Talk:MAYU/@comment-2601:58B:8402:9A9:6C61:152B:4164:BD73-20180624022832/@comment-53539-20180624085851

I'd argue the voice is nothing special, though unique in a generation of vocals that had trouble standing out. I wouldn't call it much though as there are lots of vocals that were better and Mayu had some unique problems.

One thing to bare in mind is V4 didn't present much of an advancement in technology, adding just XSY and GWL as a major change to voicebanks. There is no commitment for any studio to update their vocals and some are content just producing new ones. Updating costs more money then creating a new vocal.

Other then that...

ITs about the time a new engine appears so we're expect V5 to be with us by the end of 2019 at the latest and about September-Oct time at the earliest, so any releases now are either too far to be re-started or projects that are being cleared out ready for the next engine. Mayu V4 may not have any advantage being released at this point. The have been no announcements though, so bare this is speculation, but can also be a good explanation as whats going on.

Likewise, Zing is an ambitious project with English alone taking 1 year alone to produce. I said at the time that this is very ambitious, Japanese can be produced in 2-6 months so doesn't hold things up. We have no idea on much of the details of Chinese voicebank time development to comment, but its likely between Japanese and English. If V5 is around the corner, then Zing would be naturally delayed because of how long things take to produce these languages. All it would take is a annoncement mid-production of 1 of those languages and its a delay for V5. There is also the possibility its taking longer then expect regardless.