A New Chapter of the JiyoVerse
Looking back at 20+ sets, new residency milestones, affiliate status and major technical developments over the past three months.
Hi everyone! The past couple of months have been incredibly busy for Jiyo. There have been numerous changed since the last update, just a mere few months ago. From playing more than 20 sets and other milestones, to earning Twitch Affiliate status and making significant technical improvements; there's quite a lot of news to catch up on. With so many new developments happening simultaneously and Jiyo having wrapped up her second DJ season, it felt right to bring everything together into a single, large update all about the JiyoVerse. We'll look back at the past three months, revisit some of the highlights and give a glimpse of what's to come.
In today's update:
- Content Roster Expansion
- Resident DJ status
- Jiyo's first events
- Twitch Updates
- Stream Updates
- Model updates
- Liveset Overview
- The Future (Venues, Jinya, Discord, Graphics, Ko-Fi)
Content Roster Expansion
Jiyo's content roster has expanded significantly with the introduction of two additional content series. I've already played several CHARADE sets, which are typically lengthy, mainstage-fueled performances dedicated to a single genre of choice from her personal favorites pool, such as Big Room, Hardstyle or Trance. These main events allow me to dive deeper into the sounds I enjoy playing most, giving each performance its own distinct musical direction and identity.
September marked the introduction of a second content-series: the so-called FORMAT sets. As of November, a total of 7 sessions have taken place so far, with each their own distinct scope. FORMAT sets are generally shorter sessions (often played on weeknights) and are experimental by design. They serve as a testing ground for new potential musical directions. Genres that might eventually receive their own CHARADE set are often explored here for the very first time, such as Trance and Drum 'n Bass. FORMAT sets also provide an opportunity to dive into more specific selections, whether that's music from a particular year range, releases from a specific record label, or a particular subgenre of music. Essentially, besides being an experimental playground for myself to just play, discover and experience new music and to simply 'fuck around and have fun', FORMAT is where new ideas and musical directions are explored before potentially becoming larger mainstage CHARADE sets.
Secondly, over the course of the summer, a number of video's under the name BITS were introduced. I can be brief about these: they are Jiyo's clip compilations of behind the scenes captures, technical experiments, practice sessions and other shenanigans. And EVENTS? Well, they're exactly what the name implies ;-) They are VOD's of sets played by Jiyo on official public events.
Each content series has their own distinctive style, to be updated and optimized further in the future. Between august and november of 2026, 18 new CHARADE sets were performed, 7 FORMAT sets, 2 BITS compilations were created and Jiyo participated into two dedicated DJ live events.
Resident DJ status
I'm incredibly thankful and proud to announce that I've received Resident DJ status at two different groups/venues: at DJ Megu's Neon Catnip and RocketVR's Midpoint. Having already had the opportunity to perform at events under both labels, I'm excited to see what the future holds in terms of upcoming events, opportunities and all the great folks I'll get to meet along the way.
Midpoint is one of VRChat's largest communities dedicated to EDM and related events, having over 2500 group members as of November 2026. I'm equally just as grateful to have the opportunity to perform alongside Megu-chan at official Neon Catnip events. Extensive thanks to both for their trust and for welcoming me into the roster. A special word of thanks goes to fellow DJ Bynni Kotomikyo for their extended support and assistance in helping me become part of Midpoint Events.
Jiyo's First Events
Saturday, September 5th marked a major milestone for Jiyo: her very first live event appearance. Performing almost 90 minutes of Drum and Bass at DJ Megu's Catnip High DNB as the closing act of the event, this was also the very first time I had played in front of a considerably larger audience. Being thrown straight into the deep might have been the right way to experience it. At the beginning of the set, the venue had a total of 55 people present, with an average of 14 attendees still around towards the end.
Of course, the event performance wasn't without its technical difficulties. The main issue was the sheer number of avatars on screen, which proved too demanding for my computer. It resulted into a rather unpleasant framerate through much of the event. Performance gradually improved as the set progressed and after making several improvements to the graphics settings, yet it became apparent that having such a large number of attendees in a single venue was too much for my current setup to handle. Fortunately, the audio remained pristine throughout the entire performance.
