In pursuit of Otama's tone (2017)

js2 · on Jan 5, 2018

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

stavros · on Jan 5, 2018

(It's called an "Otamatone")

travbrack · on Jan 5, 2018

A youtuber I follow does an amazing job recreating video game songs by overdubbing otamatones together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02ADmCKH7w

panic · on Jan 5, 2018

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/vid...

sam0x17 · on Jan 5, 2018

Who else came here looking for Obama's tone, thinking they had turned Obama's inflection into a virtual instrument?

eplanit · on Jan 5, 2018

My eyes saw "Obama's Phone", and thought it might be a reminiscence about his Blackberry.

nicolashahn · on Jan 5, 2018

This article is extremely high in the (interestingness):(usefulness to me) ratio

stavros · on Jan 5, 2018

Infinite, in fact!

taneq · on Jan 5, 2018

Came for the 'what the hell is Otama's tone', stayed for the cool frequency analysis stuff. Unexpectedly cool!

foobarian · on Jan 5, 2018

Looks like a Japanese fidget-spinner-like thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hIHLEuUg8k

jdalgetty · on Jan 5, 2018

I read this as Obama's tone, lol.