ahahahahah i haven't updated this in a bit there are so many good new banks out sob
now to write about them all
avoid it for a week and they build up
sigh, get ready for a long post
Konane has a new bank called CAROL that is apparently a collection of seven VCV voices. For the most part I like it, the lighter and the huskier ones juxtaposed are very dynamic, and while it's not multipitch it has promise. Slight accent though.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21905577
Kanade Ino is a tripitch male VCV, and while there's not much variation between the pitches I find the vocal quality very nice. Something about the pronunciation is very ideal for me. I certainly think he'd have his uses and I rather like him though he's perhaps a bit plain.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21903820
I think this is my favorite bank of the past few days. *u* I'm a sucker for nasal voices, like seriously. *insert advertisement for Cinnamon Ani Usa here* Niita, who I'm fairly certain is male, is intensely nasal VCV, has good pronunciation for his voice type, and pleases me immensely. Please check him out!
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21927796
TEN-PITCH BANK! Now that I have your attention, Renka Tayu is a 10-pitch CV bank. Thinking back to that 21-pitch CV bank, this one I think is superior despite less pitches - for one, the oto is actually rather good instead of garbage, and the voice is appealing.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21930228
Mofune Kota released a truckload of banks, two CV and five VCV. Pronunciation is excellent on all of them...just watch the video to hear them all. My favorites are probably his Normal, Sweet, and Dark banks (VCV of course).
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21931509
Yuutsukoe Karasu has a new 4-pitch VCV called Verge. If you know Karasu, you know he has another multipitch VCV bank called Rebellion. Both have their strengths, but I think Verge has improved pronunciation and quality, if slight. But Rebellion can get huskier and softer. Listen to both I suppose. Though I wish high convel and hyper vibrato wasn't as popular as it is, in my opinion it doesn't sound amazing and doesn't convey voicebanks too well since it masks stuff. *personal opinion ranting over*
On an amused note, in the opening part I thought he sounded like a girl for a bit. XD Just for a small bit.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21931841
Yumiko's new VISUAL bank is a cute sounding CV VC bank (and Heart Democracy is now the go-to UST for CV VC JP I've noticed, hah). Unsure if the raspy-ish sound is part of the UST since Ritsu's bank sounded like that with the UST debut, but if not it's an interesting dimension of the bank.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21941735
Aaaaand lastly, Watashine Rouya has a new VCV bank (make sure to skip to 0:49 for the new one, the first snippet is for comparison to his old bank). He slurs slightly, so maybe a convel of 120 or 130 would help, but I love his liquid tone and pronunciation. His voice has an interesting character to it in my opinion.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21940940
let's try not to go that long ever again shall we
AND COOL REALIZATION
Out of the eight banks I recommended, only two are female. Super bizarre but awesome that lots of excellent male banks came out (most of the females released this week were very bland or average).