How come your voice sucks on a video camera?

Question

i think i sound pretty good but my voice sounds weird on camera is that really what i sound like plz help me

Answer 1

You're probably hearing your voice the same way it sounds to other people - it's never what you expect.  fwiw, my musical director tells me I've got a good voice - when I hear it on tape I think it sounds c**p!

Answer 2

It is not just on video cameras... your voice sounds different when you hear yourself on a recording because the audio is getting to you in a different way.

When you are speaking, you hear yourself through your ears - but you also hear yourself through your skull and your throat/neck. This makes the sound waves behave and sound different because of the way the bones in your ears interpret the series of internal and external vibrations. When you hear your recorded voice, you are hearing that audio ONLY through your ears.

Answer 3

no it exaggerates your voice.

you sound better in real life

although other people might say you sound the same.

Answer 4

Yes! You sound to others as You hear of the camera.

It is common to hear our selves different from what people percept because our mouth is connected to the ears via the skull bones.

Answer 5

Lol i know what you mean, i sound quite posh for the first time ever haha!

Answer 6

no its not what you really sound like,

its just that camcorders take voices very strangely

Answer 7

mine too, I don't know

Answer 8

So when you hear yourself on tape, You say that isn't me or that can't be my voice. When your speaking the sound comes from within your body. Vocal chords move to vibrate the air.

From your perspective you hear sound from both the air around you and the vibrations inside your head. Your ears pick up both sources. From inside first then outside. A few millisecond delay of course. The playback of your voice from a recording only moves the air. One source.

What you hear on a recording is what other people hear when you speak to them. It is your true voice to others but not yourself. Before trying out on idol make sure your voice sounds good on tape. :)

"It is like you hear your voice sounded like Ricky Martin,but when you hear from sound recorder,it sounds like William Hung."

This explains why so many think there really good singers and are not. Some of the greatest unknown singers don't know that there great until someone tells them. They think they sound OK but everyone around them says there the best! It's all about perspective.

Answer 9

video cameras are meant to take pics and videos but that doesn't mean that they are good. Yes even the best singers voices don't come out good.

Answer 10

oh, thats hilarious!!!!!! LOL!!!