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In pursuit of Otama's tone (2017)

• nicolashahn 9y ago
  This article is extremely high in the (interestingness):(usefulness to me) ratio
  • StavrosK 9y ago
    Infinite, in fact!
• sam0x17 9y ago
  Who else came here looking for Obama's tone, thinking they had turned Obama's inflection into a virtual instrument?
  • eplanit 9y ago
    My eyes saw "Obama's Phone", and thought it might be a reminiscence about his Blackberry.
• taneq 9y ago
  Came for the 'what the hell is Otama's tone', stayed for the cool frequency analysis stuff. Unexpectedly cool!
• foobarian 9y ago
  Looks like a Japanese fidget-spinner-like thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIHLEuUg8k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIHLEuUg8k
• js2 9y ago
  Tip: scroll to the bottom of the article and click play on the embedded video so you can listen to the song composed with the synthesized Otama while reading the article. Also, for those wondering what the heck an Otama is, it's a toy music synthesizer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otamatone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otamatone
  • StavrosK 9y ago
    (It's called an "Otamatone")
• panic 9y ago
  If you want to hear more of what this thing sounds like, "TheRealSullyG" on YouTube has produced some pretty great covers of songs using multi-tracked Otamatones: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-PPUZtKgj-GuyVaXSrhVQ/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-PPUZtKgj-GuyVaXSrhVQ/vid...
• travbrack 9y ago
  A youtuber I follow does an amazing job recreating video game songs by overdubbing otamatones together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02ADmCKH7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02ADmCKH7w
• jdalgetty 9y ago
  I read this as Obama's tone, lol.