Kokone

Kokone
Developer(s)	Internet Co., Ltd.
Initial release	February 14, 2014
Operating system	Windows
Platform	PC
Available in	Japanese
Type	Vocal Synthesizer Application
License	Proprietary
Website	www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocal3/kokone/index.html

Kokone (心響), whose name means "Heart Sound" in Japanese, is a Vocaloid 3 vocal released by Internet Co., Ltd.

Development

Kokone's project began with the development a falsetto vocal for the Megpoid software. The trouble was matching all 50 Japanese phonetics from Gumi's normal vocal and her falsetto. The focus of the vocal would have been to extend GUMI's range beyond "F4" giving her the capabilities to reach the range "A3" in the Vocaloid software. Due issues with balancing the vocal with the normal vocals, it was dropped and instead focus turned to developing a vocal instead with Falsetto capabilities already built in. Kokone was the vocal that came from this and due to the extension of cover a falsetto vocal range, she had the largest optimum range of any single vocal for Vocaloid at the time of release.^[1]

She was first announced via Twitter on December 23, 2013 which featured her first demo song.^[2] A tweet soon followed confirming her February release.^[3] The vocal was confirmed to be based on a new vocalist and was not from any of Internet co., Ltd's existing released vocalists.^[4]

Most of Kokone's production was made in-house.^[1]

She is also compatible with Mac versions of Vocaloid.

Video Game

Kokone appeared in an iOS game called "Vocadol" along with Vocals Anon & Kanon, Lily, Aoki Lapis, Merli, Cul and VY1.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "裏声がキレイなkokoneと喋るMegpoid Talkが揃って登場!". 藤本健の“DTMステーション”. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "村上昇". Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "村上昇". Twitter. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "INTERNET Reveals "First Impression" of New VOCALOID3 Sound Library – Vocaloidism". Vocaloidism. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^ "VOCADOL". Retrieved 27 April 2016.

Vocaloid

Versions

Vocaloid
Vocaloid 2
Vocaloid 3
Vocaloid 4
Vocaloid 5
Vocaloid 6 (a.k.a Vocaloid:AI, released on 2022-10-13)

Studios /
Vocaloid Products

Yamaha / Bplats	VY1 (2,i,3,W,4,M,5) VY2 (2,i,3,W,5) Mew (3,M) Tone Rion (3, 4) Aoki Lapis (i,3,W,M) ZOLA Project (3,M,6) Merli (i,3,M) Macne Nana (3,4) Anon Kanon (3) Galaco (3,M) Cyber Diva (4,M,5) Sachiko (4,M) ARSloid (4) Unity-chan (4,M) Rana (3,4) Fukase (4) Cyber Songman (4,5) Yumemi Nemu (4) Masaoka Azuki (4) Kobayashi Matcha (4) Mirai Komachi (4) Amy (5) Chris (5) Kaori (5) Ken (5) SARAH (6) ALLEN (6) HARUKA (6) AKITO (6) Po-uta (6) Fuiro (6) ASAHI (6) SAKURA (6) SHION (6) TAKU (6) LUCAS (6) MICHELLE (6)
Zero-G Ltd	Leon (1) Lola (1) Miriam (1) Prima (2) Sonika (2) Tonio (2) Avanna (3) Dex (4) Daina (4)
Crypton Future Media	Meiko (1,2β,3) Kaito (1,2β,3) Hatsune Miku (2,2Eβ,3,4x) Kagamine Rin / Len (2,4x) Megurine Luka (2,2+β,3β,4x)
PowerFX	Sweet Ann (2) Big Al (2) Oliver (3) Yohioloid (3) Ruby (4)
Internet Co., Ltd.	Gackpoid (2,3,4) Megpoid (2,2+β,3,4,M,,6) Lily (2,3) Gachapoid (2,3) Cul (3) Kokone (3) Chika (3) Otomachi Una [ja] (4,6)
AH-Software	Hiyama Kiyoteru (2,4) Kaai Yuki (2,4) SF-A2 Miki (2,4) Nekomura Iroha (2,4) Yuzuki Yukari (3,4,M) Tohoku Zunko (3,4) Kizuna Akari [ja] (4) Haruno Sora [ja] (5)
Ki/oon Music	Utatane Piko (2)
SBS A&T	SeeU (3)
Voctro Labs	Bruno (3) Clara (3) Maika / Ona (3)
1st Place	IA (3)
Shanghai Henian	Luo Tianyi (3,4) Yanhe (3) Yuezheng Ling (3) Yuezheng Longya (4) Mo Qingxian (4) Zhiyu Moke (4)
Beijing Photek S&T	Stardust (Xingchen) (4)
Exit Tunes	Mayu (3)
Gynoid	V Flower (3,4) Xin Hua (3,4) Meika Hime & Mikoto (5)
ST Media	Uni (4)
Akatsuki Virtual Artists	LUMi (4)