/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>forgot the subject edition

When will we create the /asp/ vtuber group?

>>2523770
probably when 4chan stops being a death warrant for sponsors

>>2457743
hey I asked nicely anon

>>2523855
just reuploading it for ease of access without having to go to an archived thread

>>2523872
fair, thank you

>>2523770
Seems like a poor idea, to be honest. It's fine to just be casual friends with people from here, but making an actual 'group' seems like inviting trouble. Also a lot of people from around here (not so much /asp/ itself so much) are rather unpleasant to be around sometimes.

>>2523770
I'd be very curious what... kind of people an /asp/ vtuber group would have. I think the type of people that would be willing to say publicly they use this site is going to skew the population to something less... palatable.

>>2524015
instead of having an official /asp/ group, we're better off just doing what /wvt/ does and have a general circle of vtubers who support each other. branding yourself in anyway with 4chan guarantees you're never going to get big.

>>2523770
i recall /wvt/ calling a lot of their homegrown vtubers "4clover" for a bit though i think as more and more chuubas sprouted the term kind of stopped being used

>>2520218
>>2519981
Grats anons! Good to know they're still viewing more videos. When did you two submit your auditions?

Anybody here ever collab? Obviously making a group is marking ourselves for death, but I'm surprised how few people itt ever advertise themselves as looking for a collab.

>>2524552
go to /wvt/ if you want a collab

an anon mentioned it last thread, but how loud should i be? i've realized i have zero sense of how loud something is because i have multiple things getting in the way of my sound.
>physical knob on my speakers
>windows volume settings
>elgato wave sound mixer
>the audio sliders in game
>my headphone's monitor knob
and all of these are all over the place (to suit my personal needs), but i have zero clue how loud or quiet i'll be for the average viewer. if i listen to my own streams, it's filtered through all of those volume adjustments.

anon mentioned that my voice should be in the yellow of the OBS volume meter? isn't that too loud? if i talk with a bit more energy, it breaks into the red.

>>2524552
/asp/ isn't really the thread for active vtubers, just people trying to get started.

>>2524847
You want to hang out in that yellow zone, touching the red occasionally but never ever hitting the very edge of the bar.

>>2524847
I just record it all together then listen to it at 50% windows volume and see if it seems like it would blow out your ears any louder or hard to listen to/balanced with audio. I do this before every stream.

I didn't know you were supposed to be in yellow with the mic, but I am in yellow just by virtue of what sounded right to me with testing.

This is an unbelievably specific question, but if I have media in OBS playing on a loop, is there a way to get it to fade into itself instead of hard cutting? Any extensions I can download to do this?

>>2525315
edit the file and make it loop into itself smoothly for some obscene duration (like 30 minutes)?

>>2525524
Oh yeah duh. I guess I never considered that.
Not exactly the most elegant solution but it will work. Thanks boss

I may regret it, but I've wanted to up my audio game for awhile. And I've got stimmy money to burn that I've been sitting on. ~$250 total. Current mic is $50.

The videos I looked at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_pVqyEM33s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hsf-lDBCsg

>>2523770
No one wants to watch a group of mtfs badly doing anime voices.

>>2526277
have you... never seen /wvt/?

>>2526324
Kek

i made a placeholder twitter account for my vtuber identity with barely any activity (just following some other envtubers). but i've been noticing i keep getting follow spammed by nsfw porn bots. anyone know a way to stop them or get them to unfollow me? i don't wanna debut when my model is finished only for people to see two dozen porn bots making up most of my followers.

>>2526947
That is far from normal lol.
Does your name or bio have anything lewd in it?

>>2527053
nope, it's just my vtuber name, which is a pun on a type of food.

>>2526324
No actually, is it all ftms like im expecting it to be?

>>2527168
Honestly I don't think that's a question from here. I'd talk to twitter support or try the twitter subreddit.

>>2527281
>being this obsessed with transgendered peoples
are you okay, anon?

>>2523600
Ahh, I just don't know whether to apply to Cyberlive with loli voice or regular voice. I think regular is more distinct, and still cartoonish, but I know loli is very profitable and may look good to a company!

>>2527309
yeah, it's fucking weird. did some researching and it looks like you can 'force' someone to unfollow you by blocking and unblocking them. then they won't show up as a follower on your twitter.

>>2527390
Id be less worries about the ones that are currently following you, and more worried about the fact that they are targeting your account specifically.

>>2527673
it's not targeting my account specifically. these bots seem to follow a huge number of random accounts. maybe a dozen or them are following like 3-4k other accounts. they all have the same generic "firstname_lastname_number" pattern, and they're just spam following all sorts of people.

>>2527367
To be honest show off both anon,
since they are casting it would increase your odds if you show off your skills

>>2527281
https://www.twitch.tv/krimbokills
https://www.twitch.tv/kongouvtuber
https://www.twitch.tv/little_s_
https://www.twitch.tv/spacer_haywire_ch
https://www.twitch.tv/carmine_ch
https://www.twitch.tv/alaric_ch
https://www.twitch.tv/symmakos
https://www.twitch.tv/melchiorchannel
https://www.twitch.tv/bunzel_ch
no but there's a lot of males

>>2527711
Yeh I'm aware, but it really is never more than one or two

lowkey considering dropping the $99 to unlock all the legends in Apex so i can use them all on my new account because grinding is taking so much fucking time

>>2531860
Don't do it anon. Microtransactions are the devil.

When applying to PRISM and Holo i got an email back from Google Forms showing all of my responses but I just filled out the CyberLive one and got no such email. Is this bad?

