Yes, I started middle of 2009 and now my utau (hideaki kisekine) is on act III. His latest VB is demonstrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaAoJhe2hzk His first VB is demonstrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3wYohtulno&feature=related As you noticed the second one lacks sounds and sounds really bad at certain parts. how you record the phenomes is vital to the quality of the utau.