Otohane Lara Retunes Her Stream Audio Between Vocaloid Requests

SHEERMUSICV — Otohane Lara of SheerMusicV spent an 86-minute Vocaloid karaoke stream on Oct. 30 adjusting her stream audio in real time, changing the reverb, the output volume and the overall sound while taking song requests from viewers.

She opened by announcing that the day was National Egg-on-Rice Day, which she said commemorates a 2005 symposium in Shimane Prefecture, and toasted viewers with a *kanpai* before starting. She said she had changed her audio processing since the previous stream and asked chat to tell her if anything sounded off. After a first request song she explained that she had raised the high end to compensate for a quiet mix, then tried several versions of the setting during “Ohimesama ni Naritai no” (“I Want to Be a Princess”) before keeping one. Later she said she wanted to build separate presets for ballads, energetic songs and cute songs, and agreed with a viewer who joked that she needed a sound engineer.

“I wish money would fall from the sky.” — Otohane Lara, shortly before the Super Chats arrived

The requests continued with “Boku wa Hatsune Miku to Kiss o Shita,” “Shiroi Yuki no Princess wa,” “Amanojaku,” “Batsubyo” and “Sweet Magic.” She said “Batsubyo” was a song she had worried she might not remember, and she got through it. Between songs she ran her regular segment asking viewers what they were having for dinner, weighing suggestions against the cabbage and thin-sliced pork she had at home. Talk of the sudden cold led to jokes that autumn had been skipped this year.

Five Super Chats arrived around the 49-minute mark, after she wished aloud that money would fall from the sky. She played along, saying she was holding the gifts in her arms, and told viewers to spend their money on warm clothes so they would not catch cold. She also said she often got told her voice resembled other singers’ but never strongly.

Lara closed by announcing a Halloween karaoke stream for 7 p.m. on Oct. 31. She said she planned to learn one new Halloween-themed song beforehand.