Voice

Republican_Man · **Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:58 pm Voice**

I've always wondered about voices. Let's take my voice, for example. When I talk, or when anybody talks, does the person's voice, in this case my voice, sound like when I hear myself AS I talk, or how I hear myself when I hear a recording of myself? Does anybody know???

Valathous · **Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:01 pm**

Nope, sounds a bit different. You know when you answer the phone after the answering machine picks up and it records your convo? Anyways, that happened and I pushed "play message" just to stop it from flashing "new message" and I was slightly surprised, lol.

Republican_Man · **Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:05 pm**

Exactly what I mean. Does it actually sound like when you hear a recording of yourself, or when you talk and hear yourself talk as you talk? Is hearing a recording of yourself actually the real voice, or is it just how you sound to yourself?

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:32 am**

well i suppose i think of like a video camera or something. all my friends sound just like they always normally do when i watch them on a video. when i hear my voice though i feel like it doesn't sound like the way i hear it and i'm like "omg.. that's me...ugh.. how awful!" I personally hate my voice when i hear it -- but i can be extremely critical of myself so *shrugs* oh well -- can;t do much about it!!

Like a phone though -- yea that does sound a little bit different i feel like -- no matter who it is!

lionhead · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:38 am**

When you talk you hear yourself through the inside of your head(your ears pick up the sound from the inside). If you would record yourself on a microphone(one that practically imitates the voice, not like a telephone) and play it, you wouldn't recognize your own voice. You can test that by doing it with someone else who you have known for every long time and let that person record his/her voice as well. That person in question wouldn't recognize their own voice eighter but you do, so you can tell that person this IS his/her actual voice.

I have that very bad. I hear my voice much clearer and brighter from myself but when i hear it recorded its much, much lower then i thought.

webtaz99 · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:00 am**

As Lionhead said, when you talk, your head modifies what you hear. This also happens to sounds coming from other sources. So if you record your voice, not only does it sound different to you, but different people will hear the recording differently (although the differences are small).

Republican_Man · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:39 pm**

Hitchhiker · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:47 pm**

Republican_Man · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:54 pm**

Well then, which voice do OTHERS hear?

harrykims#1fan · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:52 pm**

i've always sounded different on the phone than in person

either way i sound rather british and snobbish

lionhead · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:19 pm**

Republican_Man · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:28 pm**

No need to roll your eyes.

What I'm wondering is if you hear a recording of yourself, do you actually hear it like everyone else hears it, or because it is your voice and you're hearing your voice is it a bit different from the way everyone else hears your voice, because you are, in fact, listening to a recording of YOUR voice? That's what I'm wondering.

Theresa · **Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:30 pm**

When listening to a recording, you hear what they hear. The only time you don't hear what everyone else hears is when it's coming out of your mouth... The only reason the word "different" can be applied is because of the hearing of yourself.

Oh,

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

Well it really depends on how good of a microphone you are recording yourself with, and the clarity of the playback. Obviously a *beep* mic, and/or playback won't give you an accurate portrayal.