Trans Voice Help

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Hi! This community exists as a place for trans people of all genders (or gender fluidity, or non-binary etc.) to help them overcome the challenges of being able to speak normally as their preferred gender. Upload audio clips, screenshots from analyzers, or what ever you feel like in order to get feedback and help perfected the voice you have into a state where you are comfortable.

Rules

These are going to be fairly open, since I trust that most posts here are seeking genuine help.

No shaming. This should be obvious. People are looking for help and advice here.
Absolutely no transphobic rhetoric will be tolerated. One warning (with a timeout), then a ban.
If you post an audio file, keep it SFW. We don't need to hear that stuff.
Keep criticisms pertinent and overall kind. Part of this whole thing is practice. We shouldn't expect immediate improvement.
This is a zero politics zone. If you bring them up, goodbye.
No slurs (I hate that I feel this is necessary)
If you have negative feedback, do so in a constructively respectful manner while remembering that this kind of thing is a journey and can't be immediate.
This being the internet, help with voice mod stuff is encouraged. It can make a huge difference for someone with voice dysphoria if others hear them they way they wish to sound.
These rules are not necessarily exhaustive, and if you are generally a jerk or toll, expect a ban

Welcome! As I find them, I will be linking resources in this sidebar.

Resources

A good, free place to upload clips.
An Omega level resource

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what are you currently working on? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/trans_voice_help@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Was just wondering what aspects of your voice you're currently working on?

My issue is mostly that I drop my pitch a bit too low, which invites a heavier weight and sounds too masculine to my ears.

How about you?

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

yes, I think the framing of treating it like an accent is much easier to learn and integrate - I think the vowel chart and anatomy discussion mostly misleads students, it's just not how we know how to alter and make sounds. Instead, mostly we are good at mimicry, and treating vocal feminization like voice acting or like learning an accent or a foreign language is much more appropriate. Still, it is really hard to teach someone an accent over text, which is why I think so much vocal feminization resources and lessons are overly focused on explaining anatomy, vowel formants, etc. rather than demonstrating through sound and videos.

This is why I think voice training is mostly an in-person exercise, I think it was important for me to have someone to visually watch and mimic, and also for them to be able to watch me and correct when I was making a major beginner mistake (like root tongue tension, or tightening neck muscles and my vocal folds too much, etc.). It was also helpful for getting immediate feedback on when I was mimicking or demonstrating something correctly vs not.