Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26213067-20150323210125/@comment-25577599-20150428220123

Angel Emfrbl wrote: I think a few people put Avanna as Sonika mk2. Oliver also does much of what Sonika does, better and he isn't even the best English vocaloid of 3 (not the worst though).

Out of the 4 V2's I own, I'd put the order as Prima -> Big Al -> Tonio -> Sonika, in order of best vocal to worst... I'ma Engloid fan and I don't have much priase for Sonika. Though despite what some say, she does good Engish overall. She says words that sometimes the other 3 Vocaloids can't say too well or at all. So in terms of English capabilities, she is better then many try and make her out to be... Its just... She is the Pyro of V2 English vocaloid... :-/ Since I literally grew up using her and trying to figure out all her bugs, it takes a lot of work and tricks to make her English solid and fluid. She can be flat and compressed at ALL TIMES and tuning her to sound amazing is something I've only seen Circus do, few times. x'D

Speaking from experience; I love SONiKA, but she isn't a VOCALOID I would recommend, to either seasoned or beginner producers. ..Definitely not beginners. Uness you're bent on learning all the tricks by starting the hard way, I highly recommend tutorials, tutorials, tutorials. Or a different voicebank altogther.