Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-2121396-20140911142659/@comment-3076833-20140914151743

Angel Emfrbl wrote: From the impression I get, its not just 3 new sounds, but the entire voicebank library itself is beefier then other Vocaloids for just singing in Japanese. The result is so she is a lot more realistic...

Basically, I'd classify her more as a experimental vocal. Which is why I disagree with it basically being "sounds like Gumi = will sell better" and think its "what we wish we could have done to Gumi". Which is more or less what Kokone was (failed to make Gumi falsetto: make a voice with similair results to Gumi because we can't make Gumi like it). :-/

Hm yes the "3 new sounds thing" was something I was going to mention but was unsure how to word it.

But I can't say I entirely agree on the "experimental vocal" bit as it sounds more like they wanted a new Vocaloid in with additional features they decided to throw in. Like kokone is essentially "We couldn't do it with Gumi so we'll do a new one" while Chika would be closer to "Let's make a new artist vocal and throw in these experimental things because we can so she can actually sell".