User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/Extra vocals XSY and all that.../@comment-27278302-20151205112512/@comment-53539-20151206110753

I know their only suggestions, but they are the same range for every vocal. End of story. For crying out, I've been in the fandom since 2009, I know by now... It doesn't matter. Each vocal. Same suggested range, same suggested tempo. If you had taken in what I was saying you wouldn't be questioning things about range. As I said, I know they went for natural tones, they wanted you to be able to change mid song and it not notice... They've been saying this since before V3 megpoid came out back when it could have been V2 or V3, I just said there was little advantage to this style.

And I acknowledged that different tones might be better for different songs. I just said there is no advantage beause no matter what you buy a vocal that does the same genres. It amounts to only a slight advantage over another vocal. And when it amounts to things... Again... If you're buying Gumi Power for Rock, Flower, IA Rocks, etc, can do a better job.

10 vocaloids covers more tone range, vocal range and tempo range then Megpoid 10 between them (well, depending on who you go for). Screw price and XSY for the moment. Just picture stuff like that doesn't matter for a moment. Now tell me how great Megpoid V4 is with 10 vocals, when 10 vocaloids can cover more between them.

Reality is, a producer who owns all 10 may never use all 10 anyway. Take it from me, I own just 4 Vocaloids (once 5), and you get favourites. XSY, the subject of this blog, offers a lot of new options; but at the end of the day the core Megpoid vocals may give you 100 tone options, but not 100 Vocaloids voicebanks worth of tones. Some results will barely be different to what Gumi can already produce. XSY is only good at taking the few a typical new producer starts out with and making them have a lot more. It doesn't give you a replacement for other Vocaloids to exist. This is the point of the blog. I'm not running down XSY or Megpoid V4, I'm just saying, I'm skeptical about some of the new packages have to offer in light of the XSY option.

Also... Why focus on Megpoid V4? Twice now I've mentioned Luka V4x, who with EVEC can do more then Megpoid V4. Why aren't you criticising e for bringing up Luka V4x when its in the same boat here? If its a simple case of defending Gumi, well... Tough luck I like Gumi and am happy she got 10 voicebanks. I just dont think all of the Megpoids new 10 VBs were offering much more then the original 5 had to offer.

Also, Rin is second popular, Gumi is third...

Sorry, for both the long post and the rant-like nature of the reply. Its just I get the feeling you aren't getting what I'm saying. And really.

Tl;dr version;


 * Its okay to have reservations and criticism towards a package, because you can image how things can be different. In my case I just felt there was more benefits to XSY vocals if there was more to the 10 Megpoid vocals then what we got.  Thats pretty much it.  I've been with this fandom and seen enough releases to know when we want more from something.

And I won't stress that I like Gumi. Its just since last year Internet co has really dulled her down, since we had Kokone and Chika who were both either based on a failed Gumi project or were too Gumi-equse. She isn't in my top 10 anymore, but I like her.