Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20180322113157/@comment-25070303-20180407232811

CCyclone wrote: That's one thing that bugged me with CeVIO too was with their "Color voice" group of characters, particularly the older characters were harder to understand. They just have this muffle to them, and they're just so much more synthetic and expressionless than Vocaloid.

I don't know if I'd put them above UTAU because...I mean have you heard UTAU? I'd say it's much better than half the old UTAU stuff, but I will note that it's definitely improved over the years, as has Vocaloid. Maybe as time goes on CeVIO will improve, too.

I just...really wish that 1st Place had done IA as an English vocaloid. The last two IA's they did were Vocaloids, so I'm not sure why they couldn't pop one more out. Unless they really didn't have faith in the product and decided to go the cheaper, safer route.

I mean seriously there's only a handful of people who know what CeVIO is, and even then the number of people willing to invest in it and use it are minimal. Looking up Satou Sasara or ONE on YouTube yield few results, and aside from the ATOLS "Mirai" demo for ONE, there are only a few videos that have over 10k views (and less so for originals).

It feels like 1st Place just took the easy way out with this one, and it kinda bums me out. We were ready for another 1st Place vocaloid with ONE, and even more with IA English, only to be heckin let down.

Here's hoping they make like, a Vocaloid4 option for IA English!! xDDDD Again; It's been confirmed CeVIO costs more to develop.