>>2533563
No; it just means they don't have the setting on.

>>2524234
Can also confirm I woke up with views (3!) on my app this morning.
It’s nice to know I got someone’s interest, I only applied under the “shots you don’t take” mentality.

>>2534490
Forgot to say I submitted about half way through

If you stream on Twitch, is it really expected to have alerts and thank every person who follows you each time? It sounds like a bit of a nuisance, but so far YT has not been very good for growth.

>>2534641
I've only ever seen relatively small channels do follow notifis, and they don't always thank for them. Sub notifs are basically universal though. At indie size it's probably a good idea to thank your subs as they happen, and if you're real small thanking follows might be a good way to get them involved in chat.

>>2534722
Ah, I see! It's not necessary to thank each follow, especially when it gets to the popularity level when it's a distraction but it's a good idea early on. And always subs! I will remember this information as a rule, thank you for this anon.

Cover/Hololive has another set of jobs open. They aren't vtuber ones though and you need to read japanese. A few manager jobs though including one for a english manager
https://herp.careers/v1/cover

>>2534490
>>2534505

Oh nice! That timeline sounds about right. Guess they're pretty much on track to get through most by the end of next week or so.

If in theory I had enough money to commission Nachomama, would it be rude to ask for unique rounded eyes instead of her standard angular eyes?

>>2535908
Only if you ask for it impolitely.

I'm a male chuuba and Hololive clearly didn't give a flying fuck about my audition or has any plans to make HolostarsEN, shall I audition for either Prism or Cyber instead?

>>2537725
Lose nothing by trying.

>>2523600
The girls at Prism Project all have 4k-5k subs. That's absolutely pathetic. Even predebut indie VTweeters will end up with over 10k twitch followers within a few months. You'd be better off being an indie.

Any company that's not VShojo or Hololive is too late and can't be viable in the market right now as it is. Even if you get in they'll graduate you once they realize the entire company was a mistake.

>>2539224
The real problem is Youtube and the fact all small companies insist on using it, despite it being an absolute garbage platform for small channels.

how the FUCK do i twitter

>>2539948
same

>>2524234
I have 5 views on mine and I applied during the last few days of auditions. It seems like they're getting close to finishing viewing auditions if they're going in order.

>>2525315
You could make a complementary video that's just the fade in/out and loop it with your media

>>2539224

Probably bait but come on,

Hololive had those numbers starting out. It is a climb to grow.
Most VTubers do not hit that amount of subs or followers within this early period. Prism is doing honestly really well for just starting a few months ago compared to the other agencies we have.

They will all be at over 10k by gen 3 at least. If any of them blow up then they will grow even faster.
At the current sub growth, ignoring any talent getting popular, they will be at high numbers by next year.

>>2537725
Well currently all Prism members are girls, and CyberLive did say they were focusing on female-presenting talents for their first batch.

>>2539843
>despite it being an absolute garbage platform for small channels.
I'm sorry but are you high? Compared to twitch Youtube is an absolute godsend for discoverability

>>2541614
>No raids
>Viewer bug
>Alerts work like half of the time
>Will suggest content not related to streamers, unlike twitch which only suggests streamers
>Won't recommend streams with low numbers unless you're subbed
>Will randomly strike or delete shit
Yeah, no. I hope you're joking. Ads are the only good thing about that shithole.

>>2541614
>>2542585
They both have their ups and downs, but I'm sorry anon, discoverability definitely goes to Youtube. Raids are nice but unreliable

>>2542617
>discoverability definitely goes to Youtube
Present your arguments then. I'm using default settings and not even once has youtube suggested a new vtuber outside of ads.

>>2542721
>default settings
>doesn't realize that youtube alg has already categorized him and feeds him personalized content
you're not the target audience for indies anyway. go back to your hololive general.

>>2542721
The algorithm is pretty blessed if you are lucky. I've seen sub-100 subscriber streamers show up at the top of a game search result for no particular reason, and be flooded with viewers.
And that's without even trying to hit the algorithm

Honestly for a male is using a female character really a debuff?
I feel like most guys would prefer to watch a female avatar because they're just nicer to look at.
Pic related.

it's a debuff in the sense that you're aiming for a niche within a niche. vtubing already filters out most audiences, and babiniku is not really accepted in the west. it's basically an extremely expensive anime girl profile pic in twitter. people are just less likely to take you seriously.

>>2543597
I rarely watch Holos anymore. I'm a /wvt/ regular. Not an excuse anyways, because it still means you have to go out of your way to find and sub to indies in order to -maybe- get other indies suggested by the algo, which doesn't even happen in my case.

>>2541498
>Probably bait
it was

>>2543981
Yes. It's a debuff of a debuff. If you are a boy who wants to appeal to boys, you gotta go the rule of cool direction.

Question is how do we make a male that appeals to both

While we are on the topic, do you guys think this design would be able to avoid alienating normies and be able to appeal to male viewers?

>>2543981
>I feel like most guys would prefer to watch a female avatar because they're just nicer to look at.
You may understand that but do you understand sex appeal? Or do you have normie sex appeal tastes? Thats where most babinikus fuck up.

For ever design that gets it right like Itoulife, Mimika Morph, pre-dragon Zen and ThatOneRebel you get a million more fuckups and shit-tastes like JusagiChan, Woolad and Bunzels.

>>2544689
>JusagiChan
the bullshit he peddles might be halfway convincing if he picked a male avatar instead. no one is going to take "business advice" from a babiniku

>>2544400
>both
both what?

