I initially posted this on the Vocaloid Amino but didn't get any replies - the leader of the Amino said that it might have been because of the type of people who normally use Amino compared to the people who I need to ask for this kind of question (I use Amino way too much for what could be considered healthy)
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I currently have Cubase Elements 9.5 (I know that 10 is out and is much better but I'd rather wait till I can upgrade to Cubase Artist (Pro's expensive and I don't think I am currently ready for all the features that comes with Pro)) as well as the Vocaloid 4 editor for Cubase (don't know if I want to upgrade to V5 or 4.5 yet as I'm waiting for a decent selling point at the moment).
Equipment wise I currently have a 49 key MIDI keyboard as well as (inexplicably) a Snowball Ice Blue microphone - without owning a pop filter (I rarely use it anyway as I can't sing, but if I do use it, it would most likely be used for any kind of whispering that I may need). I do play piano - 7 octives - and am currently working towards my Grade 4 so I have a piano in the living room but I mostly do production in my bedroom but it is there as an opinion (does sound better than soundfonts and VSTs but soundfonts and VSTs have a better variety of sounds).
I'm currently wondering whether or not I should look for/get:
A: a MIDI pad for an easier inputting drums (the UI that Cubase uses for inputting drums is already good, it's just that it's hard invisioning where the inputs go so I think it may be better if I can play them in and I don't know the drums (and I don't really want to due to how half-commited to practicing my piano skills already) so a pad will likely be the best way to go.
B: any good VSTs and plugins that could be used to achieve a better sound (as the soundfonts can sound quite flat at times and you don't get that many VSTs with Elements, but you do get more depending on what version you get as Steinberg does do a lot of production on VSTs and plugins), I do know that Zero-G does have a lot of experimental VSTs but I just want to get some suggestions as to what I should get to achieve the sound that I want.
I particularly want to achieve a sound that sounds like a bit of a mix between cosMo@BousouP (more specifically Disappearance and The intense singing of Hatsune Miku), Wowaka (more specifically Rollin' Girl and Unhappy Refrain), Neru (more specifically The Lost Ones Weeping and Abstract Nonsense) and JRock band My First Story (more specifically Alone and Fukagyaku Replace) with a bit of piano added in (sadly I don't have any references for that).
Just looking for suggestions...
(I have posted this on the right part of the forum right?)
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I currently have Cubase Elements 9.5 (I know that 10 is out and is much better but I'd rather wait till I can upgrade to Cubase Artist (Pro's expensive and I don't think I am currently ready for all the features that comes with Pro)) as well as the Vocaloid 4 editor for Cubase (don't know if I want to upgrade to V5 or 4.5 yet as I'm waiting for a decent selling point at the moment).
Equipment wise I currently have a 49 key MIDI keyboard as well as (inexplicably) a Snowball Ice Blue microphone - without owning a pop filter (I rarely use it anyway as I can't sing, but if I do use it, it would most likely be used for any kind of whispering that I may need). I do play piano - 7 octives - and am currently working towards my Grade 4 so I have a piano in the living room but I mostly do production in my bedroom but it is there as an opinion (does sound better than soundfonts and VSTs but soundfonts and VSTs have a better variety of sounds).
I'm currently wondering whether or not I should look for/get:
A: a MIDI pad for an easier inputting drums (the UI that Cubase uses for inputting drums is already good, it's just that it's hard invisioning where the inputs go so I think it may be better if I can play them in and I don't know the drums (and I don't really want to due to how half-commited to practicing my piano skills already) so a pad will likely be the best way to go.
B: any good VSTs and plugins that could be used to achieve a better sound (as the soundfonts can sound quite flat at times and you don't get that many VSTs with Elements, but you do get more depending on what version you get as Steinberg does do a lot of production on VSTs and plugins), I do know that Zero-G does have a lot of experimental VSTs but I just want to get some suggestions as to what I should get to achieve the sound that I want.
I particularly want to achieve a sound that sounds like a bit of a mix between cosMo@BousouP (more specifically Disappearance and The intense singing of Hatsune Miku), Wowaka (more specifically Rollin' Girl and Unhappy Refrain), Neru (more specifically The Lost Ones Weeping and Abstract Nonsense) and JRock band My First Story (more specifically Alone and Fukagyaku Replace) with a bit of piano added in (sadly I don't have any references for that).
Just looking for suggestions...
(I have posted this on the right part of the forum right?)