#if people think im a shill for being patient then so be it.

[nanjokei]

Thoughts on miku NT update getting delayed? I think she was supposed to get a major update for her anni but she just got a minor update and wat asked to wait 6 months for a ''real'' update

oh man, if i sound combative sometimes here its because this subject triggers my "vocal synth fans are way too angry at nothing" gag reflex, but im not mad at all just frustrated. also sometimes i just accidentally sound aggressive when my tone is actually neutral, so i hope you forgive me if i come off like that.

its difficult to speak about miku NT frankly because if you ever have anything positive to say about her or are patient about her release or even respect the circumstances she exists in... you get called a shill and/or people get mad— and someone on tumblr has picked a fight with me over it and refused to absorb anything i said about the subject, so i have a bit of fear naturally but...

well for one thing i didn't know about the huge update at all so thanks for telling me!

first of all i think the stated mission statement of miku NT aligns with how i see miku— v3 and v4 strayed too much from what miku actually sounds like, and people get really mad if you say this for some reason and accuse you of being picky or a boomer, but if you listen to any iconic song posted before v3, there is a mikuness present in her original version that is lost in the newer engines, is there not? (honestly i think this is true for every v2 vocal. especially luka. literally no one survived the transition to v3/4 but gumi and the VYs, but luka v4 is the worst. luka has lost her popularity and personality bc of how shit v4 is) she sounds more like fujita saki than miku the more she gets rerecorded. that is why NT exists, aside from crypton wanting to be software agnostic. miku NT is basically a V2 emulator, but the current commercial version is rough. it's enough for me to see the vision though. i say commercial because its clear the private version given out to crypton's trusted few (people like mitchie m and nyanyannya) and used in proseka sounds way more progressed... i'm assuming the huge update is either this or something beyond that. and perhaps, this huge update, if it sticks the landing, maybe means NT could be heading to a more presentable state. it could mean the release of kaito next (because it seems like to me that of the unreleased vocals kaito is the one they work on the most)

another thing people get mad at you for pointing out is how wat is the only person developing the engine... like, sorry, that is just how crypton's company culture operates, piapro charas are not their only product and those who handle them in the company are so few precisely because of how tight the vision is. and they barely make money from miku at all considering the licensing fees are practically nonexistent (for the sake of ease on everyone). so no it's not like how people think they can throw money at the project until it's suddenly successful. people think you can just hire someone from the outside to help develop it— arguably, yes— but if you read any interviews wat or other involved peoples give you immediately get the feeling that their vision is something so specific, they'd never involve a third party even if you put a gun to their heads. and i respect that. i can wait 10 years for NT to get good if it means miku will be miku forever and not fujita saki. if it makes people mad, they've literally never taken any version of miku off sale, you can buy miku v2 or 3 or 4 from their website right now if you wanted to. is it kinda bad they decided to put NT up for sale so early? yeah i can't defend that. but i also think that they underestimated the whole "make your own engine" bit. and people are hard on crypton because a lot of dumb missteps on their part like when the append update dropped and they used the incorrect audio for every demo, giving the impression that there was no difference or improvement.

comparisons to other companies don't work either— companies like yamaha and technospeech have entire research teams and periodically publish said research and then eventually implement such things into their softwares. such research is funded heavily by investors. they are company's companies. no comment on dreamtonics idk what is going on there. crypton on the other hand came in with like one guy lol. maybe it is a trap of their own design but lmao no one has to buy NT or pay attention to its existence if they hate it

i sincerely believe that vocal synth fans are raging bulls who root for products to fail just so they can hoot and holler and scream that they were right on the off chance they do fail, with 0 appreciation for the fact that for example every software has a different philosophy in its creation and a different end goal, yes NT is embarrassing at times and yes it could have been better. and? have they abandoned it? have they taken the money and ran? if they did not care they would have released the other cryptonloids and that would have been it. if there's any people whose vision i trust, whose love for their characters and the creators who love their creations that i unwaveringly believe in, it's crypton. (and vocalomakets. but that is not the point)

and i'm not even a crypton girlie!!!

i think literally everyone who buys NT aside from the clique-y cover artist twitter weirdos (who sit in a circle and shit on every new release) buys it with the understanding that at this point, it is a beta product against crypton's will, and you're in for the ride at that point. if people want piapro studio to be synthv, then they missed the point entirely. miku NT will never be realistic, and will probably never implement AI, because miku is not realistic and AI learning dilutes the mikuness. if people want synthv they should just buy synthv lol. if people think v4 miku is better (i'm telling yall she is not) then just buy v4 miku. what's the issue?

basically if wat tells me to jump i jump. i trust him on this even if it gets delayed beyond that. sorry if this strayed from what you asked me nonnie but as you can see I Have Feelings re:this

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Arkham Files: Captain Boomerang

Hugo Strange: From the patient files of Dr. Hugo Strange, director of Arkham Asylum. Patient: George Harkness, also known as Captain Boomerang. Patient suffers from Alcohol Abuse Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder. He is noticeably low-functioning. Session One. Good morning, Mr. Harkness. 