My feelings about the performance itself were somewhat mixed. I had nowhere thought it would be flawless, but the performance could have benefited from more depth and variation in the music selection. My nerves had acted up a few times too, resulting in me making more mistakes than I would deem 'acceptable' during a regular set playing exclusively on DJ software. Ultimately, I'd say the first appearance went as good as it gets.
My second event took place on Thursday, October 29th, just a few weeks ago. I was invited by DJ Bynni to take part in her very own Midpoint Trance event, where Jiyo was scheduled as the third DJ of the evening, with a full 60-minute set. This time, it was safe to say I came prepared. I had put together a full setlist well in advance and even practiced the entire set a few hours before the event itself. Both practice session and actual performance were recorded, and both VOD's are available on YouTube.
Did I like this type of extensive preparation? Not necessarily, but it did result in an almost flawless performance. I will try to gradually let loose of the extensive preparation I had done for Bynni's Trance Night in order to find a sweet spot, as I prefer spontaneity over planning when it comes to events. The event taking place in the Neon Catnip contained much more spontaneity. I would love to further anticipate on the vibe of the crowd in the future, to name an example. Thanks to all that preparation, I was genuinely ecstatic with how things turned out. Attendance was good, and my computer was able to handle everything without any significant drops. Having less anxiety as I had experienced a full house beforehand during the first event definitely helped too.
Twitch Updates
- Jiyo's reached Affiliate Status as of October 26th, 2026. That means the channel can now add subscriber perks, earn money, add emojis and enable ads.
- Because of Affiliate Status, Jiyo now has a shiny Twitch DJ badge next to her chat identity in all twitch chat boxes. Not really an update, just wanted to boast that there because I am really proud of that one. *smirk*
- Jiyo's had 3 simultaneous paying subscribers over the past few months.
- During the last few streams, Jiyo's received an average of 6 - 10 viewers at all times during her streams, with a total amount of views reaching around 50 viewers per stream.
- The highest number of viewers achieved at any given moment simultaneously was 71, during DJ Megu's Catnip High DNB event.
- Jiyo, while having a small following of 33 followers on Twitch and 12 subscribers on YouTube, enjoys a large group of recurring viewers who often watch at least one stream a week or more.
Stream updates
- Ever since early September, Jiyo's model has received numerous upgrades, such as updated skin textures and shaders, emissive eyes, new hair and outfits.
- Jiyo's become more expressive towards her chatters and has become chat-focused, with often at least 2 out of 3 pin camera's being fully centered on her and actively engages with chat through gestures or written chat messages. I've practiced this a lot over the course of the weeks. I've managed to improve the current lighting setup as well, which enables Jiyo to respond quicker to my movements at night.
- From CHARADE #19 onward, the stream has enjoyed numerous VRC+ upgrades such as multiple animated camera paths shown during the performance, enhancing the cinematic potential of the stream. Many thanks again to Bynni Kotomikyo for the gifted VRC subscription! >w<
- Both CHARADE and FORMAT themed streams have their own dedicated intro graphics.
- I've used MediaMTX to create a localhost media transmission server to reduce the latency between the music and lighting animations on stream. MediaMTX is more or less a local version of VRCDN, yet unfortunately others can't see your visuals, hear your music or see the lighting animations unless you forward the IP address. I am currently thinking of experimenting with a VPS to create my own kind of VRCDN content delivery network in order to reduce the latency between music and lights. I've experimented with this ever since CHARADE #15. I hope to have more conclusive experiments with a dedicated VPS in the future, otherwise I am considering to upgrade to a paid VRCDN subscription.
- While MediaMTX works great while being by myself inside of a VRChat venue, the stream does suffer from slowdowns and freezes every now and then and would have to be restarted. This tells me that using a VPS running MediaMTX or a paid VRCDN subscription is a much more solid solution to this in the future.
