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From:  Roger Smith <roger@c...>
Date:  Tue Apr 18, 2000  9:32 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] How do you "hear" yourself?




Dean FH Macy wrote:
>
> DANIaka007@a... wrote:
>
> > I was wondering, does anyone know how to "hear" yourself when you sing, so
you
> > know exactly what you sound like?
>
> You can't. You can never hear yourself the way others can unless you have a
> method of recording your voice without adding harmonics caused by room
resonance
> and sub frequencies and echos from your sounds bouncing off walls and
ceilings,
> and without the frequency adjustments made by a microphone's electronics and,
> this is the real crux of the matter, having the ability of translating the
sound
> vibrations without using your ears to do it.

look, we can be pedantic about it, but taping yourself on a
crappy tape player is a pretty good indication: if you sound
resonable like that, you can be pretty sure you're sounding
alright in real life. Sure, nothing is prefect, but a tape
player will pick up the fundamentals of it all enough for
you to gauge it. Be warned, if you've never heard yourself
recorded, it can be a big shock, or if you're lucky, a
present surprise.

Rodge

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