Capt. Boomerang: G’day, mate. 

Hugo Strange: So, Mr. Harkness, how have you been feeling? 

Capt. Boomerang: Mister Harkness? I must be movin’ up in the world. Or gettin’ old. 

Hugo Strange: What do people usually call you, then, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: Things that you can’t repeat in polite society! (Laughs) But my mates call me Digger. 

Hugo Strange: Digger? 

Capt. Boomerang: Oz slang. Means soldier. My mum gave me the nickname when I was an anklebiter, and it’s stuck ever since.

Hugo Strange: Oz? Anklebiter? Are you speaking English, Mr. Harkness?

Capt. Boomerang: Don’t tell me you’ve never met someone from the Land Down Under, mate! 

Hugo Strange: You’re Australian? 

Capt. Boomerang: Reckon! What did you think I was? 

Hugo Strange: To be honest, I thought you were an American pretending to be an Australian. It would explain why your costumed alias is such a gigantic Australian stereotype. And why you have such a ridiculously strong accent. 

Capt. Boomerang: What are you talking about, mate? I ain’t got an accent any stronger than anyone else from Korumburra. 

Hugo Strange: Where? 

Capt. Boomerang: Crikey! You Yanks really don’t know anything about geography, do you? (Pause) Though I guess I can’t really blame you for not knowing Korumburra. It’s a dinky little place just outside of Melbourne. 

Hugo Strange: I see. (Pause) So tell me, Mr. Harkness...why boomerangs? 

Capt. Boomerang: They say to play to your strengths, mate. My strength happens to be throwing boomerangs. 

Hugo Strange: Yes, but why boomerangs specifically? Why not, say, throwing knives? 

Capt. Boomerang: ‘Cause Captain Throwing Knives don’t have the same ring to it, mate. (Laughs) But really, mate, the answer’s simple. After you throw a knife, you gotta retrieve it. Boomerangs? You don’t have to do that, ‘cause they always come back to you. Makes ‘em a real convenient weapon. 

Hugo Strange: Fair enough, I suppose. But why do it in that ridiculous boomerang-print stewardess outfit? And why call yourself Captain Boomerang? 

Capt. Boomerang: The costume and the name came from my ex-employer, W.W. Wiggins, not from me.

Hugo Strange: W.W. Wiggins? The...toy tycoon? 

Capt. Boomerang: That’s the one. He brought me to America to be his corporate shill. Captain Boomerang was supposed to be an advertising stunt for W.W. Wiggins’ toy boomerangs. 

Hugo Strange: (Trying to suppress laughter) You were...a toy mascot, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: For a couple of months, yeah. And let me tell you, for a bloke as rich as he is, W.W. Wiggins is a bloody cheapskate. 

Hugo Strange: Is that why you turned to crime, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: That, and the job was getting real old, real fast. I don’t know if you know this about anklebiters, mate, but they got a nasty habit of kicking toy mascots in the shins. 

Hugo Strange: So you took to a life of crime and turned the toy mascot into your supervillain identity? 

Captain Boomerang: Why not? Spared me the work of having to come up with a new identity. (Pause) And, as it turned out, helped me get some revenge, too. 

Hugo Strange: What do you mean, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: Well, I found out later that W.W. Wiggins is my bloody biological father! I’m his bloody son, and he knew that, but he still used me as a bloody corporate shill! 

Hugo Strange: And so now you see your use of his toy mascot for crimes as revenge on him for not telling you about your true relationship? 

Capt. Boomerang: Too right, mate! (Pause) But really, livin’ well? That’s the best revenge, mate...and since I became Captain Boomerang, well...I’ve been living really well! 

Hugo Strange: Mr. Harkness, your records indicate that you spend all of your money on food, alcohol, and women.

Capt. Boomerang: Exactly! It’s like I always say: the only three things that really matter in life anyhow are a foamy, a feed, and a feature. 

