Vocaloid Descriptions: Maika

Maika's official boxart
(that hair would be a nightmare to cosplay)

Maika

Voice donor: No information
Engine: V3
 Company: Made and sold by Voctro Labs, S.L
Release date: December 2013 (download), January 2014 (retail)
Updates and/or additional voicebanks: Nope
Language: She has only a Spanish voicebank, but has extra phonemes to allow her to sing in other languages. Mainly Catalan, but she manages Japanese and English as well, albeit with a heavy Spanish accent. She has an alternate avatar, ONA, who represents her Catalan usage.
Voice type: Alto to soprano. Her lower range is softer and her higher range is brighter.
Strengths: Maika can reach very high notes without relying on falsetto. Her unique voice range allows her to fit into many different genres.
Weaknesses: Some people overestimate her language capabilities, like saying she can do Italian or Portugese just as well as an Italian- or Portugese-dedicated Vocaloid, but she really can’t.
Examples: En Tu Mirar, Waves Of Change, Like Whatever, Cosmonauts, Ni Una Sola Palabra, Define Me, ryusouta <(A person who uses Maika a lot)
Reception: Her bold design and unique voice help her to stand out, but she still hasn’t gotten much attention. Why? I’ll fill you in on a bit of Vocaloid history. There was basically one person making all the Spanish Vocaloids, named Giuseppe. So when fans didn’t accept Bruno, Clara, and Maika’s mainland Spanish accents, pestered him for Latino american accented Vocaloids, and even dissed his forthcoming project, Lucía and LUAN, he just stopped making them, because he was annoyed. All that means two things: (1) Maika is underappreciated, and (2) if we get another Spanish Vocaloid in V5, I will eat my hat. With ketchup.

My opinion: I think that Maika definitely deserves more recognition. I love her voice, and her accent is a unique quirk.

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