>>2544309
> you gotta go the rule of cool direction.
Thank you.

>>2544882
Genders

>>2544921
you don't. streaming and watching streamers are primarily male oriented activities. the vast majority of viewers are men. why would you intentionally try to appeal to an audience that doesn't even watch streamers, let alone vtubers?

this is like changing your game and appealing to people who won't even buy the game in the first place. you're shooting yourself in the foot if you try.

>>2544635
I see that and immediately thing StarWarsfag. If youre into Star Wars and you want the Star Wars audience good work, if your not, what the fuck are you doing?

>>2544635
your voice acting better be top tier since i can't see your face. reactions are like 80% of why people watch streamers. and clippable moments like Fubuki's "ya be" are gold for sharing on social media. a mask conveys zero emotion.

>>2544635
I said it before last year and I'll say it again.
Discount Mandalorian.

>>2545053
>If youre into Star Wars and you want the Star Wars audience good work
Ayyyy cool because that's the vibe I was going for.
I was hoping it would be a little bit more general than that, to be accessible to non-star wars fans while also being familiar and comfortable to fans of the franchise, but I'm comforted to know it at least invokes that energy properly.

>>2545099
I do my reps. That's something I've come to terms with since day one. I went with the mask because I didn't want an anime boy face that would turn off potential viewers, and decided it would be worth the sacrifice of emotion

>>2545182
yeah as long as you have a good voice and personality people will probably be likely to stick with you
i mean, melchior is pretty well liked over at wvt and he's just a png of a knight

>>2534849
>A few manager jobs though including one for a english manager
Interesting. Any rrats?

>>2545455
no rrat. Yagoo just announced that they're restructuring Cover corporation away from being a tech-based start up and into a fully fledged entertainment company. They've announced a huge wave of hires.

https://note.com/tanigo (first article)
https://herp.careers/v1/cover (hiring positions)

>>2545155
I was trying to go more for a "good guy stormtrooper" look.

>>2543981
It depends. It's 100% a debuff if you have an obvious male voice (see also the knockoff shark.) Can you work with a voice changer correctly?

>>2545597
>voice changer
any anons reading this, please don't. no voice changers exist that is worth listening to over the course of a 2 hour stream. your voice is literally the only thing you've got going for you as a vtuber (unless you drop $3k+ for a god tier avatar) don't fuck it up by using shitty software.

>>2545597
If a male vtuber blows up in the west its going to be an old black guy with a little androgynous kid avatar

>>2545657
My mic is shit so I need to equalize it a bunch just to remove the robotic undertone.
Does that count as a voice changer?
https://vocaroo.com/1dzRpzKv0AcF
https://vocaroo.com/1h5KlrwC9pqE
Mic before and after EQ.

>>2546094
EQ isn't a voice changer but god damn you're way too close to the mic. 2-3 fists distance away, please.

>>2546094
Sounds good to me.

>>2543981
I'm a babiniku, and these are some insights I've seen or learned from fellow babis.

"The Double-Edged Sword"
If you try and self-promote you'll be raided with trolls and called a tranny. Yet, without self-promoting, you'll be a nobody.

"Male vs Female"
>...most guys would prefer to watch a female avatar because they're just nicer to look at.
This is true... kind of.
The piece that a lot of people don't think about when they want to go babi is that most of the time when men play female characters in games they've gotten some say in how their female avatar is designed or acts. This is fun role-reversal and interesting to act out in a video game. The problem you'll run into is that you will be presenting everyone with YOUR 'ideal' avatar and portrayal of a female persona. Watchers will have no initial investment in this persona, which leads too...

"Small Fish, Large Pond"
Know going in that you're purposefully limiting your audience. People outside of the vTuber community will assume you're some sort of closet pervert and won't want to follow you, and people inside our community will likely just try to find a real female vTuber to simp -- of which, there are countless. It is inevitable one of these females will be doing your gimmick better, and without needing to 'fake it'.

The novelty of "being a guy with a female avatar" in the West -- is just that -- a novelty.

"Fin"
Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to gatekeep or dissuade you. Just be aware that these are -- but a few -- of the hurdles and roadblocks you will likely encounter. Expect them, and overcome them.

>>2546094
I am 3 fists away actually. I was just adding some gain to my output with the compressor since otherwise it seems too low to me.
I should probably try to get it to the same audio level as some other vtubers though.

>>2546094
Your EQ settings are fucked up and it sounds like you're muffled.

>>2546461
Meant for >>2546141

>>2546461
That anon is schizophrenic. You sound fine

Is there a way to reduce the GPU load in OBS when using Studio mode? Having both the Preview and Live screens is adding to the stress on my card, but I don't want to go back to using a single window.

>>2547034
Honestly I've been increasingly tempted to get a second PC, one for gameplay and one for handling the streaming

Ame's advice for HoloEN auditions:
>have questions ready to ask the interviewer
Ame... our applications aren't even getting views, let alone interviews...

>>2548275
>Ame's advice for HoloEN auditions
"get gud"

>>2548275
Applies for non-Holo interviews too

>>2548275
That actually is very good interview advice though

>>2548275
Here's some advice for HoloEN auditions.
Learn how to interview at a normal company.
It's literally the exact same process as applying for a job in any other field.
The majority of applications will be thrown out since no HR department has time to sit through and look at over 1000 applications.
If you do get through to the second round then the people interviewing you probably only had a vague glance at your resume and won't know anything about you so you should give them a quick rundown of your work history first.
Prepare for standard interview questions such as "why do you want to work here?" (hint hint don't give the real reason say it's because you can make a real difference for the company or some shit) or "can you think of a time where you had to explain a technical thing to a non-technical person?".

