Quote from: Jamie D on October 17, 2012, 03:58:59 PM
http://soundcloud.com/jamiedelarosa/audio-recording-on-wednesday-1
Hope this works.
Indeed it does. I used to do sound engineering for recording musicians, and my ears are tuned of a sort, to filter out unnecessary noises. I used to include some of the musicians voices from between tracks to include in the final recordings. Sort of an out take kind of thing. I especially looked for the animated remarks, as they are more true to life. It is difficult to get the same type of range that people usually use when they are aware of being recorded. I do the same thing, become self conscious about it, sounding nothing like when I am recorded using my normal speaking voice. Which I frequently did while talking to someone in the recording booth. Snips of conversation are where you will be able to hear yourself as others hear you. Happy or funny recordings are usually the best, I find. Serious moments never sound right without the visual cues.
I'm not ready to display my voice quite yet. It would be nice to hear all of your voices, though. I often wonder how far off I am when I read comments, that voice in my head that has become unique to some of you.
I don't think there is an androgynous voice, that stands on it's own. Just as there isn't a standard look.
The range is to great for both.
If you listen to voices in movies and such, the general tendency is towards a lower pitch. The voices of many female actors is quite low in some cases, yet retain feminine quality to it. There is a difference between male and female voices, but it isn't the pitch as much as you would think it is, and the range is a little wider for most females. The qualities that define each, overlap quite a bit. It's in that overlap that I think you could define the androgynous voice, but then you would also find that it too, overlaps into the more male or female voices.
Visual cues are often needed to recognize whether a voice is male or female.
I wouldn't worry about how your voices sound, although I do that too, as some of you also probably do, too.
If you wish to change your voice to better match your presentation, look for the qualities that appeal to you. There you will find that voice you want. It will be uniquely yours, not an imitation of what you think others would expect. Pushing the range outside of the norm always sounds strange, forced. Intentional chest resonance or falsetto is always recognizable for what it is.
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