Vocaloid 2 Forum

If you don't know this software, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocaloid

It can properly import and open files, export voice into wave file, and even adjusting the parameters can be achieved. Personally I will give it a silver medal. XD CrossOver is really amazing! It has enabled Mac run Vocaloid 2 almost perfectly.

I've just noticed Vocaloid (the first version) has already been marked as Bronze Medal, as far as I have tested Vocalolid 2, I have found it works pretty well on CrossOver 8. Previously, some people have already tested Vocaloid 2 with CrossOver 6, the result was good. I have tested it again but I have found some small places need to be noticed.

1. Uni-code

I have noticed CrossOver cannot display correct characters if the software is not in English. As far as I tested Vocaloid 2 the Japanese version, it display boxes but not Japanese. Besides, I have used other software in non-English, the characters cannot be displayed properly as well. I suggest if CrossOver will be integrated with uni-codes, users can select correct uni-code for each bottle, that will avoid displaying incorrect characters.

2. Drag to open

When I use this software, I cannot simply drag Vocaloid 2's VSQ file into the interface to open it. This cannot be achieved by other software like WinRAR or 7-zip either. I guess it is hard to be achieved, and I hope the official has already noticed this.

3. Low performance

I have compared running Vocaloid 2 both on Vmware Fusion and CrossOver, and I have found it runs slower on CrossOver. It takes longer to playback and it reacts slower when I scrolled mouse wheel. It has already been amazing to see Vocaloid 2 can relatively perfectly run on Mac, so I am not caring much about its speed, but sometimes it is really annoying to wait.

These points are not about Vocaloid 2 editor, but also common issues on other software. I hope CodeWeaver can enhance CrossOver, makes it more universal and faster. :)

Thanks for viewing.

Hi there!

Thanks for all the info, however, it'd probably be better serving the
cause if this stuff were posted in a thread on this app's forum page;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=6447;forum=1

That way, the information will be available/disseminated to all those folks
out there that are interested in this software - here, it will only ever
been seen by advocates, the onmipresent ninjas, and maybe some of the fine
codeweavers devs who happen by -- everyone else misses out as a result.

(not that there's anything wrong posting here, but it is a limited audience ;)

I've completed basic testing of the Vocaloid 2 software today and I must say I'm very pleasently surprised of the results.

The software initial loading is a tad slower than the windows counterpart... but you don't have to load up windows so. I don't think its a big problem; plus it's a once-every-start wait.

In the basic use (add lyrics, play, move, change, etc) the program has no visible difference than the PC. We're talking about a QuadCore PC vs an iMac24 2.93Ghz, so the Mac is somewhat less powerful than the machine this was tested on.

The vocaloid2 packages Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin&Ren and the english Prima were all tried and worked out-of-the-box without any problem, following the same basic installation process you would do on a basic PC (On CrossOver Mac: drag the setup.exe in the CrossOver icon, or "Configure/Install software" then Install unsupported program" from the menus)

The CrossOver version used was CrossOver (Professional) 8.0.1 on MacOSX 10.6.2

If I were to assign it a medal, i'td be gold one for sure.