>>2545552
>herp
sasuga Cover

My channel is finally taking off why does this make me anxious..

>>2551321
"Uneasy is the head that wears a crown."

If you're nervous about the growth that means you care about your content. These are good signs, anon. Good luck and keep it up!

>>2551321
Post dem statistics. Show the class

I'm going to debut pretty soon bt my character is a huge muscular dude, how do I avoid having a fanbase filled with gay furries?

Serious question btw

>>2552090
Anon, if you went with a bara character design, you are going to get bara fans watching you

>>2528238
>https://www.twitch.tv/krimbokills
Dang, this guy has basically the same character idea I have, just for an entirely different genre with an entirely different feel. Didn't think anyone else would go for the buff bottom-tier minion.

Is it possible to connect a focusrite scarlett to a goxlr?

>>2553050
why connect an interface with another interface?

>>2553470
I want to use a mic and guitar at the same time, but the scarlett sucks for mics.

>two hour test stream
>game sound was too loud
>mic's noise gate was too high
>speech was incomprehensible
>tons of dead air
>tons of "uhmm" and "uhhh"
>whatever i did talk about was rambling nonsense
>mostly just reacting to the game
>no chat
>some lurkers
i'm gonna make it because i've written down all the shit i fucked up on and coming up with a plan to tackle each of these, one improvement per stream

>>2554156
Based. Very based.

This is why we do test stream, ya know? Mine was very similar.

>>2554156
Hey, that's why you do your stream reps. Gotta start somewhere.
t. been doing weekly grind streams for like 8 weeks now

>>2554156
Most of it you can fix through practice, but next time just spend a few minutes recording from obs of you talking at normal volume and the game opening screen music (usually the loudest the game will get) and listen to it back before you stream.

>>2552206
I guess they have plenty of money at least

>>2554497
Embrace it

>>2554156
You gotta walk before you can run. Don't believe in you, believe in the me that believes in you.

How obnoxious should I be when it comes to putting things like "[GAME] | ENVtuberCh. | FIRST TIME PLAYING" in my titles

>>2556314
Most people understand "the algorithm" now and are forgiving of super obnoxious titles. As long as it's not straight click-bait, you'll be fine. Human brains will only see "VTUBER, FIRST PLAY, GAME", which is all you need. The rest of that shit is just for surfacing.

That being said, seek to keep it consistent for VOD searching.
>"<GAME> | <YOU> | <SHORT DESCRIPTION>"

>>2556314
>>2556641

I hate that it works. It's so obnoxious and I don't want to do it, but tags and dumb titles statistically work.

>>2544400
Look at a Lot of Yaoi character designs

How do test streams works? You make it on a secondary account? Without or with your character? You make a privated stream?

>>2556946
i just streamed on my main. i'm not even gonna get a viewer. so i'm free to make as many fuck ups as possible.

What would cause my stream to lag if the game itself is running fine, and everything seems to be going fine in OBS?

Internet connection? Shitty cpu?

Give me your best first names for a female vtuber.

>>2557480
CUNTY PISS

>>2557470
Internet for you, servers for youtube or twitch, or most likely bitrate issues
.>>2557480
western or japanese names?

>>2547373
get one

>>2557540
Both.
Honestly it doesn't matter since you're basically an anime character so nobody's going to think twice if your name is Mayumi but you speak in English.

>>2547373
>>2557576
I think that's a pretty drastic decision. Upgrading should probably be fine

>>2557480
just add '-ette' at the end of an noun and use that as your name

>>2557655
Frying panette

>>2557674
just go panette and embrace the fanart of your avatar as bread

>>2557496
Cunt Piss Ch.

>>2557480
I'm literally going to marry Matsuri

>>2557655
Based naming scheme.

>>2557480
Bread.

Literally just bread. Maybe have your last name be Rye.

>tfw dieting and losing weight because i'm so fat that the webcam has difficulty seeing my pupils from my fat and puffy eyelids

>>2557603
True, but I didn't know if you were specifically looking for one or the other.
Though honestly I'm blanking on good ones. I wish Zelda wasn't pretty much taken by LoZ association because it's a good name.

>>2557812
Try that on top of just having small eyes in the first place.

>>2557783
Rei, just to make people mad

>>2557812
And also eyesight so bad you have coke bottle glasses and contacts would have to gas-permeable $300 lenses.

>Are you the type of streamer you'd watch?
The type of streamers I watch are basically coomerbait because I'm horny and lonely. What do?

>>2558297
Watch princess celesse tomorrow and jack off because its a pomf.tv day.

>>2558328
oh no

>>2558361
You can't fault her for using the only advantage youtube offers which is wanting to ignore things/hide it under the rug whenever possible.

>>2558297
Nope. I wanted to be more like Ollie, but I wound up more like Aqua.

>>2558297
As far as I can tell there's no vtuber that does the kind of stuff I like most, which is why I became the one that does.

>>2558535
So, what kind of stuff are you doing?

>>2558584
Streamsniping other vtubers. Not for cheap wins, but for maximum annoyance. I'm gonna start doing Apex once I upgrade my setup, right now I'm mostly doing greatbow invasions in Dark Souls.

>>2558297
become the Casanova of Vtubers

>>2558749
You could make a career in EVE Online. Destroy months of work. (Though there would be some work yourself.)

>>2558959
Honestly you could get paid real world money in EVE Online to do that as a mercenary.

>>2557655
You're an absolutely based madman! I can't believe how well this worked.

