What is your real voice.?

Question

Why does the sound I hear from a recording sound different than the voice I hear while I talk? Which one is the "real" voice I have, and which one do other people hear?

Answer 1

Hmmm i dunno ask them.

Answer 2

I believe it is the recorded voice. i don't know exact details but i remember learning about this in school.

Answer 3

The recorded voice will be closer to what other people hear, record one of your friends and play it back and see if it is the same as they sound to you when speaking this will give you a comparison of how close a recording sounds to the actual voice. I used to work in a call centre and as part of my on going training I was forced to listen back to several of my phone conversations each month, always made me cringe and I could never get used to it. When we speak we hear the voice "internally" rather that externally as in a recording, so the voice resonates around our heads and though the skeleton, creating a different sound.

Answer 4

the recorder is your real vioce, it sounds different cause your ear drums are so close to your vocal cords..... you also hear your voice louder then other ppl.... its just cause your ears are in the same area as your voice

Answer 5

Hesketh, good answer! Singers have a big problem with this, because for a singer your body is the instrument, and it's really hard to know what your singing voice sounds like to other people.

Answer 6

I've wondered about this a couple of years ago when I first heard myself on recording.

The real voice and the one that people hear is the one on the recordings. Although sometimes on different recording devices you can sound different.

Personally I like the voice in my head more.