Daina sounds better with Avanna though (in my opinion). They both have some phonetic issues (not too many though), but I feel like Daina's are more noticeable most of the time, including in the ways you mentioned. One of Daina's most notable issues (to me) is that the phonetic [u:] sounds a bit like the phonetic [U] if it's the first phonetic in a string (or sometimes it can sound like [U u: consonant]), and it has a weird attack on her lower range if it's the first note in a string. I say this is significant because there isn't really a workaround for it, while I feel that most of her and Dex's other issues (that I've come across and that I can remember right now at 4:15AM) have some sort of workaround. Daina's growl is hardly audible, but when it is it sounds like she's gargling a little; Dex's is better, but not much; neither growl as well as Fukase. I find Dex to be just a little easier to work with, but I don't find either of them to be particularly hard to work with (but then again, I started with Sonika and then Avanna, and they were harder to work with, so maybe it's just that I'm more skilled now?). There's the thing how they both can sound a tad gravelly at times, but you probably already know about that. I'd say that Dex can sound more gravelly than Daina, but neither is too gravelly, it just kinda depends on the range they're singing in and the parameters.

Overall, although I like them both, I like Dex better. I was in the same position you are where I knew I wanted to get Dex and I wasn't sure if I wanted to get Daina too. (At the time I was looking to get my first male and I like his tone a little better too.)  I didn't see myself using Daina much either, but I have an original song in very slow progress with her. But I'll still probably use Dex more. And although I'm not a big fan of Macne Nana, I think a duet between her and Dex could be cool.