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Lumera · 0:34
Why does your own voice sound strange when you hear it recorded?
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Why does your recorded voice sound like a stranger?
When you speak, two sounds reach your ear at once: one travels through the air…
the other vibrates through the bones of your skull
Those bones add bass frequencies that no one else can hear
A microphone only captures the airborne voice: the bass drops away
This mismatch even has a name: voice confrontation
Everyone already hears you that way
Except you
Your voice isn't the strange one — it's the one you thought you had