音mad

A fun cousin of vocaloid.

Overview

Every couple months I find myself back in the cycle of watching

~20 some odd otomads, and while not vocaloid strictly I would say

it still falls within the same broader "niconico culture". At least

enough to warrent placing it here.

For those unfamiliar otomad(音mad), or YTPMV, are videos in which songs

(usually game OSTs) are 'covered' through

using various samples from otaku culture, japanese commercials,

or just various parts of otaku net culture in general. These

are done usually done without any BGM, meaning all of the sound

is being made through these samples.

Relation to vocaloid

Despite being from the same general userbase, there is some cross

polination from what I've seen between these two sub cultures.

Notably it's not uncommon for an otomad to pull in some utau

here and there, and there exists a plethora of koronba songs

(which use utau themselves) that have been covered in otomads.

I also think that if you enjoy vocaloid outside of just the

faces of the voice sets, as in the effort put in to make

something tuning and the fun visual aspects. I think its

safe to say one would enjoy the occasional otomad here and there.

Sources

I mentioned a bit about the use of otaku culture and Japanese

TV commercials as sources, however within otaku culture there

seems to more then a little bias torwards which original mediums

are used. Long stays appear to be Kill Me Baby and yuyushiki. It

is common for a video to have a "common origin", trying to make

use of mostly a single anime or game samples for the majority

of the samples used. Similarly, you will find creators reusing

or having specific samples that are reused from video to video.

Relations to old Youtube shit posts

As far as I can tell, these _seemed_ to evolve independently

from the now classical youtube videos that would do a lot

of the same (often for more humerous effects). I would be

very interested in figuring the exact amounts of cross

pollination that happened between these groups.

I find myself growing more fond of these fun and catchy

videos every time I find myself going back to them. It's

quite fun to watch the videos to see where the samples

originate as well as spotting common reoccurances between

videos.

Otomad Links

beoh's channel

coron 3's channel

niconico archive

Earworm of the week award

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