feel really weird not being able to do a masc voice anymore (self.mtf)

submitted 6 days ago by kivihiili to c/mtf

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circa half a day ago indigo made a post about their own voice, and that prompted us to open the voice analysis software and see what ours is like. so we just recorded a brief little sample and the pitch analysis showed 223 hz. we then went "huh, that seems a little more than we'd expect" and... turns out it was right.

so we tried talking while trying to put in as little effort as possible. and wouldn't you know it, it did not change at all, in fact it went up to 231 hz.

so we tried to make our voice lower. not really going for a masc voice but only lower, just because we were curious. and uh 182 hz, and still sounding so much like a girl!

so we tried to go for the most masc voice we could, like an announcer at a nascar race. and... 143 hz and still sounding androgynous.

(typical average pitch ranges)

there is not much consensus on this, but here is one regimen for spoken english:

"female": 155 hz and up
"androgynous": 135 hz to 165 hz
"male": below 145 hz

(the software we use is praat)

our point is that like we can barely do a masculine voice and even then can hardly sustain it.

don't be mistaken, we really love being able to just sound like a girl! but the loss of that ability has felt a little... frightening? not sure of the best way to put it. maybe its the realization that we are going to have to fully commit to female presenting, no matter what happens?

hope that regardless of what does happen we'll manage to find some way through it.

take care <3

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[-] AzuraTheSpellkissed 15 points 6 days ago

Wow, really? From the few transfems that I know IRL, I didn't think such a change is possible. Thank you for sharing 💜

I've read about some being happy to have such a large range of voices after voice training, mainly for theatrical purposes. But I can see how with lack of training, one can get unused to their old voice...

For comparison, when did you start voice training / adjusting your voice? It's sometimes hard to judge your own voice, but did you consider it androgynous before?

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

Yeah, it's a training/use thing. When I was training my voice back in the day, I could still do my old voice, but I had to consciously stop and think about it and try to remember how to do it.

[-] kivihiili 5 points 5 days ago

oh we probably started about a year and some change ago. we did not implement any real change in our daily habits until a while later, i.e. a few months ago. kinda did it subconsciously when meowing at randoms over proximity chat in video games lol

we very much did sound masculine prior. not like super deep manly (we are more young and testosterone was nowhere close to running its full course) but certainly like a guy, we definitely didn't pass. thank you for asking, we so appreciate it!!

[-] birdwing 6 points 6 days ago

I've a naturally large range of voices so it's easier on the pitch for me, but resonance is still difficult. That said, I've been working on it!

Voice training can do a lot!

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