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Surgically implant piezo pickups in the skull, somewhere close to the inner ear, one for each ear. Run a line from each of these microphones out of the head, where the signals can be recorded.
Record the subject speaking normally, save the recording, and give it to the subject so that he may prove
to others that his voice really isn't that silly sounding (to his elf).
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I'm not keen on surgically implanting anything in my skull, but perhaps we could stuff a removable microphone into my ear. by the way why is this better than a regular mic? |
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Because it can get closer to that nice voice that you hear *inside your skull* when you speak. You know how you think you sound; this way it would be possible for others to hear how you think you sound. |
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And why would anyone care how I think
I sound ...? |
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Why, because you currently think you're singing *on* key, of course. |
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I wonder if inside his head, Frank Sinatra sounded terrible. |
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I'm interested in this because I always sounded like a boy on recordings. as I got older my resonance deepened and I *think * I sound more female. |
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//really isn't that silly sounding (to his elf).// |
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How come he has an elf? I don't have an elf! Why don't I have an elf? |
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[dentworth], you can just listen to a
conventional recording of yourself.
[thumbwax], your voice coach can use
that regular recording to give you some
feedback on your progress. I'm just
trying to find a point to this idea. It's a
policy of mine that I *will not* drill two
holes in my skull unless I know why. |
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Hey, don't look at me - you're the one singing off-key. |
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and I really hate to hear me singing on a recording. Let's just can this plan...man. |
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//surgically implant piezo pickups in
the skull// |
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...Or cup your hands from your mouth
to one of your ears. And prove to your
self how you actually talk, am I talking
crazy talk again? |
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Or get an acoustical engineer to
calculate the sound variations from
various ears in your skullmeat based on
sonigrams taken from all over your
body and such to gain mass, density,
etc. |
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My hunch is that it isn't the tone of our voices which we object to when we hear them replayed. It's the fact that we've spent years kidding ourselves that we're excellent communicators, and in memory we filter out the 'ums', 'ahs', and general lack of dynamism in our voices. |
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Record your elf everyday, listen back to how you sound, and improve your oral skills until you're happy with your own sound. |
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[DesertFox], I sugest you go find your (s)elf. Your honour. |
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I'm not sure I want to know how other people think they sound really. Its still a clever idea though. |
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I wonder how impressionists get around
this problem. I mean, when they sound
like Winston Churchill to us, presumably
they don't sound like Winston Churchill to
themselves. |
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I already have voices in my head. |
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You can do this with just about any
sound editor. I use Audacity because it's
free. Turn up the resonance near your
speaking frequency -- 130 Hz for a
baritone, 400 Hz for a soprano -- and
turn down the 2000-5000 Hz range
where nasal sounds happen. Play it back
and see if it doesn't sound exactly like
your old familiar elf. |
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