Big Q Tip – Why Do I Sound Like That
Hey Gang,
Time for the Big Q Tip. Part of my job is dealing with people who want to record their own commercial, and it never fails, the first time they hear their voice back through the speakers they say, "That's what I sound like?" or, "I hate the way I sound, it's so different". Today, I have to tell you. It’s not you. It’s everyone. Everyone asks the question…”Is that me?” when they hear their voice played back to them. Would you like to know why?
Well it seems scientists got bored trying to cure cancer, or whatever, and decided to look in this phenomenon of why our voices sound different to us when we hear them being played back on a recorder. Turns out, it’s in your bones.
You see, when you speak, there are two ways for your inner ear to hear it. One, through air. Or Two, through the bones in your skull.
When you talk your vocal cords vibrate, and that vibration goes through the bones in your skull directly into your inner ear. Well, traveling through bone makes the frequency lower, which make your voice sound deeper.
When you hear your voice played back you hear it the same way everyone else hears it, though the air, into your eardrum, then into the inner ear. Without the bass from the bones it sounds higher pitched and unrecognizable to you.
So when it comes to your voice, I guess in the end, it is you.
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