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Inside the Whispery, Wonderful Golden Age of ASMR
- bachbach 8y agoPersonally I enjoy the Cranial Nerve Exams and some of the unintentional asmr videos such as Sequoya by Lucas Paakh, the infamous T.M Lewin suit fitting video and that video on the Alexander Technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfBsrds4_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfBsrds4_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qc5Veo9p84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qc5Veo9p84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqIuvav5hY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqIuvav5hY
- keithnz 8y agoI like those, and also the vietnam barber shop stuff for some weird reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqwnv1eLfY4&t=836s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqwnv1eLfY4&t=836s
- subjectsigma 8y agoIt's funny, I was thinking the exact opposite just yesterday, that the Golden Age of ASMR had passed and that we're in some sort of Dark Ages. Most content I see now in YouTube is unimaginative, low-quality attention whoring. Young people (usually women, but not always) just doing random shit on camera with a clickbait title and calling it ASMR. Maybe I'm grumpy and crotchety, or maybe it's because I have very specific triggers, but I almost never enjoy 'intentional' ASMR and I especially dislike some of the more commercialized or sexualized content. It just feels like the opposite of what ASMR is supposed to be, which is simple and relaxing.
- gallerdude 8y agoFor new channels maybe, but for the “classic” channels (GentleWhispering, WhispersRed, etc) I think the content is better than ever.
- colordrops 8y agoI would suggest checking out some of the Korean ASMR out there. Yes, most of it is done by pretty women, but it's usually not sexualized, and very creative and relaxing. Now, Chinese ASMR, that is often sexualized. I honestly don't find a problem with it, and don't understand why others do.
- sasaf5 8y agoI think the strong consonants of Korean speech help making the videos more ASMR triggering. I am also fond of them.
- tfha 8y agoThere's just as much good content out there as ever. And there was always attention seeking content. Even 5 years ago you could find bountiful cleavage, kissing, even porn stars doing asmr. If you like the wholesome stuff, it's no hard to find
- egillie 8y agoThere's even ASMR comedy now if you want, see "ASMR Bank Robbery" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqbL9ZZQaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okqbL9ZZQaM
- waterhouse 8y agoAlso the "ASMR Kidnapping": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv9KhAzStI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv9KhAzStI Now a search for "asmr kidnapping" on Youtube gives what looks like at least 100 plausible results.
- telchar 8y agoPersonally I find the "random shit on camera" is just fine, as long as the delivery is sufficiently appropriate. But my use case is usually to help me unwind and get to sleep so if the content is too interesting it's counter-productive. I think the true effect you're probably referring to by the 'unintentional' ASMR is hard to achieve so I guess I don't hold most of the Youtube stuff to that standard as long as I get what I want out of it. I guess this is a long-winded way of saying YMMV. That said if you or anyone wants to make some suggestions of high-quality ASMR videos I'd be interested.
- subjectsigma 8y agoYou're free to like whatever you like, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. Just for reference though, here's some videos I enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YTkxUNwmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71YTkxUNwmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISamd1EilIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISamd1EilIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4S-ivm3rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4S-ivm3rk The first two are unintentional (the channels do not market themselves as ASMR) and the last one is intentional.
- telchar 8y agoSure, just offering an alternate opinion. Thanks for the links.
- rjbwork 8y agoI somewhat agree, but there are still good ASMRtists out there. My favorite at the moment is ASMRMagic ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrKd8ElaVdk7OBQAgx8JrQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrKd8ElaVdk7OBQAgx8JrQ ). She doesn't wear distracting skimpy clothing, she does lots of non-whisper/no-talking videos, and she is very creative in finding lots of nice sounds for her videos. One of my new favorites is where she puts an umbrella around a TASCAM and sprays it with water from a water bottle. I wish it wasn't such a gendered space, but I just really can't find many dudes doing it well. The couple that are decent that I've found do mostly whisper videos. When you're not even watching and the person isn't talking/whispering, that aspect of it kind of melts away anyway, and it just turns into pure prop-based soundscape crafting.
- strict9 8y agoTo many, whisper content in commercials and other A/V is the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard or someone clipping their finger nails. Can think of few trends that are so anxiety and discomfort inducing as intentional loud whispering. I sincerely hope it disappears as quickly as it arrived.
