Board Thread:Japanese VOCALOID discussion/@comment-142.161.75.174-20170324204934/@comment-53539-20170325195316

The v4x range... Is a mess thanks to EVEC. I wouldn't get Luka unless you are serious, the Kagamines get the raw deal of EVEC and Miku is about as good as it gets. so you have that at least... But to be honest... You can ignore EVEC and it doesn't matter, the vocals have a little more flexibility to a few of them over V3 and I would recommend them over V3 for that reason. You can get both and they will XsY with each other now at least... Same with English V3 and V4 miku. But ignoring EVEC... Leaves you never fully making use of the software.

But you won't get the full V3 or V4 software

If you also don't know much Japanese, the Vocaloids become a toy you can only slap in VSQX files into or produce sub-par non-Japanese languages with... In fact, Vocaloid itself at times can be not all that useful.

If you really want recommendations for a first Vocaloid... It ain't easy anymore to pick one. Even I, who has the money for a brand new vocal for the first time in 3 year, can't decide which English vocal *I* want and I consider myself *very* knowledgeable on English Vocaloid. In V2... It was easy...

My advice? Start with a list of all Vocaloids you are interested in and take it to Vocaloid Otaku forums for opinions or each. Draw up reasons you want a Vocaloid, the kind of vocal you are after and explain why you want it. For example, if XSY is your thing, then your better off with a AH software or Internet co then CFM. If English... Its a native (Diva, Songman, Dex, Daina), Fukase, Megpoid English or Nana. :-/

And this is the big issue with CFM, as good as they are they often aren't the best of whats out. There is always other Vocaloid that are better, no matter WHAT CFM produces and often what sells them is their loyal fanbase and overbearing popularity. Even the closet non-CFM Vocaloid in terms of popularity can struggle to compete, and this is Gumi.

Even back in v2... IT was always a mixed bag...