[linux-audio-user] How to get good vocal sound
Bill Allen
bwanab+lau at juraview.com
Fri Dec 9 05:58:49 EST 2005
Nigel Henry wrote:
>
>This is an interesting comment. I find the same when I record speech onto, for
>instance a cassette recorder. I have an accent coming from the Channel
>Islands, but don't notice it when I speak. But playing back my recorded voice
>is very evident. It may have something to do with the very positive feedback
>you get to the brain when you speak or sing, whether your monitoring your
>singing/speech with or without headphones. Whereas, when you listen to
>yourself after making a recording, your brain is not receiving positive
>feedback from your voice. Your brain through your ears is sort of hearing
>these sounds for the first time, from another location, and also some delay
>involved between the recording and the playback. Of course the other quite
>strange behaviour is, when you are listening to music through the headphones
>and speak to someone at the same time, you actually speak louder without
>realising it, indicating again that the brain, by virtue of positive feedback
>from your voice is controlling the level of your voice. A problem noticeable
>with folks who have become hearing impaired, or totally deaf. There's
>obviously a lot of stuff going on that you don't know about when you sing.
>It's only when you listen to the recording that you become aware of it.
>
>Think Karaoke, and you've had a few too many. What would that sound like the
>next day. (That was just for fun). It's been great reading this thread.
>Nigel.
>
>
I've read before that a good part of the reason that we don't hear
ourselves as others do is literally because we don't hear ourselves as
others do - others perceive our voice directly from mouth to ear. When
you speak, you hear yourself primarily through your skull and only
secondarily through your ear. It gives a completely false impression. I
play the sax and that has the same effect and maybe even stronger due to
the hard grip of the teeth on the mouthpiece. I always prefer to monitor
through headphones so I can hear the sound as others will hear it.
Regards,
Bill
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