Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-92.3.202.241-20150420160231/@comment-53539-20160214205018

@Fanty.... Dex and Daina were not recorded in a studio. The mic used had to be of a certain quality to even be considered, while there are other implications, bare in mind Vocaloid itself has a habit of altering the way a vocal sounds. Misha spoke about how Ruby ended up sounding nasally when none of the samples sounded nasally. This is not the first time this has happened, as Gackpoid V2 was one of those who came off more nasally then the singer. Also, bare in mind in addition Yamaha would not let a Vocaloid release unless it met a certain quality.

Also, Syo also had a hand on them. A lot of the confusion was caused by Anders not doing his job so well and PowerFX not being either given the right messages, or by the fans causing problems that didn't need to exist by putting pressure on the parties involved. Syo and Misha prob. didn't really think too hard about things when they were saying half the stuff pre-drama nor the impact *some* of what they were saying would be taken out of context or too literal. Furthermore, despite Syo's complaint about what he was paid, he was given the amount 1 vocal was worth with promise for more if Ruby sold well. Which obviously she has not, but this is the consumers to blame fr either not liking her, being taken by the stupidity of the drama, or just going after Diva, Dex and Daina or some other Vocaloid. A typical producer can't afford every Vocaloid... Either way, PowerFX is poor and can't afford too much of a investment, being one of the smallest groups within Vocaloid.

I'm not saying Ruby was good, I'm just pointing out the issues with your reasons for hating her. I think the flame hair of the first concept was original for the franchise, while the rest of the design had been done with Sonika already and wasn't anything new. Though I still stand by the final design that, to be frank, once the fans decided they didn't like that first design they'd have liked any other from that moment forward. The Ruby design is nothing we've not had before in some shape or form, and lacks anything that would be called "original" as a concept. This was something Dex and Daina had going for them with their beast features at least. Its also why I hate that PowerFX vocaloid post Oliver lack the monster theme, lacking it means that you have no product identity and this can happen a lot.

Also I doubt PowerFX is tarnished forever... Sonika was to Zero-G the same problem, and yet Dex and Daina are really popular. Also don't forget that Big Al and Sweet Ann were considered two of the best English vocals for V2, Big Al being the overall 2nd highest quality since he was nearly on par with HQ Prima. PowerFX will make more vocaloids, but in the future things may change. This is the same company that gave people vouchers out when Big Al had download troubles on the day of release in V2, their not all bad and half the problem is caused by fans like SleepyShep on VO not willing to let a issue go. To the point I stepped in to confirm a while ago PowerFX ARE still making more vocaloids and Bil is a nice guy to talk about. Really... People should just contact him nicely and speak to him... ask him about Vocaloids in a way thats not snarky/stuck up, and you'll find his a nice guy who takes time to respond to almost all questions; something the other studios do not always do.

As for the comparisons to Gumi.... Thats kinda not too fair... Gumi isn't the me vocal type, Diva is the closet type to Ruby. Also, for one reason or another, English Vocaloids aren't so black and white like some of the other vocaloids due to the higher amount of variables. If we're talking bad vocals... Discounting the V1's as for their time they were considered "good", the lowest quality we had in current era use possible vocals is Luka V2 English and Sonika... Luka V2's problem was a lot of missing sounds (like... pretty much half of them), while Sonika had a lot of content, she was cursed with LQ audio. :-/