AcousticGender.Space: The Newest App To Help Your Voice Transition!
Feb 27, 2023
If you're working on modifying your voice to better align with your gender presentation, then you are probably already used to using a tuner to track pitch (how high or how low a voice is).
A lot of my students report being frustrated that there isn't a way to track the resonance (how bright or dark a voice is). A student of mine recently showed me a really cool new tool that I just have to share you! It's a website called AcousticGender.Space
Check Out This App For Your Transgender Voice Training!
If you watch the video above, I've included a demonstration of me using it. Basically the way it works is that you upload a recording of your voice saying a transcript that they have pre-loaded. When you upload the recording of your voice, it analyzes the clip on two axis. The pitch is in the y axis and the resonance is in the x axis. In the example I provide in the video above, I put a mix of masculine and feminine sounds so you could see how it jumps all over the place.
This tool is really good at tracking pitch, just like a tuner. I don't know how perfect it is at tracking resonance, but I can definitely see that there is a difference between my feminine voice and my masculine voice.
In some moments on certain letters and certain consonants, it catches a brighter resonance or a darker resonance than the overall picture. At one point you might see it jump into the super bright part, even when I'm speaking in a dark way, so take this measurement with a grain of salt. It's not 100% perfect but I do think it's a good tool just to get a sense of where you are at different points in your voice.
An App That's Better Than a Voice Tuner
If you’re working on gender-affirming voice training, tracking pitch is easy with a tuner—but tracking resonance can be tricky. AcousticGender.Space is a new tool that analyzes your voice recordings for both pitch (high vs. low) and resonance (bright vs. dark).
While not perfect, it helps you visualize how your voice shifts across different sounds, giving valuable insight into your masculine, feminine, or androgynous voice qualities. Check it out at acousticgender.space !
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