>>2558959
Nice try, but I'm not falling for that. Trying to redirect me to a game that your oshi doesn't play won't stop me from making her cry.

>>2539224
There's a japanese vtuber group called AXEL-V, which started last year, and aside from Kokuri, they barely get 1k views on their streams, especially my favorite one, Momo, who only does talking streams. I just love her laugh, man.

>>2559188
the JP market is even more saturated that the EN market. indie groups are fighting tooth and nail over the small pool of viewers. that's why the smarter ones are learning english to pander to the EOP audience.

>>2558749
Jokes on you, I'm already terrible at every game I play online.

>>2559114
Nah I just streamed EVE before vtubing stuff and dodging stream snipers while exploring wormholes was actually fun and more thrilling then most of the non-pirate gameplay available.

An associate of mine is already an indie streamer and wants to try auditioning but is basically completely uninitiated in this field, and I've been helping walk her through most of it but she hit me with a question I actually couldn't answer; Dear anons, exactly what is the audition's self-introduction video supposed to actually look like? I've tried looking into it and have gotten quite a mixed bag of results, like Ina apparently just talking about food or Tamaki doing her stray cat RP, couldn't find anything substantiated enough to be able to properly walk her through it or find videos for her to use as reference.

>>2559227
speaking of markets, is there even one for central and south america? I'm from Puerto Rico but the only spanish speaking vtubers I get recommended are japanese learning spanish, like Kureha.

>>2559540
treat it like a trailer for a movie or new show. why should someone tune into you? what do you have to offer to the viewer?

>>2559578
probably? don't know enough about non-US markets. you could always become one of the first early movers in your region.

>>2559540
The problem is that the people who make it in are under contract so they don't ever show their successful videos because it implies they have a past life, or might directly say who they are and what they do. My guess would be to base it on what seems like successful youtube channel intros that sum up what the channel does and talk about themselves.

>>2559540
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tMDskksmzg

>>2559540
However you want it to. All you need to do is sell yourself. If they had a preference how, they would say as much

>>2559540
I doubt there's a winning formula. It's so open ended for exactly the reason that they want to see what you, personally, choose to do with it.

Is becoming a vtuber of an existing character a good idea?
I was thinking of becoming a Mickey Mouse vtuber when the copyright runs out in a few years.

>>2559893
>in a few years
the fad will be over by then, anon

>>2559893
>Disney letting the copyright run out without lobbying to extend it
Good joke

>>2559540
Nobody knows, but the intro is the most important part of it otherwise they'll just drop your shit asap unless you are one of the first applicants then it is not

>Still no Sherlock Holmes, consulting vtuber
He's in the public domain. You could easily do it.

>>2560114
you will get called an ame ripoff no matter what

>>2559893
I've actually been wondering why we don't see things like, a pokemon trainer vtuber who primarily does pokemon runs

I think fandom specific vtubers have a lot of potential to explode if done right. A lot of pokemon fans would sub to a pokemon vtuber just by virtue of it being something new in their community I believe.

>>2560938
falls under the umbrella of "if you can do it as a vtuber, you'll do better with a traditional face-cam"

>>2560988
I'm just not totally sure that's true

>>2560988
Maybe people don’t want to dress up or cosplay with makeup for the facecam every single day

>>2560988
depends on the person really

>>2559578
if you want big numbers Spanish is good but if you want money English or JP are better choices

>>2560938
https://twitter.com/namako_plum

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCTUv9mWhE2KH4yG3KX_VA

>>2563457
See this to me feels much more marketable.

>>2559540
What audition is this for anon? Because I'd say it varies by the agency. Look into their values and be your authentic self while also showing off talents/skills they'd apperciate.

>>2563538
i still think vtubers need to really move away from anime and more towards western stylized art instead

>>2563457
I want to rape her

>>2563538
Fandom personas are a self-defeating design.They're more marketable but if they grow too big then they force legal action, and if they don't then the marketability meant nothing anyways.

>>2564936
>Then they force legal action
I dont know what japanese laws are like but you would be fine in america

>>2564936
i mean, excluding the pyukumuku, what legal action could be taken upon >>2563457 aside from having her not use pokemon imagery anymore?

>>2564996
>>2564988
you don't have to deal with the law. you just hit up Youtube and tell them to nuke the channel through Content ID. and since Content ID falls under the contract between you and youtube when you created the channel, it doesn't need to go to court. YT can just say you violated the terms of service.

>>2565039
You can't get a valid claim for having your character look too much like it belongs in a specific franchise.

If that vtuber wasn't holding a copyrighted pokemon, she would be totally fine legally, even if the pokemon company wanted to put up a fuss (which they won't)

>>2559188
1k with only 10k Subs it's pretty great. You Will always have like 2% of your Subs as live audience

>>2523600
Anyone looking for a person just so do a basic PNG or a design and nothing more take a look https://twitter.com/suikydex/status/1381966099344814092
Get in before the prices go way the fuck up

>>2566198
the first comment on that is on point. that's worth at least double $30-40 for a colored piece like that, at that quality would be fine. $15 is a fucking steal, and the artist is doing themselves a disservice.

>>2557603
This. Also don't forget that a Lot of Japanese vtubers from companies and indies use western names. It's not weird

Anons I dont know what to do im very scared by the time im actually able to stream that the trend will die out and any chance i have at being successful with it going to. is this a valid fear or am i just being scared for no reason?

