Quote from: Olive on September 15, 2015, 08:12:45 PM
I know nothing beats listening to recordings, but my male voice is sort of haggard sounding. I was assuming the overtones had something to do with that, and therefore trying to rid myself of them. I'll have to try to get access to a computer, I'm trying to do all of this off my phone. I guess that leaves some to be desired though... Thanks for your help!
I'd recommend a program like the overtone analyzer. It clearly shows changes.
If you look at the picture above you see in the first half deep resonances at about 150 hz, which are not present in the second half.
If you place a finger gently on your larynx, you probably feel it moving up then.
Breathiness can also help. It might make for more fuzzy graphs, deciding are the bright lines which show where the main parts are.
If they are above 150-190 hz the voice should be recognized as female.
A real live graph can be shown this way, and results can be directly seen.
Its also possible to play a recording and have it shown as graph.
You might have a look at the program you are using.
Its possible the scale can be changed, so that the range of up to 500 hz makes for 50% of the picture.
If not, there should be other programs.
But imo its more convenient with a notebook computer.
