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He is considered one of the better English Vocaloids for clarity and considered the clearest English Vocaloid 2 voicebank. Big-Al is typically geared for early-mid 20th century classic rock although he has been used for a wide variety of genres such as blues, disco, and pop. Amongst western producers, Big-Al is considered one of the easiest English voices to use and is not known for any major glitches or flaws beyond the typical Vocaloid 2 engine restrictions. He had more keys recorded for him than Sweet Ann. His accent is American.

His voice favors singing in the range (in classical music terms) bass to baritone, but also has a good tenor range. He was the only English capable male Vocaloid with breath samples in the Vocaloid 2 range, unlike other Vocaloid 2 voicebanks with breaths, his samples are not just inhauling sounds.

According to some reports, Big Al is the only Vocaloid 2 capable of hitting notes as far as E1 without any troubles. He is also the deepest vocal within the Vocaloid 2 era.

He is capable of reaching higher octaves, however it is generally accepted that his voicebank is more suited for the lower octaves as he tends to switch to a more falsetto vocal on his higher pitches, this is a sharp contrast to his deep lower notes. His heavier vocals make his voicebank unstable on some beginning sounds, giving a croaky result. This, however, can be fixed with further editing and vocal filters. Big Al is also particularly heavy on his vowels. He also does not sound like a professional singer and often sounds more Singspiel style.

Big Al has some issues with his R phoneme. He can only roll his words if the R is at the end of the phonetic data. This makes his use of the R the weakest of the English only capable Vocaloids with this ability. It also makes his voicebank more limited than theirs in its capabilities for some non-English words. Also, although he had breath samples, they were more like grunting noises and were placed as the weakest of the Vocaloid 2 set of breath samples.