mike man's Review List

I've used several different SynthV voices, and compared to others I'd say Gumi is good but not amazing. Her vocal modes are pretty lacking. It would've been nice for her to have vocal modes similar to her V4 voicebanks (Power, Whisper, etc.). It also doesn't sound like she has any extra English recording data. Her English XLS is similar to Teto's. Which isn't bad but I expect something more natural since Gumi has an English VOCALOID voicebank.

This doesn't mean I don't like her though! I think SynthV Gumi is the better AI version of her. I wouldn't say it should replace her in V4 and other versions. It's just another option for people to use. I recommend her if you're a Gumi fan, but I don't think she's a must-have for all SynthV users. A good thing about SynthV is the frequent updates, so I hope future versions address some of my minor complaints.

I've only used her for about a week, but I'm happy with her so far! Her English XLS has been pretty good from what I've tried out. Her vocal modes are nice. Her Cool mode isn't as big of a difference from her default sound as it is in VOCALOID5, but I do prefer SynthV having one voicebank instead of having to purchase multiple banks. I don't know how to describe it, but her auto pitch tuning has a uniqueness to it that I haven't seen in the other SynthV banks I have. I like it. And you can try out her lite bank first before buying like AHS's other voices before buying!

This is my first time using CeVIO, so I was a little nervous buying this. The windows that pop up during the installation process are in Japanese, and I did have some trouble getting everything to work correctly since I don't speak the language. Once everything was set up though, the editor booted up in English and everything was fine. If you've used other vocal synth programs you should be able to learn this one without too much trouble.

I'm not sure how KAFU compares to other CeVIO AI voicebanks, but I do like her. The alpha setting doesn't anything as far as I can tell for her voice, so she's gonna sound like she inhaled 5 helium balloons no matter what. The voicebank is for Japanese but she can recognize English words and sing them (with an accent). I'd say get her if you really love the way she sounds.

Maki English AI is pretty cool! I guess with cross-language synthesis, it doesn't really matter if you buy Maki English or Japanese nowadays (as long as you have the Pro version of the SynthV editor)! Maki's autopitch is usually slightly out of tune on long notes. It's not hard to edit pitch at all, but she does require a bit more work to tune than other SynthV voices I own. She's definitely worth getting if you really like the specific sound of her voice!

Tsuina-chan is very cute sounding! Her natural sound is very cutesy, but it's also possible to make her sound more mature if you want to do that. I haven't tried her much after SynthV Pro's 1.9.0 update, but I did notice her default sound was more mature compared to the previous version. But you can go back to previous update versions if you like how she sounds in one over the other. I've only used her in English so far, and I do think the 1.9.0 update improved her pronunciation.

I'd say get her if you've been thinking back and forth on it! I've been pretty happy with AHS's SynthV voicebanks so far!

Karin is pretty cool! I like to make songs in English, and her cross-lingual synthesis works well! Some people might not like the accent she has when singing in English, but she's still easy to understand and I think it's cute. I haven't used her in Japanese or Chinese. Her default voice settings are pretty high-pitched, so I prefer turning up her gender parameter. She can sing powerfully if you want to use her in that type of music.

Teto's new voicebank sounds great! Her voice is still recognizable on SynthV, but with a much more realistic sound than on UTAU. Her vocal modes have subtle changes compared to some other SynthV voicebanks out there. I've tried out her English cross-language and it's pretty easy to understand. She's definitely worth getting if you're considering trying out SynthV.