Discontinued voicebanks you regret not getting?

[cafenurse]

I brought this up a little in profile posts but wanted to make a thread about it.

What voicebanks that you can no longer obtain (can be any synth- VOCALOID vb no longer for sale, UTAU vb thats lost media, etc) do you regret not getting when you had the chance?

For me, Leon Lola and Miriam (emphasis on Leon), but I don't beat myself up about these too much because they were discontinued before I even started using voice synths myself.
And the ones I DO beat myself up about because I DID have time to get them are Sweet Ann, Big Al, and somewhat Yohioloid. I actually loved Yohioloid for the longest time but since he's so tied to his VP and his VP is not someone I want to support, Yohioloid is now in a weird spot in my heart. ...but I think I still wanted his voicebank.
I'm wondering if maybe in a few years I'll regret not getting Ruby in time but honestly idk if I would have ever used her. But I do love collecting engloids so....maybe I do regret it.

Up next I need to snag Prima and Tonio. I'm not too too worried about them because Zero-G isn't on the brink of disappearing, but Prima and Tonio are quite old now so who knows how much time I have left to get them.

 

[MillyAqualine]

The V1 Engloids, YANHE V3 (at least she has a V5 now), the packs of Nana V3/V4 and IA V3

I may forget one or two

 

[Bookworm2]

Big Al, Sweet Ann, and MIRIAM. I came into the Vocaloid scene WAY too late for MIRIAM, but I have a vivid memory of looking at PFX's Vocaloid site and wanting to get Big Al and/or Sweet Ann but not having the funds or a good reason at the time. Then, once I did actually have the funds and a reason to get them, it was too late, and they were both gone.

 

[sunnyp4rk]

I definitely wanted Sweet Ann and Big Al at one point, and I personally wish I could have gotten Piko and SeeU... I kind of wish I had gotten Piko instead of Sonika, because I think he went off sale like, right after I got her

 

[PearlStarLight5]

I got into vocal synths way too late to have ever gotten any of the Engloid V1s but man, Lola and Leon were so cool.

 

[Blue Of Mind]

My number one dream has long been to somehow stumble upon an old Vocaloid box in a charity shop, with the sellers completely unaware of what it actually is. As you can expect, it's never happened, but I still think the V1 Engloids at the very least could end up in a random place like that if someone lacked the foresight to sell it online. (There's still a lot of people out there who donate old PC software in the assumption that it won't work on modern OSs.)

 

[wrong_thyme]

my darling eleanor forte ai

i had hoped that with the release of sv2, maybe dreamtonics could snatch her back up from anicute and update her... she got discontinued instead 🥲🥲

tho i saw some peeps talking about emailing anicute to get her?? idk if you can still get rn till the codes run out or what

 

[Bookworm2]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Eleanor! I really wanted her too, but by the time I entered the Vocal Synth community she was already gone. I tried emailing Anicute, but they never responded to any of my emails, despite the fact that I sent around ten.

 

[Afternoon Oranges]

I as well regret not getting Eleanor when I could

 

[Twillby]

Missing out on Miriam hurts pretty badly even now. I don't know if it's how much I like her voice, the way I clearly remember staring at the pre-retirement sale page going, "What if...?", Miriam Stockley having shown interest in updating the bank but Zero-G saying no, or the time I tried to pay US$200ish for a post-retirement listing I found on an otherwise reputable music website (as far as I could tell) only for support to go, "Lol she's not available yet... I mean she's retired my bad, sorry for getting your hopes up for an update, here's a refund."

In a way, I kind of wish I could have bought all the V1 Engloids because I find V1 really interesting. Feel like the main reason I didn't was because I didn't have a steady income at the time and/or I was intimidated by the idea of English banks being harder to use, since I think at the time I'd only ever used Mayu.

I also kick myself for not picking up V2 Iroha in time because that's the only bank that's ever made working in V2 enjoyable for me. And it bugs me that my Iroha collection is missing a bank sfjdkal

Originally I wanted Oliver because I was a fan of Bee and Puppycat but uhhh Recent Revelations have basically cured that regret. Big Al and Sweet Ann would've been nice to have but I doubt I would have used them much if at all.

I remember feeling a bit of regret when they stopped selling Maika's physical version as well, but I wasn't sure I really wanted it enough. Least I managed to get her digitally after the alleged maintenance scare.

Oh, and VY2V3. I loved this one cover Mio did with the falsetto bank and wanted to get it myself some day. And I could probably think of more, especially with non-Vocaloids, but I feel like stopping before I drown in the regret X'P

 

[SeleDreams]

The V1 Engloids, YANHE V3 (at least she has a V5 now), the packs of Nana V3/V4 and IA V3

I may forget one or two

IA V3 is still easy to buy new copies of, at least i was able to easily get both new copies of IA V3 and IA ROCKS V3 on japanese stores with a proxy, though i dunno about digital

 

[morrysillusion]

There was a moment some years back where Zero G had codes for purchase of Leon and Lola still-- i think that was the very last chance before they ran out. I got Lola back then but not Leon as I didnt know if i wanted to spend more money and it wasnt totally sure if theyd *never* be available again.... yeah, really wish i spend a little more to get Leon too as i totally couldve afforded it.

of course, Miriam also sits as a V1 i wish i got but she was impossible to acquire even when i got into vocsynths years and years ago. only other would be V3 Flower, as it was always my goal to own *all* of her physical copies. its weirdly hard finding her V3 version boxed.

 

[blackout]

IA V3 is still easy to buy new copies of, at least i was able to easily get both new copies of IA V3 and IA ROCKS V3 on japanese stores with a proxy, though i dunno about digital

They’re definitely not discontinued. It’s similar to Gumi/Miku in which their V6 banks aren’t replacements for their traditional V4 counterparts, just different options of the same vocalist. I think they would only ever discontinue them if they released IA V4/IA ROCKS V4 with added growl or something of the sort as long as theyre still kept as concatenative banks for Vocaloid.