Talk:VOCALOID3/@comment-31916649-20190308040444/@comment-53539-20190308095247

It may be around for longer as overall there isn't much difference between V3s and V5s. All thats changed is quality of recording and recording methods, one is a result of progression of time and the other a bid to stop Vocaloids from sounding alike.

The Japanese Vocaloids, which are all that matter in terms of the grand scheme of things when it comes to Yamaha's decisions, basically haven't had any major changes in years. More triphones added is pretty much the only improvement at all, and you won't ness. notice it.

This is different to V1, which was never able to go onto V2 or later engines. V2 meanwhile became more noticeable over time things had moved on from them. Once most of the V2 era Japanese Vocaloids moved into V3 or V4, there was no reason for Yamaha to hang onto V2 at all. So Piko and the 5 Engloids for that era went bye-bye.

We don't yet know how things will be, but you can expect a V3 general retirement from 2020 onwards. The next version of Vocaloid should be due in 2022, if current trends keep up. Sad reality is the price of maintaining support for old tech doesn't outweigh the progression technology makes over time. The only issue with V3 is there is a lot of Vocaloids in this generation so thats going to be a lot lost if it happens. I'm hoping the amount of vocals lost will change things. However, since there is 3 years ahead of us still, thats more then enough time for studios to update.