Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-30602727-20160202181457/@comment-26427856-20160411012441

Angel Emfrbl wrote: The difference between the CFM and Sonika is quite a bit. It depends on the audience, the process used to process the vocals and the results.

Those who did buy Sonika, a lot of them bought her despite knowing her flaws because the vocal is cute and she was one of the better looking vocaloids boxart terms. Despite being a much better singer, Sweet Ann doesn't get so much attention because people view her boxart as "ugly" (which is ironic given the picture is of a woman who in her carer was considered attractive). So people judge a lot of the Vocaloid by their looks first and their vocals second.

People are buying the English Kagamines, despite the fact their sucky in terms of vocals compared to other vocals like Fukase or Oliver which cover about the same rough territory and are better overall. Its because they sound "cute" and look "cute" on the boxart.

Also, Sonika, like other vocals such as Oliver, have soft vocals and at least in the western fandom... People value clarity over other traits. :-/ Okay, I typed a reply a few hours ago and I know I posted it, but now it's not there, WTF? I guess I'll just try my best to recreate it. >.<

Sonika is my favorite because I think her voice is hot. I heard her voice before I saw any artwork of her. It was her voice that made me want to find out more about her, before I even knew she was a Vocaloid or what Vocaloid even was. When I bought her I didn't know about her flaws other than that she can sound unclear at times. I was considering buying the English Kagamines, but after I heard their not-so-good quality I was like NOPE.   My birthday is coming up in 20 days and I'm considering asking for another Vocaloid. I'm considering either YOHIOloid or Fukase because I want an English/Japanese bilingual. I was leaning more towards YOHIOloid, but I recently read that he has some script issues. I haven't heard too much of Fukase English yet, so I'd have to do more research before I choose.

In other news, I FINALLY sent an email to the professor of my Electronic Music class describing Vocaloid. He says I can tell the class about it tomorrow. :D

I also have a question. If one were to download a demo of a V4 voicebank, would the Tiny V4 Editor that comes with it expire at the same time as the voicebank trial expires, or would Tiny V4 still work after that? I was having a discussion with someone in the comments on a YouTube video and she said that she'd like to collaborate with me sometime since she has Oliver, but she only has the Tiny V3 Editor. The issue of the length restriction could be gone around by chopping the sequences up, but any VSQXs that I would make in the V4 Editor (full version) or any VSQXs that had already come from V4 she wouldn't be able to open regardless of their length because of the lack of reverse compatibility. But if the Tiny V4 Editor from a V4 voicebank demo would work indefinitely then she could just load Oliver into that. If not, is there some other way around this issue?