>>2564204
And you'd be wrong for thinking that

>>2566580
would love to see your sources on this

>>2566483
Vtubers aren't going anywhere for at least the foreseeable future, and it's possible they're here to stay as just another medium for streaming given how easily accessible they are. Plus if they do face sudden onset extinction you can always just promote yourself as a retro vtuber and try to appeal to the souls who all lost their oshis.

>>2566483
it's possible. it's also possible it'll stick around but ultimately just live in the moment and do what you want. want to be a vtuber right now? have the time and expendable resources? then do it. but always be reasonable so if you notice shit dying out and you're losing your motivation that's the moment you reassess and either try to re-innovate vtubing or move onto some other personal project. you only live once, anon.

>>2560938
you have to really hope people in that niche are going to want to watch vtubers. Roberu of holostars's artist had a second vtuber character that is no longer active that was basically just that and was an actual competitive player, but the thing is, nobody was watching it so he gave it up and deleted the channel

>>2566483
>by the time im actually able to stream
what's preventing you from streaming right now?

Almost 6 weeks and I finally got a view on my audition. There is hope anon.

>>2568149
my computer

>>2568498
Me too, I guess they’re doing a final sweep now before the deadline.
I’ve only seen one anon say they have an interview though, I wonder what their shortlist is like.

Bump for the morning

>>2566483
have you tried being less of a fag?

if you can be entertaining on a stream without a vtuber rig, then the vtuber rig won't be a debuff even if vtubing dies

>>2566483
At no point will vtubers be something people AVOID. You just might miss the popularity wave

>>2523600
I hovered over the 'send' button for so long bros. I'm so excited but I'm so fucking anxious too. It really is so close to happening now.

>>2576376
Congrats! Always good to see another anon pushing forward

>>2565154
Yeh this. Taking this anon from yesterday for example:
>>2544635
Clearly inspired by star wars, but being inspired by something does not equate to infringing on intellectual property.
I think the only situation where you are actually going to have an issue is if you straight up use a copyrighted character

>>2523600
Does anyone else think Cyberlive feels fishy? It's kind of weird that they don't have any of their representatives listed on the site or anything. Seems like they were dodging questions in their reddit thread too.

>>2580348
Cyberlive or not, there's absolutely no way I'd ever apply to be part of the first gen of any organization

>>2580348
I didn't see the first one they had before it got deleted. They just posted their second one (no comments yet), along with their new promotional video. It seems like they must have wanted to use those designs much more then they said before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOi7ZX1JTlc

>>2580348
I think all VTuber companies you have to view somewhat skeptically for awhile. The industry is a secretive thing so it is hard to verify a lot of the smaller companies we have. Though at least Cyberlive looks like they have some sort of backing considering they have decent assets. For sure don't apply to any company looking like they don't have some sort of capital

Curious to know the demographic breakdown of aspiring vtubers from here.

http://poal.me/lfjgw2
http://poal.me/lfjgw2
http://poal.me/lfjgw2

>it's another "incel comes into the thread and does a poll about genders" day

>>2580653
This poll should be more specific

The one we had a few months ago was
>Male
>Male vtubing as a female
>Female
>Female vtubing as a male

>>2580580
Interesting. Do you think that these models will be given to the first gen or will new models be provided?
>>2580632
Good point

>>2580813
i am the anon who posted awhile ago about passing the first round interview

at least some will be used for first gen but they are assigning two others that aren't shown that are not premade designs or models

in my casting they told me i was auditioning for a premade character and let me pick between two models

I want to be the next Okayu. What do I need to do?

>>2580929
What kind of voice do you have? I was theorizing before that my voice doesn't really fit all the youngish looking models they have/are looking for.

>>2581008
Get a good sound equipment/hardware, so you can be the most phonetic vtuber

>>2581008
Have reassuring, deep voice that's perfect for singing and making goslings fall to their knees
Be inhumanely calm in most scenarios and easy going with both vtubers and viewers
Constantly mess with your friends and tease them in minor ways
Be a comfy animal girl of some variety with potential sex appeal
Never flaunt said sex appeal, only doing it by accident
Always pick being goofy in a scenario, situation or game over being cool, sexy or cute
Realise that even if you do all of this nothing will ever replace Okayu, and you should strive to be your own personality and voice instead of trying to imitate others for the sake of being popular

>>2581596
Already got that with an At2020 and Focusrite Scarlette 2i2 that was recommended in this thread like a month ago. Working on my enunciation reps right now with that pencil in mouth trick.

>>2581603
I'm not looking to attract goslings. I just want to have that chill lofi-vibe that Okayu has in her streams. I'm not that high energy and don't really rage in video games. Singing reps is something that I'm trying to put in, not that great yet, but living with housemates makes it difficult to practice. Thanks for the perspectives, anon.

>>2580929
Congrats anon!
>>2581043
Seconding this, my voice isn't super deep but if they're going for a loli type thing it might not be for me.

>>2581008
ASMR

>>2580348
they're not fishy but they're very uh....basic
Their characters and models are basically little more than a character creator level of design, don't expect much from them and every character will be pretty much the same height, shape and size

New CyberLive reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/mrisu0/audition_western_vtuber_agency_cyberlive_opens/

I just now figured out how to find the original removed reddit post. It was mostly just this person going off. https://www.reddit.com/r/VirtualYoutubers/comments/ml5fea/audition_western_vtuber_agency_cyberlive_is/

>>2583064
that redditor is getting way too fucking worked up about some start up vtuber company. the fuck are they expecting? it seems like they're demanding Cover Corp levels of sophistication and are bitching them out because it doesn't look like they'll miraculously make the redditor Gura-levels of fame by applying.

