User blog:Rilena/Dilema of choosing V5 or V6

I currently have VOCALOID4 with the Kagamine V4X bundle. The voices may not be the best (English is definitely the weakest for both), but I purchased them nonetheless and don't regret my decision. I've had the program for three years, and have barely touched the V4 editor by Yamaha, mostly because it felt odd to use and hard to manage. Since V5 came out around a year ago, I have listened to songs by some famous producers I thought were "mediocre" when it comes to tuning. VOCALOID5 actually does a pretty good job at masking the "synthetic" aspect of voicebanks when tuning is done right. I think it's wonderful, especially since some v1-esque aspects came back. The only issue I have is my rationality. My heart is telling me to get V5, whereas my brain tells me I should wait until VOCALOID6, which would be my last time to be elligible for an upgrade. Wouldn't everything that makes V5 a nice program be refined in V6? I haven't made any music with the software yet. I have covered a couple of songs for the sake of learning how to tune, but I feel like I have an obligation to compose at least ONE song. Especially since I have an almost-unused MIDI piano. Yes I will still be able to get V4 to sound realistic, but V5 really was a true upgrade. It kind of felt like the program went from V1-V2 and kind of jumped to V5 with some extremely minor tweaks. I gotta pay out of pocket for this software, it's not like I'm gonna get it as a present. I don't want to make an impulse purchase. So waiting until ~2023 sounds kind of dumb, but at the same time I feel like I could get more use out of V4's mess of an editor. (Ken and Amy are my new favorites from V5. Chris is okay, and Kaori sounds pretty average.) I bet the standard vocals will be available in the next versions though. Rilena (talk) 03:12, May 22, 2019 (UTC)

PS Why is it that in almost every single video featuring Standard Vocals (AmyChrisKaoriKen) they insist on using art with alternate designs? Artwork depicting their original designs apparently aren't cool enough? Do we even need art of the vocalist plastered on top of every cover that's done?