- tfha 8y agoEasy solution: don't watch it. Commercials may be hard to avoid but an asmr YouTube channel is very easy to avoid. If it's not your thing, move on. I enjoy it very much
- dmix 8y agoNot always as easy as you make it sound, it's hard to avoid it when you live with (or share a bed with) someone who is really into ASMR.
- asmrisgross 8y agoThis is a poor excuse for not being accepting of someone who doesn't like it. People are allowed to not enjoy things and even think they are stupid. I ran into it here, without even trying.
- telchar 8y agoI find the same thing about typically yelling-at-you advertisements, particularly when interspersed with ASMRey or otherwise non-bombastic content. Maybe we can do something about that (Google? You listening?).
- dmix 8y agoAlso those radio station hosts who are always yelling and speaking loudly throughout the whole show, as if loud noises and phony excited speaking will make a boring show entertaining.
- dmix 8y agoSame, I demand my partner uses headphones whenever she listens to ASMR in bed (which is pretty often). It makes me very uncomfortable. It's almost an irrational reaction, but a real and uncontrollable one for me.
- drusepth 8y agoInteresting timing. I thought I'd check out ASMR recently and, wow, the videos I found were bad. Like, really bad. I completely gave up on it as a medium after giving a half dozen different videos a shot, and went back to rainymood (although I'd love to find some delightful newspaper crinkling or Scottish accents). For reference, here's the videos that served as my introduction to ASMR: * "ASMR: My Treasured Darling [Irish Accent] [Gaelic] [3D Sound][TLC]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiojl9ixRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJiojl9ixRw * "Zen ASMR | Typing & Soft/Whisper | Coding: Python | # 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMYKfiNYts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWMYKfiNYts * "ASMR Keyboard Sound 1H (No Talking)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6noMxePbj6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6noMxePbj6w * "ASMR Paper sounds , Old book , Crinkling ( No Talking )" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtbr5oQeQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtbr5oQeQw * "ASMR~ Fixing You {Keyboard Sounds}" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpBdb-RGRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpBdb-RGRM * "ASMR Ear to Ear Whisper About C Programming for Relaxation (Layered Typing Sounds) Pt. 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFegNHpHfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrFegNHpHfc To people who enjoy ASMR: are these videos just especially bad videos, or am I just not doing it right / appreciating it right? FWIW, I quit each video after a minute or two, after skipping around to see if they get any better. The thing that bothers me the most is when there's these ridiculously long spaces between words (maybe.. for emphasis?), but comes across as them just not knowing what to say, which is extremely offputting. OTOH, it's in every video i've watched so far so I don't know if it's intentional.
- manigandham 8y agoASMR is a tingling sensation that can be triggered by reasons as varied as the people listening. For example, some people never get it from audio but only from interacting with others, like listening to someone tell a story or explain something in detail. Usually people's first experience is by accident and something they recall later rather than a purposeful attempt through youtube videos. If you like rainymood then perhaps your trigger is rain and weather sounds, and these other videos (which admittedly look low quality) are just not your thing. There's also a lot of content out there so you'll have to put in some effort into finding what works for you.
- ryan-allen 8y agoI've never had the experience with any videos online, but I do get it with certain music, and I got it a _lot_ more when I was younger. I still get it a bit active listening to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviPosBdGAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviPosBdGAo
- a_imho 8y agoASMR is probably pretty well suited to ML. I had a sox one liner generating ~infinite content from [no talking] ASMR videos, which worked surprisingly well with some post processing in audacity. I would guess today some services could synthesize convincing speech too.
- wrinkl3 8y agoWould you mind sharing the said oneliner? I've never worked with sox, but it looks interesting.
- a_imho 8y agoSorry, it seems I lost it. It was nothing fancy at all though, I simply piped youtube-dl to sox, cut up the original audio on 'silence' (some tweaking the thresholds for what is considered silence was necessary) then concatenated the resulting segments in random order until it was long enough. Then some manual touches with audacity. End result was something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO_Z3MLZrNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO_Z3MLZrNQ
- PinkMilkshake 8y agoMy trigger is hairdryers. This is the best channel by far: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ryuK4Fv1hvvIxMcXfcHsQ/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ryuK4Fv1hvvIxMcXfcHsQ/vid...