>>2583064
I mean I too would like more transparency from the Cyber team considering how there are only two remotely successful Vtubing companies out there right now. But that being said this dude needs to chill the fuck out and learn to ask questions without being so unnecessarily aggressive about it.

>>2583175
>>2583237
Agree with both of you.
I just wish they would reveal who these 'industry veterans' are. I'm guessing they want talent first before they do a big reveal? I think they're discounting how much hype they could bring.

>>2583064
I agree with >>2580442 there's not much benefit locking yourself into a contract with a company with nothing to prove. Yeah, it may work out like how niji and holo seemed sketchy at first but it might be a huge waste of time or worse you get fucked over by them in some way or another. For ambitious anons, of the auditions right now prism's looks fine other than the chance it doesn't take off but at a glance they look like they're doing well and the 2 people running the company seem active on twitter

>>2583475
Exactly. Any company that's worth a damn will have a second gen. It's stupid to take a gamble on a first gen that could potentially be bad for your career, when you can instead be spending that time building a portfolio

>>2583475
Is it worth it to apply for prism even if I don't have a streaming track record? I have a decent following on my art twitter and used to do art streams but none of them were archived.

>>2583544
>>2583475
I more applied to see if I was desirable at all at this point. My social media game was weak and I guess since they had pre-made characters I didn't fit any of them. They did say there were more people designing but I would guess they'd only do that for really good people.

I dont want to go into too much detail but I have reason to be sketched out by the owners of Prism.
They are very unprofessional in emails/work and dont answer many questions about funding and the future. it could just be language barrier but i dont have faith in the company side of things. the talents growth is good however

>>2583707
That's disappointing

>>2583656
I get that, I considered applying to prism solely for that and thought about tossing something at cyberlive as well but I decided to hold off for reasons stated above

>>2583637
id say that if you think you have a weak application to spend little time/ energy on an audition. As been repeated many times you don't make the shots you don't take, that being said...

>>2583707
That's the thing that concerns me. While they do have a presence and they seem passionate about the whole thing, I'm still not entirely sure about them.

>>2583057
That's a shame.

I get it but yall attacking the wrong companies.

I see nothing about how shady Narwal looks here, or the roleplay company. Prism and Cyber seem fine so far. Let them get the ball moving before we assume. just audition with some skepticism and you'll be fine.

>>2585904
I assume its because the first two you mentioned were basically laughed off immediately and no one bothered to remember they exist. At least prism and cyberlive are sticking in peoples minds enough for people to be skeptical.

another 2 hour test stream. i think i've got my encoding settings right, the only skipped frames were at the beginning of the stream where i had my placeholder "stream is starting" screen. fixed the sound issue so i'm more audible compared to the game. got zero viewers, but i'm not too worried. still lots of dead air that i need to fill in as i play, but i'm not sure with what.

>>2523600
I got one 33 second view on my CyberLive view, and then a second view. Why would they do this?

>>2586484
Probably the intern making sure you're female, then someone who'll actually review it.

>>2586526
33 seconds seems kinda long just to verify if they are female though

>>2586526
Oh! From that perspective, this is reassuring! At 28 seconds in I had an animatic, so at first I was under the impression that they just really disliked it. I suppose that could still be the case, but I will keep this more optimistic reason in mind as a possibility.

>1080p, 60fps, 2 hours
>5GB
Holy shit. Do people normally just upload the recording directly to YouTube and delete the local file? This is gonna fill up my SSD a lot faster than I expected. This is almost 15GB per week if I just do three 2 hour streams.

>>2586685
Time to set up a mass storage server, anon

>>2586685
Save only the video editor file and buy external hard drives as you need to

>>2586685
I don't 60 fps, but yeah mine are like 2GB+. I still have 600GB left of my terabyte drive left through. I would consider getting another TB drive for archives only because I'm kinda anal about having old recordings.

>>2586685
If you want to be a poorfag, abuse file repositories(git shit)/free upload services to store things.

>>2586943
They've been cracking down on that.

That one poster being aggressive, but there's more info on cyberlive reddit post. I can assume from this that they will release their staffing info sometime in the audition process, talents will get to own their ip, and smaller cut taken from the company.

>>2587533
Whoops, here's the pic I didn't upload.

>>2586740
>>2586805
>>2586854
>>2586943
in all honesty, this is still just another one of my first 10 streams and it's all garbage not worth keeping. i'm gonna upload it to my youtube channel but delete the local file. it's not like there's anyway quality material to clip or highlight from anyway. but thanks for the advice, anons.

https://twitter.com/KarrotVtuber/status/1382651183291109377
if anyone is looking for live2d lessons, this vtuber is doing a live hands-on workshop (she's providing you a sample model) that you can follow along with.

>>2587725
Thanks for sharing. I'll likely use this.

>>2587578
I don't save the recording when i'm streaming; I usually export to youtube through twitch and only save the stream if there was something i wanted to clip
i immediately delete the vod off my computer afterwards

i got my first spambot comment on my youtube video. it was a time stamp and some link to a sketchy vom gen website or whatever. something i'm doing must be right if the algorithm is pushing my videos, even if it's to spam bot accounts.

Has anyone provided any evidence that they've been contacted by Hololive? Don't link me to the other schizo thread because that person never mentioned Hololive, it's most likely another agency.

