The Genuine Article?

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Mar 13, 2001 7:08 am

I was just curious, if Gene Catlow were to ever become animated, do you think our own Al Temple would provide the voice for his feline alter-ego, or would his admirable humility shine through again in the form of him hiring a professional voice actor? <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

Digoraccoon · Post by **Digoraccoon** » Tue Mar 13, 2001 8:06 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gabriel:
I was just curious, if Gene Catlow were to ever become animated, do you think our own Al Temple would provide the voice for his feline alter-ego, or would his admirable humility shine through again in the form of him hiring a professional voice actor?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ohh good question

I noticed that certain voices will only fit with certain character "looks". Knowing what Gene sounds like in person, I think he can potray the voice of his own character just fine as long as his tone is kept low

I myself think I could do Digo... I've tried animating it once and it came out alright.------------------
"Peace Out, Shinies In"
-Digo Raccoon

Peejster · Post by **Peejster** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 3:23 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by digoraccoon:

I myself think I could do Digo... I've tried animating it once and it came out alright.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>What does Gene sounds like?
Like James Earl Jones? Al Green? Brook Benton? Or like Jackie Wilson or Clyde McPhatter or Hank Ballard?
Peejster

Digoraccoon · Post by **Digoraccoon** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 4:22 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
 Well, in the purest technical sense, Gene
sounds like his creator (me). The only thing
is, I've run into the same unusual situation
that a lot of other people have run into: my
voice only sounds like my voice (to me) when
I'm using it. I don't sound on recordings the
way I sound when I'm speaking. I know that
sounds odd, but it's true.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That's 200% Not odd. I know... working in technical support for a LONG time I have to use the phone about as often as the average human needs to breathe. I dunno what i seem to sound like.. but I'd say a good 15% of the customers mistake my voice for female on the phone. No one in person has done that. This eludes to the idea that the telephone really makes your voice distorted.To *me* my voice sounds pretty deep. Most people would agree, but they prolly hear it diffrently then I do. I've heard my own recordings... it sounds slightly higher pitched then what I hear so I suppose the phone distortion becomes explained... and hense why I can only sign when the customer answeres me with the affirmative "Yes Ma'am". :'------------------
"Peace Out, Shinies In"
-Digo Raccoon

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 11:36 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Peejster:
 What does Gene sounds like?
Like James Earl Jones? Al Green? Brook Benton? Or like Jackie Wilson or Clyde McPhatter or Hank Ballard? Peejster
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, in the purest technical sense, Gene
sounds like his creator (me). The only thing
is, I've run into the same unusual situation
that a lot of other people have run into: my
voice only sounds like my voice (to me) when
I'm using it. I don't sound on recordings the
way I sound when I'm speaking. I know that
sounds odd, but it's true. I really wouldn't
be quite as resonant as James Earl Jones,
though! *^_^* I would very likely, however,
have a professional voice actor do Gene's
voice in a cartoon *series* (and not just a
one-shot animated special, for that I'd do it)
and not just out of humility. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> Because any
series about my character would require that
I'd be overseeing most of the plot and visual
aspects of it, and just from what little
experience I've had with animation I can tell
that those aspects would take up 110% of my
time!
[This message has been edited by genecatlow (edited 03-14-2001).]

BillBrd1 · Post by **BillBrd1** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 11:56 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
 Well, in the purest technical sense, Gene
sounds like his creator (me). The only thing
is, I've run into the same unusual situation
that a lot of other people have run into: my
voice only sounds like my voice (to me) when
I'm using it. I don't sound on recordings the
way I sound when I'm speaking. I know that
sounds odd, but it's true. [This message has been edited by genecatlow (edited 03-14-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That's always a problem with my voice. I think it sounds fine but my sister says I sound pissed off all the time(and look it too). (She was probably still mad at me for sticking a Darth Vader cut-out in her closet after she saw Scream)But the biggest shock came to me when I found out how I sound singing. I got a little tape recorder for Christmas and the Beatles' "1" album. I sang Eleanor Rigby and Come Together into my tape recorder. Thinking I did a good job, I hit rewind and listened to how I sounded when I sang. I almost dropped the tape recorder! I sounded like Olivia Newton John! I'd be a good singer.....if I was a girl! I'll admit, I knew I was no Paul McCartney or Elton John, but I didn't think I was that bad! Oh well, you live, you learn.

Ogredude · Post by **Ogredude** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 1:26 am

The reason your voice sounds different when you record it and play it back as opposed to hearing yourself speak, is that when you speak, your voice resonates in your head, changing it quite a bit. When you take away that resonation by recording your voice, it changes significantly.I've been told I have a wonderful speaking voice, but I think my voice stinks when I hear it recorded.--Ogredude

TimberBram · Post by **TimberBram** » Fri Mar 16, 2001 2:00 am

Ogredude's analysis agrees with what I've read. Basically, other people hear your voice only after it passes through the air. If you listen to a recording of yourself, you are hearing what everyone else hears.So, Ogre, regardless of the comparison with how you think your voice sounds, if people tell you that you sound good, you can probably believe them. (Unless they're trying to sell you something, of course.)This is a general phenomenon, so here's a question for everyone. Can you recognise your own voice? I read an anecdote where a person didn't recognise his voice, and wondered who was talking on the radio, spouting his ideas, until his wife pointed out that it was him from an interview recorded previously.Peace,
Tim Bram.

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Fri Mar 16, 2001 6:48 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ogredude:
The reason your voice sounds different when you record it and play it back as opposed to hearing yourself speak, is that when you speak, your voice resonates in your head, changing it quite a bit. When you take away that resonation by recording your voice, it changes significantly.I've been told I have a wonderful speaking voice, but I think my voice stinks when I hear it recorded.--Ogredude<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Okay... may I ask this, then? If it really is
true, that it's a common thing for one's
recorded voice to sound different than when
one hears it as they are speaking, and the
reason being such a clear and logical one,
then why in the world is it when I've actually
said that to the people I've told about this
in RL, they've all said that I'm (putting it
politely) full of it??? The only people
I've ever been in contact with who agree with
me on this have been the people I've met
online! Is this just the luck of the draw, or
is it paranoia/conspiracy theory time, a la
'X-files' or something? O_O

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Sat Mar 17, 2001 10:52 am

Anyone who has actually heard their own voice played back from a recording will probably confirm the difference in sound, but not everybody has attempted such a thing.
As an engineer in a small TV broadcast facility, I have seen a number of people make this discovery. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
Of course, if you put a half-second delay into someone's voice audio and play it back to them as they are trying to speak, it'll tend to mess them up quite thoroughly. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Sun Mar 18, 2001 11:12 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
 Okay... may I ask this, then? If it really is
true, that it's a common thing for one's
recorded voice to sound different than when
one hears it as they are speaking, and the
reason being such a clear and logical one,
then why in the world is it when I've actually
said that to the people I've told about this
in RL, they've all said that I'm (putting it
politely) full of it??? The only people
I've ever been in contact with who agree with
me on this have been the people I've met
online! Is this just the luck of the draw, or
is it paranoia/conspiracy theory time, a la
'X-files' or something? O_O<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
There are people who apparently believe you can gain weight even just by breathing, as in, someone said, "At least you can't gain more weight than what you eat," and no one believed what she said could possibly have been true... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/confused.gif">