Talk:Kokone/@comment-37245405-20190203135245/@comment-53539-20190203193741

Even though the provider of many Japanese Vocaloid are know, not all singers can reveal themselves. Some singers simply do not want to be associated with Vocaloid because of their status as a singer and the fear of it impacting their careers. Other times, the Vocaloid is created for projection of a character like the VYs and knowing the provider would destroy the image of the Vocaloid, so they are kept unknown. Diva's provider revealed herself, but she wasn't suppose to. Other times, like with Oliver and Yuki, they can't reveal the identity for protection.

Megumi did have a falsetto recorded for Gumi, but there was issues with it and it could not be used. Kokone's provider, however, is a falsetto singer and was chosen for that reason. Yes, she shares traits with Gumi, but this is done on purpose because of whose vocal she is replacing (falsetto Gumi), but only a certain range can sound like Gumi. The falsetto alone stops the vocal acting like Gumi because it alters the way the other layers behave. To explain this... ITs hard, but its similar to the issues with Lily V2. One layer was off pitch so the entire vocal was off pitch. The newer V3 vocal corrected it but produced a very different result, so Internet seemed to have included both vocals for fans of the V2 voice. But you can hear the difference in the vocals and how 1 corrected layer impacts the way a Vocaloid sounds. Some people feel Kokone doesn't sound much like Gumi at all, this is not entirely true but regardless that falsetto range is going to mean that high notes sound nothing like the normal Gumi vocals.

Still even if this was true without "word of God" we couldn't even write this on the page that Megumi is the provider. We instead have the opposite. A Dev's word is final and absolute and even when their wrong we still have to take it as final. Even when you can see their bluffing or making it up as they go along (CFM) or lying (SBS Artech), you still have to use their word as gospel.