Talk:Megurine Luka V4X/@comment-122.52.73.25-20160401150314/@comment-53539-20160401204118

Some who won't buy a vocal if it basically doesn't sound like the vocal to them. Its why some wouldn't buy Miku Append or V3 or even Kaito and Meiko V3. Its kinda strange to say this happens, but it does. Considering that Japan is the main sales aim of the package, our opinions are pretty much useless, and V4x isn't such a great variety for us... It has two voices and both are just the same voice with light adjustment.

EVEC isn't useless, but its issue is shared in this case with Megpoid V4. Do you really need all those variations, when they barely offer any advantage because they are all within the same optimum range and tempo? Its not what it offers, but rather what it doesn't do. Its so tempting to think that its a wonderful thing, but more Vocaloids don't need to be this complex as these two packages. I've discussed this myself before that they sound great, but most producers just don't have a need for this many variations of a single vocal, making it a waste... They might need a few more versions to add realism to a song, or if the range/tempo different entirely new genres... But when you get so much variation you will only ever use a fraction of it.

when you also factor in XSY, making vocal at least double their variation potential... Variations of jut 2-4 voicebanks for the main one is fine and you don't need many more then that. You get 9 variations from a vocaloid with 3 voicebanks... With 5 you get a variation of 25 vocal tones... Yet they may not offer as much variation as 5 vocals from 5 different vocaloids and that the major trouble. For example, Miku V2 had VERY different tones from Big Al, if one ignores language for this moment to analyse it. you have to make a lot of editing to get even modern vocals of Miku V2's range to mimic Big Al's without the loss of quality that Big Al had in V2. So even if you have all those variations, you still would seek Bruno, Tonio, Big Al, etc for something it lacks. Likewise because Len isn't a true male vocal, he is limited on how well he mimics a male vocal. :-/

And this is the problem with EVEC and why its not ness. as good. Top it off, HARD and HARD EVEC, SOFT and SOFT EVEC, may not be great advantages for XSY, as unless you use EVEC varitions there is no variation basically to then. The entire package either way doesn't add significant enough advantage to the Luka V4x vocal... :-/

In some respects, as basic as it is, the Kagamines V4x is the better package for at least offering variation advantages between voicebanks.