>what is /voicegen/?/voicegen/ is primarily a general made for trans people on /lgbt/ to share recordings of their voices so as to get feedback, advice, or opinions, to help achieve the voice they want. This does not mean that you must be trans to post! Remember that this is a community-led thread and not a source for professional advice; please be kind to one another!>how do I post?It's easy - just record yourself on vocaroo.com, rate others in the thread, and post! That last point is very important - to keep the thread alive and ensure engagement, it is strongly recommended to NOT respond to those who don't do their part, as it is very impolite and leads to threads dying. You need not be an expert; trying your best is all we ask! Even a simple rating can be helpful.>how do I get started?There are several ways! You're always welcome to ask for advice here, and there is a wealth of video and written resources available online. However, we tend to believe that there is no alternative to repeated practice and reflection, so exercises that advertise "get a passing voice quick" tend to be confirmation bias from people with a great natural ability to control their voice.That said, some channels to watch are:Zoey Alexandria (rip)TransVoiceLessons>what do I read?What we would recommend is to vary what you read aloud - this might be divided into three broad categories:- flat reading, as if you were reading to an audience, in a neutral, affectless way, usually to focus more on things like pitch or resonance, and less on things like cadence, diction, or intonation- voice acting, as in you find some piece of media to act: do intonations, try different voices, have fun! Edge Studio is a known resource for texts such as these.- talking, as in just talking as yourself: improvise, imagine a conversation!
People made a Discord server to help each other get better, go join it!: https://discord.gg/txVRxp2k5j• REMINDER: IF YOU CANNOT GIVE TECHNICAL ADVICE, please at least say if someone voice passes or not to you, it does a lot to keep the gen alive and active• Post clips of your voice training progress, discuss voice stuff, and give feedback to others. Together, we can end the voicehon epidemic.• Benchmark (to be taken in vocaroo form): “The beige hue on the waters of the loch impressed all, including the French queen, before she heard that symphony again, just as young Arthur wanted.”• The benchmark is an English phonetic pangram, containing allophones. That makes it one of the best ways to measure how your voice is developing over time.▶ Resources MTF:--- Full MTF Course ---•L's Guidehttps://www.reddit.com/r/transvoice/comments/d3clhe/ls_voice_training_guide_level_1_for_mtf/•Google Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1gLIOxG9Oq8Ncs1z-c1uvHAgZ43bYGuwdJtLQrQ9EyDg/•Supplement L's guide with..False Folds:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsaPJdU24s•Vocal Fold Thickness:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PNnBRBfOVY&t=146s--- Larynx Stuff ---•Whisper Siren:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Noi2qERus•General overview/swallow and hold method:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ro2R3esHAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWWevU4A5mU•Big dog/small dog:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx4dPWKVt9o [Open]•Tool to check resonance and pitchhttps://acousticgender.space/▶ Resources FTM :--- We still don't have enough resources here. Find us some more! ---•http://www.radical-musicology.org.uk/2008/Constansis.htm•https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24155064•https://pastebin.com/CCw9czC0
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>>41564026ai
How do you get past the initial, visceral disgust of listening to your own voice in a recording?
I’m confused about how raising your larynx works. I can raise it when swallowing and can hold it up, and I can also raise it when making the h sound. It just takes so much effort to keep it raised and I kind of feel tension, and my left ear starts to hurt. Are you supposed to just keep it raised for as a long as possible and then it slowly starts to shift to a raised position naturally? I can talk with it raised but it’s kind of uncomfortable and I have to focus. This is my like three day voice— it kind of sounds cursed and I have a stutter so I can’t speak too well. What can I do to make it sound better?https://voca.ro/14JHx6r7sCfJ
>>41564517don't listen to it, just practice for a while. you should be able to approximate how ur voice sounds by how it feels in ur throat/chest/head
https://voca.ro/16I6jif480BS i am the most awkward speaker imaginablei literally talk like this in actual conversations ;-;>>41564026you pass idk>>41564517shit if i know, i just only listen to myself every once in a while then go cry which is probably i have been voice training for almost three years and Still! Do! Not! Pass!>>41564607>What can I do to make it sound betterwhatever is easiest for you to do, a lot of times you'll get stuck and need to work on something else. Right now, i think your voice sounds a little strained which is maybe something to watch, but since you're so early on just keep that in mind and keep trying thingsas far larynx raising i can't give any advice on that because i've never actually tried that method myself, sorry
>>41564422I just have an odd cadence. I can post more once I get home feom work
>>41567386don't
>>41566266fagcent alert fagcent alert, zeisty af>>41564607keep that fucker raised
>>41564517you get over it with time>>41566266pass to me, except the "hour" at 0:06 soounds a bit gayhttps://vocaroo.com/1khxuhWRm4oBive been sick this week.
>>41563181how do i stop sounding like a 10 years old boy? every time i try i sound like a boy, my resonance was always very high and its the normal way i talk and i don’t know how to get rid of my masc undertone
>>41571901add more lilt / variation to your speaking maybe?