- Right now, when MediaMTX is used, I tend to use 2 OBS instances. One instance streams to the MediaMTX server (mixxx audio and background VJ visuals), which is subsequently imported into VRC's video player. Once I play a song in MIXXX, you will be able to hear it inside of VRChat within a second, and audiolink lights will respond accordingly. I refer to this as the VRChat feed. A second OBS instance contains all of the camera paths/spout pin camera's and contain a copy of the MIXXX output feed. This means that both OBS instances receive the DJ audio. The second OBS instance is being livestreamed to Twitch.
- I have conducted a few experiments with DMX inside of Club Orion, but nothing conclusive as of yet. Whenever I have more time, hopefully early next year, I will create a number of scenes inside of QLC+ and start making a few animations/chasers so that it's usable for future Club Orion performances. I did manage to get all of the lighting fixtures work properly.
- I am currently in the process of designing dedicated DJ Jiyo VJ loops. This is still a much, much needed work in progress. Eventually CHARADE and FORMAT graphics plus thumbnails will be updated too, but that is way further in the future.
Model updates
Basically a large Jiyo photo collage taken over the past few months:
Silhouette photograph of Jiyo, taken late October as part of a poster design for a Halloween event poster. Unfortunately I couldn't get the event ready in time and therefore it was never announced.
- Additional FORMAT-sets. I have a few ideas for upcoming experimental sets such as classic Hip-hop and other subgenres within House.
- Jiyo-themed events
- Higher participation at events.
- Technical stability: low-latency visuals, audio and lights through either a VPS with MediaMTX or VRCDN
- VRC+ was already implemented, but new experimental camera paths
- Jiyo's Discord server (a Discord server does exist with a number of members, but I will share it publicly once the time is right)
- Jiyo's own website
- Jiyo's own custom DJ worlds.
- Custom model for Jiyo built from scratch
- Better facetracking for Jiyo. I have experimented with this late August, but couldn't get it to work. I suspect I have broken something along the way and probably have to rebuild Jiyo from scratch sometime in the future.
- Further optimization to the existing model to poor/medium level
Lastly, I am actively considering to create a sidekick for Jiyo in the form of an LLM and potentially an AI V-Tuber named Jinya. She has a bit of a secret: she has a nocturnal form. I've asked another AI v-tuber named Moonlash to generate some art of what Jinya could look like, and after a few weeks of generation and finetuning, this is what she potentially is going to look like.
The idea is that Jinya will be a Discord application (chatting with viewers, retrieving information about Jiyo or DJ sets on a yet to build DJ API, generating art, googling information, showing events, moderating vierwers), Twitch bot and a AI V-Tuber. I would love to have Jinya inside of VRChat to some extent, it would be great to give her some kind of avatar in the future that she can control by herself and give her tasks, such as dance, be a light jockey, be an assistant to Jiyo while she's DJ'ing or just do her own thing and have fun with everyone on the dancefloor.
Jiyo's also been added as generatable characters to make AI art with on two separate channels: ExilliumAI and on Khaos' (Moonlash AI) channel. To be honest, while I don't care a whole lot about AI-art considering its singular art style and sameness, it's really nice to see fellow friends and viewers engage with Jiyo outside of her DJ sets by generating art of her during other people's streams.
Set Archive
To keep this post a bit concise, find a few set VODs posted underneath. For the full VOD archive of sets that have taken place over the past few months, please visit Jiyo's YouTube Channel. It is possible, due to copyright constraints, that you will have to open the VODs on YouTube itself.
CHARADE #6 - Jiyo's first set after her three month break
CHARADE #7 - Jiyo's longest set to date, clocking in at almost 6 hours!
Jiyo playing Hard Trap in the Neon Catnip
Jiyo's set at Bynni's Trance Night, a Trance event that took place late October
Four hours worth of Hard Techno. There's a lot of flashing lights. Viewer Discretion is advised.
2 hours of Drum and Bass, played last friday.
Jiyo's latest set, two nights ago, on Tuesday November 11th.
Take care everyone! >w<
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