Hugo Strange: (Frustrated) Mr. Harkness, you’re currently $10,000 dollars in debt. When you aren’t in prison, you live in places that are veritable dumps, and, other than the so-called Rogues, you have no friends. You spend most of your life either inebriated or hung over, you frequently wind up in the hospital after picking fights you have no hope of winning, and your family has all but disowned you. Your life, Mr. Harkness, is a disgrace. 

Capt. Boomerang: Says you. I think I’ve got a very desirable lifestyle, myself. 

Hugo Strange: I am starting to understand why the psychological report from Belle Reve described you as a low-functioning sociopath, Mr. Harkness. 

Capt. Boomerang: In speaking of Belle Reve, mate, why I am here and not there? I know Iron Heights ain’t in such good shape right now, but I can’t believe that Mrs. Waller would pass up an opportunity to get me back on the Suicide Squad. 

Hugo Strange: I don’t know, Mr. Harkness. The bureaucratic decisions that led to Arkham Asylum’s population increase have not yet been adequately explained to me-or, I must assume, to Mrs. Waller. All I can tell you is that all of you Rogues are currently the responsibility of the Arkham Hospital for the Criminally Insane, not of Belle Reve or any other prison. (Pause) Why do you call her Mrs. Waller? You don’t exactly seem like the type to respect authority figures. 

Capt. Boomerang: Have you met Mrs. Waller, mate? If you don’t respect her, she’ll eat you for brekkie! 

Hugo Strange: (Amused) I assume you had to learn that the hard way, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: None of your business, mate! 

Hugo Strange: I’ll assume that that means yes, Mr. Harkness.

Capt. Boomerang: (Petulantly) I gotta say, mate, you’re the nosiest warden I ever met. 

Hugo Strange: I am not a warden, Mr. Harkness. I am a psychologist. 

Capt. Boomerang: You’re a shrink? 

Hugo Strange: Yes. This is a therapy session, Mr. Harkness.

Capt. Boomerang: In that case, mate, you can go ahead and end the session right now. I’m perfectly happy with myself just the way I am! 

Hugo Strange: In your case, that is why you need treatment, Mr. Harkness. The fact that you are content with being a drunken thug shows a deficit in both personality and character, one that must be addressed-if only for the good of wider society. 

Capt. Boomerang: Look, mate. The only good I care about is the good of Digger Harkness. 

Hugo Strange: You cannot really believe that constant inebriation is good for you, Mr. Harkness. 

Capt. Boomerang: Ain’t exactly like I’m gonna be livin’ to a ripe old age, mate. Why not enjoy myself while I got the chance? 

Hugo Strange: (Changing the subject; the conversation clearly isn’t going anywhere) Your file says that you have a son, Mr. Harkness. 

Capt. Boomerang: I do. His name’s Owen. Little anklebiter’s a regular chip off the old block, he is. He throws boomerangs like you wouldn’t believe. I’ve been thinking of bringing him into the family business someday; once I get too old to run around fighting the Flash all the time. 

Hugo Strange: The family business...meaning costumed crime? 

Capt. Boomerang: Well, I ain’t gonna make my son a toy mascot. 

Hugo Strange: (Frustrated) Mr. Harkness, being a criminal is bad enough. Leading a child into a life of crime is far worse. 

Capt. Boomerang: I can’t see why. I’m a criminal, and life worked out just fine for me! 

Hugo Strange: Mr. Harkness, you know how much it hurts to be used by a father. If you lead your son into a life of crime to make your own life easier, you’ll be doing the same thing to him as Mr. Wiggins did to you, only worse. You’ve spent your entire adult life in institutions, Mr. Harkness. You know what they’re like. What do you think they would do to your son? 

Capt. Boomerang: (Long pause; then quietly) They’d kill ‘im. 

Hugo Strange: What was that, Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: I said that...that they’d kill ‘im. I do just fine in prison, ‘cause everybody knows that I’m one the meanest, dirtiest fighters in the business. But Owen? Unfortunately, that’s the one trait of mine he didn’t inherit. Kid’s actually nice; he couldn’t play dirty if his life depended on it. He’d be worse off than the bloody Piper! At least he has mind-control powers going for him. 

Hugo Strange: Exactly, Mr. Harkness. Do you still think it’s a good idea to lead your son into a life of crime? 

Capt. Boomerang: S’pose not, mate. Wouldn’t want to lose the only person who hero-worships me, now would I? 

(Long pause) 

Hugo Strange: Mr. Harkness? 

Capt. Boomerang: Yes, mate? 

Hugo Strange: You are disgusting.