That explains a lot, but is super exciting. I've been dying for more non-American English commercial voices for years since they kind of stopped happening. But I'd like to see some more demos, especially since they mention soul as a genre. I'd like to hear that.
I’m with you there. I’m not gonna write him off, because he’s exactly what I love to see: a unique SynthV vocal! A mature masculine vocal! I just personally don’t… like his tone. Our playlist at work is comprised largely of pre-2010 hits, and he sounds almost like a caricature of the late 90s/early 2000s pop and pop-punk singers I spend eight hours a day listening to.
i was hearing about this too but was having trouble finding information about it so thanks for digging that up!
I was thinking it's probably because the voicer would still benefit from his name being attached to the product, but he definetly isn't at a level of recognizability that they seem to be going for with the gold series.
This is disappointing. But it’s good to know! Thank you for digging this up. I’m now done following this vocal.
I normally agree, except in cases where said VBs are meant to be more direct representations of their VPs (Hio, Sachiko, Fukase, Nemu, Kafu and friends, etc). In those instances, I think it’s perfectly reasonable for people to not divorce the two; even when those vocals have a character avatar, it’s still a caricature of the vocalist rather than a separate entity. That’s why so many people familiar with his VP’s white supremacy rants are uncomfortable using Hio, for example, and why I now feel uncomfortable supporting NineZero knowing some of his personal stances. That divorce is much, much easier in the case of character vocals. It’s a tricky topic to tread!
