I hear myself differently than when I'm recorded ?

Question

When I hear myself sing I sound good, I think I sing very well. But when I am recorded I hear things that I don't even recognize ? What do you think is going on.

Answer 1

i cringe if i hear myself on an answering machine or over the police radios at work.  everyone sounds different.  i sound like a 5 year old on the machines, but to my ear, i sound older.  i'm 30, so it's weird.

Answer 2

We were not born with good speaker for ears .  

Answer 3

I think the same about myself too. When I listen to myself I sound good but then i record it and it sounds bad. What I do is sing in front a trustworthy and honest friend or several (some should be boys cause the y are pretty honest when it comes to singing) and look at their reactions. If they say you sound good then yay!  

Answer 4

Everyone hears themselves differently when they are recorded. It has to do with something in your ear. Don't worry I'm sure you sound fine.

Answer 5

When you hear your own voice, you hear it through your head as well as from the air.  That makes it sound different to you than it does to anyone listening or anything recording it.

When it is played back, there is that difference as well as how some recording/playback equipment can change or 'color' sound.  Very good studio equipment can make a big difference in the fidelity or accuracy of the sound it records.

BTW, your question is in the Philosophy section.

Answer 6

everyone hears themselves differently than they actually sound

Answer 7

There are two problems.

1-Fidelity of the recording system. Yours may not faithfully reproduce the sounds being made. That's why professional systems cost a great deal of money.

2-How you hear your own voice. There are bones in your head that transmit sounds to your hearing structure along with the sounds you hear normally.

Nobody hear their own voice the way it really sounds to others. That is why you should always let others hear you sing so you can get an accurate idea and that's why if you're serious about singing you go to a voice coach.

Answer 8

when you talk the sound goes up through your mouth to your eardrums from the inside and you hear it in the air at almost the same time so when you hear it only in the air of course its gonna sound different.

Answer 9

When you hear yourself, it is thru your head, that makes an internal resonance box. From outside, that effect is lost. Dont worry!