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I'm surprised Kafu gained so much popularity really quickly, despite the PR issues surrounding her. I guess Japanese producers really vibed with her regardless of what happened. Saying that, all of those promo demos by big producers probably helped a lot.

I've voted for unique voice too. The vocal synth market is way more crowded than even ten years ago, and I now have a hard time remembering VBs because there's so many of them that sound similar to each other. It's kinda rare we do get a truly unique-sounding VB like Flower nowadays.

I mostly stick to non-poseable figures these days, but if I had more time for photography, I guess I would collect more poseable ones? Another issue I find with poseable figures is that any accessories attached to them tend to fall off, especially when I'm trying to dust them.

It's also very rare to see a band last with all its original members intact to the present day, assuming nobody has died in the meantime. The only band I can think of right now where there hasn't been a single lineup change over the years they've been active is Rammstein, and even they've...

I agree that technological advancements, including the internet, have made it way easier for artists to work solo without the need to rely on a band, but I think much of the "death of bands" discussion is genre specific. For example, bands are still thriving and will always thrive in rock and...

When I got into Vocaloid as a young'un, I was all about the fandom/kayfabe aspect in relation to the avatars, but I had a lot of my own headcanons transplanted on top of the most common fan and "canon" depictions. (I.e. Blue of Mind!Miku is happy and cheerful in line with most fandom...

Ellie has always reminded me of Avanna in that while both voices sound pleasant enough, they both sound too soft to be true "all-rounder" VBs that can fit in well with most genres. Louder genres drown their voices out.

I dunno why, but Ellie AI reminds me of how V1 and early V2 Engloids would sound without the right tuning - a bit flat and lacking emotion. I agree with everyone who's said they like her tone, but I'm really wondering now if you can get more power out of the AI bank (and I'm aware Ellie Standard...

The one musical I still objectively adore to this day is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. The Martian noises used to scare the crap outta me as a kid ("ULLAAAAAA!!"), but now I really appreciate the prog rock score. 'Forever Autumn' still moves me to tears to this day. I'm still waiting on a...

I wasn't planning to check on the Fee thread again after all the drama surrounding her, but her voice is definitely... Erm... Not what I expected, but at the same time, exactly what I expected a fetish character to sound like? I dunno how else to explain it, but it still caught me off guard.

Oh, I like the design already! I'm being cautiously optimistic right now considering what happened with Kafu, but Sekai seems to be more of a separate character from the VP, so hopefully, Kamitsubaki have learned from Kafu.

Oh, this demo sounds a lot better! ONE sounds more like her usual self, rather than strangely pitchy, and the engine noise is minimal (if still present, as usual because CeVIO).

New IA demo: It's a self-cover, but IA's voice here isn't doing it for me, and you can hear CeVIO's engine way more prominently, like with the recent ONE demo. Also, in some parts, I keep thinking IA sounds like ONE, but in a bad way?

For whatever reason, ONE has much more noticeable engine twang in her voice than IA did in her recent demo, which is bizarre to hear.

In some parts, I honestly thought IA sounded really similar to Lia, so I can't knock CeVIO AI here, even if it is probably Ciel's tuning doing all the hard work. You can still hear CeVIO's engine twang sometimes, but it doesn't bother me here and I've kinda conceded that will always be a problem...

At first, I thought Anri Rune had come back from the dead on SynthV lol. Still, a new English VB is a great surprise. I really like her voice so far; it's distinct from Eleanor, Maki and Solaria (which isn't difficult to do right now for obvious reasons, but still).

I honestly never saw anyone use the Color Voice banks, unless I've been living under a rock (and knowing my lack of Japanese, I probably am lol.)

Hippi doesn't even appear to be a synth after all, just a vtuber. Like I've said before, 1st Place seems to be confusing everyone with terrible decisions.

I remember when V5 was being demo'd, a lot of people were impressed with the realism of the new V5 banks, but I was more interested in the effects that allowed you to make a Vocaloid sound more robotic/digitised within the engine rather than in an external DAW. ^^; I enjoy realistic tuning...

I kinda wish IA and ONE were either on SynthV or Vocaloid (in IA's case, she would be back on Vocaloid) at this point, considering how much of a clusterfuck CeVIO's PR has become. I'm also still burned over IA English only being on CeVIO. Even though I don't even use vocal synths? Don't ask me...