Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-29389884-20161003215238/@comment-53539-20170331134708

English can be set from installation thus only the vocal library is a problem in terms of language barriers.

At this point... Don't even look at V2's unless you really want them.

Yukari is "easy to use" to a degree, but her softness is not always as easy to use as other vocals. She can be lost against BGM during mixing... If you can't speak Japanese though or are familiar with it, note it is easy to overlook the sound problems that the Japanese vocaloids do occasionally produce. So if your Japanese is limited, then no matter how easy the Vocaloid is you will still have the same problem. only get a Japanese vocal as a first buy if you know enough Japanese to play with, or aren't interested in using Vocaloid as anything but a toy to toss files into to do cover songs.

Sayig that, English Vocaloids are a pain to use, but at least you can understand them. I wouldn't buy anything but a V4 though due to the improvements between V3 and V4 from most sides of the oceans...

If in doubt go bilingual. You get to play with Japnese and still have access to English! In fact bilinguals have become popular first choices for this reason alone. ;-3

Piapro Studio has its pros and cons... There are limits to both it and the full Vocaloid studio. Plus, you have to deal with the problems of V4x if you go for any of the 3 packages and hat they toss at you is not always good.

The lite version of Vocaloid in itself only is good for producing sound samples and loops using the vocals due to its limitations and is supplied with any V3 or V4 vocal. Its been designed for those who only want Vocaloids to get a few sound blurps from.Plus it got around v2's issue of supply engine + voicebank (price and problems made V2s ugly purchases). But it doesn't hurt to have both the full software and Piapro.