Kalon thanks for the advice, but i think this thread title should be fine.

Hey Little_dragon you seem like a guy who knows what he is talking about, so hopefully i can find all of the answers to my problems with you.

Yes i did download the Talk Designer expansion kit. I used both the v4 and m3 viseme maps. 

So as far as you know it is impossible to get Michael 3 to blink simultaniously in Talk Designer? one eye at a time would look unnatural, so that is no good for me. Would my only option be to use Mimic, unless its possible to add such a dial you talk of?

As i own victoria 4.0 base and do not want to purchase 4.1 i am happy to use your phonemes, especially if you say that they produce the same results. I also encounter this absence of blinking with my V4 model, you said this is expected with M3, but any ideas why this is also happening with me V4 model? 

Lastly is it not possible to control the emotions of V4 and M3 in Talk Designer without custom face morps, that don't currently exist for these models? 

cheers for the help i hope i can narrow down these answers soon, so i know where i stand. Looks like Mimic is the best option atm.

Matt