Talk:Vocaloid (mascot)/@comment-203.104.11.24-20170714033847/@comment-53539-20170719101011

As once a very strong a Gumi fan, these days I disagree since I believe time has not been good on many of the V2 era vocaloids. Though they have their fans, the reality is a lot of newer vocaloids are better then they are, since many of the post-V2 era vocaloid have better tempo and vocal ranges then they did. They can add extra vocals, improve recordings... But unless they actually improve Gumi, they don't change what she can do. English was the only solid improvement to the Vocaloid since V2, as it allowed a new language.

When you consider Kokone was based on an old Gumi idea, and Chika sounded too much like her, you realise Gumi's other fault is she has been reduced to a common Vocaloid voice type as time progresses. Event tho her 10 V4 voicebanks sound impressive... They really don't do much she couldn't do with 1.

In short, she was a great Vocaloid, but has since lost to time. Miku and co are near-same boat, but CFM is trying to prevent this but trying to reinvent them... Which leads us to the EVEC system. :-/