Is your recorded voice real?

They've heard it all before: Your voice is just your voice to everyone else. They don't hear the bone conduction part. It sounds exactly as it always has, so don't worry about people thinking you sound odd.
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Does your voice really sound like it is recorded?

When you hear your voice on a recording, you're only hearing sounds transmitted via air conduction. Since you're missing the part of the sound that comes from bone conduction within the head, your voice sounds different to you on a recording.
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Do people hear my real voice?

Neither. Your voice that you hear is being transmitted from your vocal chords to your ears through your skull. Your voice that others hear is being transmitted through air.
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Why do I hate my voice in recordings?

The discomfort we have over hearing our voices in audio recordings is probably due to a mix of physiology and psychology. For one, the sound from an audio recording is transmitted differently to your brain than the sound generated when you speak.
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Why do I sound weird on recordings?

It's because when you speak you hear your own voice in two different ways. Greg Foot explains all. The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your ear drum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull set off by your vocal chords.
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Why Your Voice Sounds Better In Your Head Than In Recordings



How others hear your voice?

"The first is through vibrating sound waves hitting your eardrum, the way other people hear your voice. The second way is through vibrations inside your skull set off by your vocal cords," the news outlet said. "Those vibrations travel up through your bony skull and again set the eardrum vibrating.
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How do I know if I'm a good singer?

Here are the 6 most powerful signs.
  1. Singing makes you feel euphoric (out-of-body experiences) ...
  2. Lessons and practice are really, really fun. ...
  3. All you ever want to do is sing. ...
  4. Singing doesn't feel like work. ...
  5. You can take constructive criticism. ...
  6. You have a student's mindset during the start, middle, and end.
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Does everyone have a singing voice?

While everyone can sing, it can be hard to find your true voice. Everyone has a natural singing voice that is unique to them, but how your natural voice sounds might be harder to recognise than you think. External factors and influences can make you subconsciously change your voice over time.
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Why does your own voice sound weird?

While some of the sound is transmitted through air conduction, much of the sound is internally conducted directly through your skull bones. When you hear your own voice when you speak, it's due to a blend of both external and internal conduction, and internal bone conduction appears to boost the lower frequencies.
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What is it called when you hate the sound of your own voice?

In psychology, voice confrontation, which is related to self-confrontation, is the phenomenon of a person not liking the sound of their own voice.
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Why is my voice so high?

Before your growth spurt, your larynx is relatively small and your vocal cords are relatively thin. So your voice is high and kid-like.
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Is our voice different from what we hear?

Some pitches of sound will not be heard as loudly as others. That changes the sound quality. Generally, when we hear our voices on a recording, our voices sound higher in pitch than what we hear in our head. It is those higher pitches that are boosted in the ear canal during normal air conduction hearing.
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Why do we not like our own voice?

Bhatt explained that the dislike of the sound of our own voices is physiological and psychological. First off, audio recordings translate differently to your brain than the sound you are used to when speaking. The sound from an audio device goes through the air and then in your ear (also known as air conduction).
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Why does my voice sound beautiful when I sing but when recorded it sounds horrible?

Your voice gets resonance by traveling through your sinus cavities as you sing, which you'll hear as it comes out of your mouth. This gives a slightly false impression of the qualities of your singing voice when you're hearing it from a first person perspective, which is why your voice sounds different on a recording.
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How do you like your own voice?

Here are some of my tips to getting used to the sound of your recorded voice:
  1. Practice diaphragmatic breathing. ...
  2. Record a video of yourself speaking (or a few). ...
  3. Focus more on what you say, not on how it sounds. ...
  4. Learn to appreciate your voice — quirks and all.
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What is the most attractive female voice?

Their study revealed that males find female voices that indicate a smaller body size—high-pitched, breathy voices with wide formant spacing—most attractive. Females, on the other hand, prefer to hear a low-pitched voice with narrow formant spacing, reflecting a larger body size.
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Can humming deepen your voice?

Humming. When you hum, you're warming up your voice, which can give you a greater level of control over it. Try taking a deep breath and then hum for as long as possible, once again going down the scales to find a lower tone.
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Can my voice get deeper at 17?

At least to be around 90-100HZ. You voice get's deeper as you get older because your vocal cords lengthen and get thicker. Once you stop growing, that's your voice, forever.
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Can you change your voice?

On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." Or, go to Assistant settings. Under "All settings," tap Assistant voice. Choose a voice.
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Why do I sound like a kid?

If you sound like a child, it is most likely that you are not using enough diaphragm support to release your singing voice in a relaxed mode; instead you constrict your throat more, in order to squeeze out your voice.
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Why am I afraid of my voice?

It's common to squirm at the sound of your own voice and indeed, there's a scientific explanation for why we cringe: When you speak, you hear your voice as far richer than it really is, because of vibrations from our vocal chords. So when you hear it on a recording, it sounds unexpectedly tinny.
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How can I make my voice sound better when recording?

11 Tips for Better Voice-over Recording
  1. 1 — Put the right mic in the right place. ...
  2. 2 — Use a pop filter. ...
  3. 3 — Use a music stand. ...
  4. 4 — Make sure the recording space is not too live. ...
  5. 5 — Make sure you have a copy of the script and keep copious notes. ...
  6. 6 — Watch your posture. ...
  7. 7 — Have a drink close at hand.
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Why does my voice change depending on who I talk to?

Summary: People tend to change the pitch of their voice depending on who they are talking to, and how dominant they feel, a study has found. People tend to change the pitch of their voice depending on who they are talking to, and how dominant they feel, a study by the University of Stirling has found.
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