VOCALOID Crypton new Miku NT ver.2, Miku V6 and Piapro Characters Super Pack

[kimiworld]

It is normal for the plan to be delayed. I assume that Miku V6 will be released sometime around August 2025. An earlier release would be ideal, but based on past experience, delays may be inevitable. Please do not disappoint me as NT and SP did, as (in my opinion btw) they made no significant improvements compared to the original V4X/V3.

 

[kimiworld]

By the way, there is a new update to the NT voicebank:


We have released the Piapro Studio NT2 0.9.3.0 updater. | Piapro Studio Official Website

『初音ミク NT (Ver.2)』にVoice Color「Power」が追加！Piapro Studio NT2 – 0.9.3.0アップデータ公開。 | SONICWIRE BLOG

 

[kimiworld]

A new demo of Miku NT2 has just been released for the Dark voicebank.


It seems like the Dark voicebank sounds a bit metallic and synthetic to me, which is not a good thing, in my opinion. Hopefully, it's just my individual hearing issue.

 

[Vector]

It sounds comparable to V4X to me, though stylistically more like standard Miku than a "dark" bank.

It lacks reverb or other typical vocal processing, so it's a little rough, but not out of the ordinary. I'm thinking maybe...less nasal than the regular NT but kind of boxy or boomy? Not quite sure, but I'm sure it would clean up a bit with EQ.

But as long as they're making alternate voices, that's definitely a good thing.

 

[WyndReed]

It sounds more like a muffled version of regular Miku NT than Miku's Dark vocaloid vbs to me.

 

[Palamon]

Doesn't sound that great... It needs improvement.

 

[pico]

Tonally I don't think it diverges meaningfully from the rest of NT2, but as a user I do think I would prefer for the color of the voice to be more extreme ("darker"). I think it will be the same as NT2 'original' where the voice is fuller/rounder than NT1 in the mix, but yeah, I think the main thing is that it NT dark has never felt enough like a strong distinct voice delivery for me personally.

For me, the biggest draw of NT is the user interface and workflow, which is at least to me being pretty clearly developed to expand usability and expression for concatenative VBs. Treating them like their own thing/art form. For this reason I think it'd be interesting to see them lean more into expression now that the tone is more stable.