本文介绍了奥塔马顿（Otamatone）这款奇特的乐器，作者分享了自己和女儿Nora对它的喜爱。文章详细描述了奥塔马顿的演奏方式，通过触摸感应带控制音高，挤压脸颊控制音量。文章对比了标准版和豪华版两款奥塔马顿的特点，包括尺寸、音域和使用体验。此外，作者还指出了奥塔马顿的一些不足之处，如音量较小，以及音域选择的局限性。最后，作者表达了对这款乐器的喜爱，并期待与家人一起演奏。

🎶 奥塔马顿通过触摸感应带控制音高，挤压脸颊控制音量，操作方式独特有趣。

📏 标准版和豪华版在尺寸和音域上有所不同，豪华版更适合成人演奏，音域更宽广。

🔊 奥塔马顿的音量相对较小，不适合与较大音量的乐器合奏，但豪华版可外接音箱。

⚙️ 音域选择只有三档，无法完全满足2.5个八度音域的精细调节需求，作者希望有更灵活的音高调节方式。

Published on January 2, 2025 7:50 PM GMT

A couple months ago Nora (3y) got very into Otamatones. Shewanted to watch lots of videos, primarily TheRealSullyG.She asked for one for Christmas, and so did I:

They're a lot of fun, but I haven't yet figured out if it's aninstrument I'll ever be able to reliably play in tune.

The basic idea is you have a touch sensitive ribbon which triggers apitch dependent on the location of your finger, and then you squeezethe cheeks to control the volume. Nora's small pink one is thestandard size, and I find it quite hard to use with grownupfingers. My big red one is the "deluxe" model, and at the larger sizethe ribbon is quite playable.

Lily made a video of the Mary EllenSpider song with an Otamatone actor, though (perhaps for the best)the instrument is not featured musically:

I measure both models as having 29-31 half steps (2.5 octaves)depending on which setting you're using:

Standard, low: A#1 (59Hz) to D#4 (312Hz)Standard, medium: G#3 (213Hz) to D6 (1,184 Hz)Standard, high: A#5 (920Hz) to D#8 (4,980Hz)Deluxe, low: F1 (44Hz) to C4 (265Hz)Deluxe, medium: D#3 (158Hz) to B5 (980Hz)Deluxe, high: E5 (671Hz) to A#7 (3,676Hz)

Overall it's a fun and silly instrument, though there are a fewsmallish places it could be better:

It's a little quiet for group playing, much quieter than afiddle or mandolin. If I'm playing with others I'm generally on the loudestsetting and wishing it were a little louder. This is less of aproblem now when I'm kind of terrible at it, but if I do get good itwill be limiting.

You can hook the "deluxe" model up to an external speaker, atthe cost of losing control over cheek articulation. And I was hopingthe bass would sound better with a speaker intended for that range,but it turns out that's not a voice they've gone for.

Instead of an octave selector I want either a pitch range knobor a five-setting switch: three settings is often not enough to placethe 2.5 octave range where I want it.

Still, I'm happy! And now Anna is asking for one for her birthday,which would let us play as a trio.

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