Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20160713122023/@comment-53539-20160718182609

Giuseppe has also had similar reactions. I remember him coming here and arguing over the fact a lot of fans, Spanish included, felt Bruno and Clara's "r" sounds were off. He basically said they don't know what their talking about.

I think if a lot of people have the same thoughts on a certain vocaloid, its best to investigate to why this is the case. Even if it turns out to be a mistaken thing (as half the stuff said on engloids is), I don't expect the first few Spanish vocaloids to be without their faults. And honestly, Vocaloid in general has slight problem with "w" and "r" sounds, often if their too weighted, just as it has problems handling lower range or it added nasally to Ruby. So it could well and truly, Giuseppe is right, but he should have found out why and explained why people think their "r" was off even it was the engine to blame. Not tell us flat out that we don't know what we're talking about. :-/

Most of the time, he is better then this, but I guess every so often frustrations build up and he reacts. I put this down, as I did with PowerFX, as "being human". But still, even if his vocal "sounded like Clara", its partly to be expectant if the vocal is within the same range or tonal group as Clara. More demos would have shown off the voice, and given that Clara is a V3, Lucia would have had the advantage of being a V4. Plus with only 3 Spanish vocals, Lucia would have the advantage here because not only is the competition low anyway, but the lack of a V4 vocal means she would have a bigger +.