Vocaloid Descriptions: IA

     (Note: Sorry this is a bit late. I was working on the post for Saturday and it got really long so I didn't get to this one. It's a Recommendation, the most interesting one yet. I think I might even do a different post on Saturday and keep working on that for next week.)
IA -ARIA ON THE PLANETES-
Company: Made and distributed by 1st PLACE Co.
CeVIO Talk: IA Talk Trial, Sample

Voice donor: Lia
Engine: V3
Release date: January 2012
Additional voicebanks: IA ROCKS (Vocaloid), released June 2014, CeVio talk VB released March 2017, CeVio English VBs, Natural and Powerful, released June 2018
Language: Japanese, English
Voice type: IA has a mid- to high- ranged powerful voice, slightly metallic but expressive.
Strengths: In general she’s a high quality voicebank. IA is most suited to rock, but very versatile as well.
Weaknesses: Her versatility has limits, so she can’t do slow, soft songs very well. IA also gets paired with Yuzuki Yukari, but they’re complete opposites so it doesn’t sound very good, at least in my opinion.
Examples
Synth has lots of IA song reprints, and Andrés lots of covers, if you want more.
Reception: She’s quite popular- not quite as much as the Big 8, but right below them. The only problem is that she is split between Vocaloid and CeVio, which makes it awkward and expensive to buy all her voicebanks.
My opinion: She has a nice voice, and I like her English voicebank. It’s unique. My only problem with her are her fans who complain about how she’s “So underrated!” They don’t know what they’re talking about.

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