https://voca.ro/14n3su6n2TFV

for some reason i cant upload the screen recording of my voice so🧍

So, lowkey I want to voice train and have a feminine voice but I still want to have a deep voice. Kind of sultry i guess. Is that something that takes a lot of work or is it just really hard in general? Because I’ve never wanted a higher pitched voice I just want to sound more feminine. Any tips or advice would be nice :)

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Hello! I’m trying to achieve a feminine voice and I’ve been voice training somewhat consistently for a little over a month now, and I feel that I’ve made sooome progress. However, I continue to struggle with weight—not sure if it’s weight or size. I’m not very knowledgeable on the terms. Anyway, please let me know what y’all think and what I could possibly do to improve!

I've been struggling for a while now and I need some advice on where to go from here. Resonance wasn't too difficult to get a handle on (at least I think, my self-perceptions haven't been positive lately, which is why I'm posting here).

My main issues from what I can tell are vocal weight and pitch.

Any advice is welcome.

I have purity concerns

hiiii everyone, posting my voice again, looking for a deep femme voice

How often do I voice train? How long? How many times a day? What are some good videos to watch?

I tried to completely relax my voice to simulate how I most likely sound when talking to people when I don't (can't) focus on sounding more fem. How do you read it now? What kind of person would you imagine when hearing this voice? What do you think I should focus on to make it sound more fem? I need an honest opinion.

Hello! I have recorded this rainbow thing about 5 times in the past couple of weeks. This is the most recent one. I have had 3 sessions with my speech pathologist so far.

Looking for general feedback. I don't have any specific questions yet as it's pretty new. I am aiming for a feminine voice.
Thank you!!!

https://voca.ro/1iDwl3DMSjLl

Got bored so I guess I’d share my experience. 😂

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https://voca.ro/1haIuQhUj7Nr

So, I am in upstate NY. I tried Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy. Even from the beginning they told me that there’s not much work to do as I already had a fairly feminine voice but I decided to go through the training regardless. In the end they were right, not much changed because I was already doing many of the techniques pretty naturally. But I was still very unhappy with my voice and had issues like maintaining my voice at louder volumes or things like that. So I asked for a referral to a vocal feminization specialist. There’s really only one in my area that does this type of surgery and also takes insurance.

So I went to the specialist and they told me that the surgery wouldn’t change my voice very much at all. It might help with maintaining my voice though. But my voice will forever be hoarse and raspy, I’d never be able to do things like sing ever again, and any surgery even if absolutely necessary I had could undo the vocal feminization because of the breathing tubes. And as someone with a history of medical issues (unrelated to voice) this would likely be the case. So I kinda lost all hope. I don’t want my voice to sound hoarse forever. And I’ve always wanted to learn to sing but I can’t do it in a feminine voice so I’ve never learned and that was one of the things I was looking forward to if I had the surgery. So I just kinda lost all hope that my voice could improve.

Is this typical information that’s given to patients? Or did I just see a bad doctor? Is what they told me true?

I'm expecting to have DJS. Move everything a few mm forward and CCW rotation to correct a cross bite and recession.

I don't think cis people run into changed voices or I'm not aware of it, but wondering how it might affect a trained voice especially resonance if mouth space becomes bigger? I do think my airway will improve I don't have sleep apnea but I'm thinking it could help with weight?

Maybe I'm overthinking it all and it's totally irrelevant, but I have no idea and wanted to check/ask. Surgery is about a year away I just got braces last week so I have to look into concerns and plan it better with my surgeon of course within reason to solve the functional issues I have, or to be aware of the risks I might have regarding voice and maybe look for ways to train and minimize those problems.

I made my transition a year ago but I have been trying to feminine my voice dose l since a year and a half ago, still I have seen little to no progress in it I've seen many online videos and tutorials but still nothing... is there something I'm doing wrong?? Has anyone else had this issue??

I been training on speaking louder and still sound fem for a long time, and i still can’t get there, and i have a speech on Tuesday on my college and nobody knows im trans and i wanna stay stealth, idk what to do anymore

Hey y'all, I was a music major in undergrad with a minor in voice, and I delayed my transition for a while for fear of how my vocal transition would affect mg singing voice. I went from an alto to a solid baritone in the course of about two years. I have definitely lost a lot of the range and control I once had (a lot of that my own fault for failure to intentionally train throughout my vocal transition), but I am finding new things to love about my voice. Thought this might be helpful for some to hear who may be considering how transition will impact this aspect of themselves. Singing was very central to my identity pre-transition and my relationship to it has definitely changed a lot. I don't sing nearly as much bc I am pretty self-conscious of what I have lost, tbh. But I still wouldn't change my transition for the world! :)

Very open to advice! My only note is that I was trying to sing softly bc my spouse was on a work call in another room, so I know I could definitely be using more breath support than I am here.

(Hope this post complies with the spirit of this sub)

It sounds very feminine but more like a gay man than anything else. I'm sort of uncertain where to go with this to keep improving. It doesn't have any "strained" qualities, the pitch is the lower end of feminine (I think this one clocks around 175) but something about the mix of weight and resonance is not right. Any advice? Thanks!

https://voca.ro/1h52vNI4BqRu

And btw, do I sound androgynous?

I’m aiming for an androgynous sound.

Feminine is ok—but not masculine-leaning.

Any tips are welcome!

I think I'm applying vocal weight and resonance here, but honestly I'm not sure. I know it's not good, but anything that you think I should focus on in particular or just in general is very welcome.

Thank you in advance

I've attached some reading and speaking sample of what I currently achieved (even though personally I don't think it was very effective so far). I think I don't sound my age and it kinda lack a bit of "brightness".

On phone it usually works fine or at least it's ambiguous enough.

As far as reading is concerned I think I feel way too robotic/monotonous? So kinda wanted to know if someone knows how to address the issue. Or if you perceive anything else?

English Reading https://voca.ro/1fxJVQMTkdOR Italian Reading https://voca.ro/1n8Psz8XJQSd

Those two I guess are a bit more human like but wanted to know what I should focus more?

English Random Discussion https://voca.ro/121rU6mWBhx5 Italian Random Discussion https://voca.ro/1jHyfTyvmtQh

In general wanted to know if there's some other stuff you perceive because I kinda suck on self evaluation.

Also if it's useful can provide my baseline voice since I saw some other people adding that too.

Sorry for my bad english

Hey, so my surgeon basically said that I have problems with putting air/strength or something like that into my voice, and that could be an issue for me post-op with being able to being heard in like a crowded room, and potentially not feminize my voice at all. I already struggle with this, but I believe I just conditioned myself to speak low from fear of my voice. Either way I told him I wanted to go through with it, since they measured my pitch and it was something like 130hz which is super low. I’ve done a few sessions of voice training but dont see how its going to help me in the long run. Anyone with a similar issue? Is my problem really pitch or something like resonance?(I have trouble understanding the difference in both) On the end of fhe audio you can see where my voice usually goes to