What Types of Voices Are There?
Types of voiceover voices and their applications - learn about voice gender, tone, strength, and character to pick the right voice for your project.
The traits of a voice artist's voice can be grouped into four main categories: voice gender, vocal tone, voice strength, and voice character.
Voice gender is the simplest one. We have female voices and male voices.
Vocal tones are most often described as low and high - but how a voice is perceived by individual listeners frequently depends on the conditions in which the recording is played back.
Types of voiceover voices - which voice to choose?
The strength of a voice often decides whether it will work in a given audio production. A voice artist with a powerful voice is sure to work well in a commercial spot.
There is plenty to say about voice character. It can be: natural, inspiring, seductive, calm, cheerful, mature, childlike, subtle, well-known.
What a voice can be is shaped by the many factors described above. Even the emotional state of the speaker can tip the balance.