>>2589910
>Has anyone provided any evidence
and risk getting DQ'd for revealing audition information? lol, weak bait

I got contacted by Niji and even got interviewed but I did not pass. They contacted me right after auditions ended asking a few questions, and then didn't follow up until a month later (late January) for an interview. I didn't pass but it is worth noting that you can be contacted awhile after. No idea about holo

>>2589910
I don't think they can or would even want to provide concrete evidence lol. Even if it's a screenshot and they blur out specific info that could give them away, they would most likely just brag about it but not feel compelled to prove more. Unless they're retarded and willing to risk it just for 4chan asspats.

That said, there was an anon about two threads ago (in the archives now) that said they were contacted to set up an interview with Hololive. I think their post was earlier this week. They also said that they submitted during the first week of auditions and it was viewed that same week too. Smells like bullshit, probably is bullshit, but who knows?

>>2590236
My video was viewed first week, so I don't think that is BS for that reason alone. Whether or not they are real is a different story

>>2590236
>>2590494
I would assume in the first week they tried to 'keep up' with watching what came in, and as more and more and more came in it probably extended the wait time to even view them by a ton.

Currently writing my first scripted video bros.

It was really intimidating at first but I feel like I've got a pretty good rhythm going.

You guys actually think they're going to hire random people off the street? Everybody in hololive has known each other before or was famous and popular, the audition is just a pretense to give you losers false hope.

must be a slow day in the /wvt/ backroom

>>2592060
But I am famous and popular, Anon.

What did we all stream today /asp/?

>>2593507
2 hours of Apex, sorry

>>2593507
Just finished writing my video script and will try to record to tonight.
Didn't get around to streaming anything, but this is a big enough step for me to still be comfortable with my pace

>>2593507
I only do weeklies and today was not stream day

>>2593557
Tsk tsk tsk

>>2593635
I can't help it, it's too much fun.

>>2593507
absolutely nothing

>>2593557
I mean, some people like watching people play the same BR game over and over again, so it's a legitimate stream.

>>2593563
Fair, still progress!

>>2593507
i took a break and recorded a song cover instead

>>2593557
Don't let anyone tell you what you can and can't stream.

>>2593721
Rad! Which song?

>>2593507
Nothing yet, but mostly likely either Noita or Oblivion after supper!

>>2593835
I haven't tried Noita yet, it looks crushing but I do like rougelikes.

>>2594126
It's remarkably fun! You should try it as soon as you are able!

>>2593507
did a japanese lesson for an hour

early anime styled vtuber when?

>>2595432
Me too!

>>2595583
Honestly surprised I haven't seen it yet, cause people are coming back to that retro style recently.

>>2595583
Would be kino

>>2593507
Offline for today, just doing organization.

I'm in the market for an iPad, was wondering if it also happens to be good for that face tracking stuff iPhones are? Any downsides to an iPad over an iPhone in that regard?

>>2600293
Just make sure it has that face tracking tech. There's a full list somewhere

>>2595583
You'd need to hire some pretty good japanese artists for that probably.

>>2595583
I would kill to see a 90s styled Vtuber with an artstyle similar to Miho Shimogasa - the episodes of Sailor Moon Stars she directed were pure eye candy. (I also think she was the director of the episode with 'that' Usagi screencap that everyone and their moms redrew not too long ago)

>>2600738
'That' screencap being this one.

>>2539948
no seriously how the fuck do i twitter

>>2601693
Post content.
Reply to people who are similarly sized.

>>2595583
why dodn't i thonk of this...
should i redraw my model? hmm

>>2601693
The really sneaky trick to twitter is like >>2601774 anon says, post replies to people the same size as you.
You’ll never get in with the current popular chuubas but if you can make friends with the next gen as their getting popular they’ll take you with them.
See it as part of your reps

Should I be asking my desired Skeb artist if they're fine with doing a vtuber avatar through twitter first or just putting through the request through Skeb?

>>2603463
what should I do if I have <100 followers? it's kinda hard to find chuubas my size and most of the indies I unironically like still have more than that

>>2603661
A twitter DM (if DMs are enabled for the account) would be be fine.

>>2603981
Post content on other platforms. Hang out in chats. Shill yourself on R*ddit. Post content. Post content. Post content.

>>2603981
Also, retweet larger people to smaller people

>>2603981
It’s a long game sometimes, like. Replying to someone in a chill way, not actively shilling and not on every post they do but maybe a 60/40 split makes you stick out in people’s heads.
Don’t just focus one person either but a few. And not all in the same friend group obviously.
You want to start out as a sort of “regular” at their content before you shoot your friend or collab shot. Post comments, hang out in chats all that.

And people scrolling down the comments will see you, so make sure you’re obviously a vtuber by your name and profile pic.

There’s a 1000 new vtubers every month what the fuck... I may have underestimated how many people are on the bandwagon!

https://medium.com/@hyprsense/how-many-virtual-celebrities-are-there-577fdfbba34a

>>2605608
There's like 7 million unique streams per day on twitch. I wouldn't worry about that, though. If you think you're funny enough to be in the top 1000 of a contest of 7 million, you'll be set.

even if i can't do that, i'll still get the consolation prize for top 1000 for cock size

>>2605695
OwO

>>2603463
well that didn't work, how come nobody told me i wasn't supposed to call him a nigger every time he tweeted

Haha fuck me the view I had on my audition has gone. It was so bad they unwatched it.

>>2606542
kek

>>2606542
Happened to me too. Youtube fuckery getting my hopes up.

>>2603463
To follow along with this, make sure you're tagging your tweets (i usually only do this for content related stuff like stream announcements/covers) with the proper tags. There are bots that will pick up stuff like #vtuber which can get more eyes on your tweets if you don't have a big following.

Anybody wanna make a new thread?