Talk:VY2 (VOCALOID5)/@comment-34031335-20180814142929/@comment-53539-20180814164041

If you read up about their original V2 releases, the VY series itself was made to be a HQ voicebank series that set the standard for Vocaloids of their set languages. They were made to be reliable and some of the best to offer, often coming with new innovations at the time of their first releases. They fronted all new Yamaha Vocaloid related products for this reason in addition, with V5 being the first to see the 4 VYs not being put at the front anymore.

However, be warned that the normal rules of Vocaloid such as tempo/vocal range, how skilled the producer is, etc apply so... Yeah like any Vocaloid they can produce crap results.

Other then that, their both Japanese so the standard "hope your Japanese is good" advice is going to be tossed here... But honestly, if you want both VY1 and VY2, your best off getting the premium version as you get all 8 of the standard Yamaha vocals, and its the fairest price. Plus regardless if you buy V5, you get Amy and Chris so the fear of buying Japanese vocaloids and not being able to do anything due to the language barrier isn't such a big deal. You can buy V5 and no other Vocaloid software now and its considered fine for this reason.