Talk:IA/@comment-31828332-20191202013334/@comment-53539-20191202084844

Is convert IA to CeVIO 100% the wrong choice?

There is yet any evidence on IA leaving Vocaloid yet, its expected but still.

''Although CeVIO represents the opportunity of have a major spotlight 'cause nobody there is barely known (except by Sasara and well ... ONE). With Vocaloid clearly Miku is the reference, so there's a little chance to reach the top there, so CeVIO seems the very right path, but thinkin that CeVIO is, too, barely known, being the top of something like that is like being the king of a bunch of mud.''

CeVIO is well known in Japan, in V3's lifespan due to the demo it had more popularity for a brief period then Vocaloid did. 120,000 downloads.

''In my opinion, CeVIO is benefiting for having IA (not by a chance vice versa). The migration could be occured when CeVIO becomes a thing, but now it's too early.''

CeVIO doesn't have anyother character with a name attached to it, literally its IA and One or bust. Hal-o-roid doesn't count because his free.

''Also for 1st Place should be aiming for IA's update (like a V5 jp and eng versions). Not that could be too different to her past voicebanks, but to take advantage of the little attention that Vocaloid still preserves. Cases like v_flower where YAMAHA reinvented her and now is more noticeable with lot of producers making music and illustrations with her.''

Vocaloid has a lot more attention then you think still. Whats going on is simply the Vocaloid craze is over and there isn't as much attention on all vocal synths anymore as there was. Since 2014, interest has been waning. This doesn't mean dying, it just means that new comers aren't outweighing the ones leaving. Yamaha never reinvented Flower, Flower's made by a third party, long story short her V4 vocal is identical to her V3 vocal expect bug fixes and an art change. The company Gynoid is responsible for Flower. All Vocaloids in the "Yamaha" group are 3rd party owned vocals. And in Japan, she isn't as popular as you think with vocals like Yukari being way more popular. We're coming up to the period wherein we get this years stats, but Flower wasn't in the top 10 last year.

''Well, I really do care much for the musical part of all this, I really like how it sounds. But it's logical, the merch is also important, sometimes even more important. But in that topic now there's not an incentive for producers to make music with here and I thinks is sad.''

Miku sold tons before reciving an ouch of merchandise. While it has become a later sticking point for her and is likely why CFM could afford to do so much with her, including leaving next year, not all Vocaloids who had merch worked out. As for the incentive to make music... Erm... Vocaloid is a music based software.