Your strange voice on a recording

Many people feel uncomfortable when they hear their own voice in audio recordings.

Your voice sounds deeper and richer when you speak but thinner and higher on recordings. The reason for the variance is this:

• When listening to a recording of your voice, the sound travels through the air and into your ears.
• When you speak, some sound travels through the air, but much of the sound is internally conducted through your skull bones and boosts the lower frequencies.