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This is a super late response to this but I just wanted to say that a relatively minor change in the sound of their voice like this can also be attributed to the difference in microphones and mixing used in the studio vs. on stage.

is it me??? Am I the one with broken ears?????? How does this sound good to anyone?

I saw this video before it was on the official Naver channel and seriously, it's actually shameful that they label this as 'live'. Not only is the backtrack ridiculously loud, but the pitch-correction makes them sound extremely tinny whenever it kicks in, which it seems to do a lot as they have managed to edit them to sound practically exactly like the official track. Also there are times where the voice keeps playing at the same volume while they're moving the mic away from their mouths, so I doubt whether this is live in ANY sense of the word. Reminded me of the video made by a sone where a lot of this 'live' stuff got called out.

from the context it seems as if they meant contralto. hence why they said that they'd never heard of someone being called a contralto and actually being one, but rarely being a mezzo. also technically mezzo should be called mezzo-soprano so you could argue that's wrong too.

I agree - I also think it was live. Essentially I was just saying that with the sound, it's unlikely there was post or live processing, and it would've had to be recorded over if there were any 'fixes' that needed to be done. But yeah, I did say that I doubted this would've been important enough for that anyway

With the fact that this was also 2007 in mind, I don't think there is significant post-processing or live auto-tune. What it may be however - although I'm not sure how important this performance was so they may not have done it - is that they could have gone back and recorded over any bad moments. That was done pretty often for important performances like DVD concerts and such, and is still done a fair bit now. But I think it's also viable to give them the benefit of the doubt when they did practice this song for a whole year. I feel like you'd get pretty damn good at knowing how to control your breathing and get your part practically perfect.

I thought this was like a 'don't smile' challenge? You can see other members trying to keep a straight face as well.

That was what I thought but I also didn't want to look like a dummy if that wasn't what was being discussed haha Also Yechan sounds pretty good! I've never even heard of her group tbh Edit: Oh wait yes I have, but only because they have that one member that wears a creepy rabbit head costume :/

If we're all talking about the same clip, this one: Then really she didn't do that well lower-range wise. She tried a couple of times to hit a G3 and it came out quiet and muffled. The only lower notes I could pick out that sounded clear and strong were a couple A#3, which is a reasonable note for any soprano to hit.

Hahaha lmao okay you literally have never heard me talk about Jimins vocals but ok I can't stan anyone unless they're Beyonce, note taken thx Edit: also wtf you could have picked literally anybody else, like it's not like Irene or Krystal are that great either. You were really keen to jump on Jimin, huh?

With all these comparisons (or anti-comparisons idk) to Ailee, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned or commented on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGrQa1BL7I

My normal speaking voice (not like excited or being jokey or whatever) centers around F3... which isn't that low?? Idk but then yeah, I have been told by a lot of people my voice is low. I have a suspicion it could be because my voice carries really well (always has, it's a curse) which might make it sound fuller and thus lower? I don't know, but anyway yeah talking pitch is weird.

It's weird that talking-pitch thing, because I've been told by a lot of people that I have a low voice for girls but when I sing... I'm definitely a soprano. Like even though it's taken me a ridiculously long time to develop my upper range (like, years) and still sometimes struggle, I definitely sound like a soprano.

Wait hold on what's wrong with the girl in pentatonix? Admittedly haven't listened to them in forever but I always thought she was as good as the boys?

God you just made me imagine some weird future where there are asmr technique and critique threads like this vocal thread I can't why did you

I'm not going to bring old shit up so under spoiler haha

I posted a cover once, that was a bad time lmao

Honestly I still love his voice but it's that YG 'training' coming through :(

Do you mean Yoohyeon?

Haha no it's more like I read it, read the rest and went: 'surely not, right?' Then went about my business, a bts song played on spotify and I once again thought '.......right???' Idk guess I was paranoid I was missing something lmao

Tf why was I downvoted I didn't even say it, I was asking Here's a link to the reply I got: https://onehallyu.com/topic/738030-enter-talk-wasnt-it-crazy-after-bts-finished-their-stage/?p=28939073

Speaking of Taehyung, someone responded to me on a different thread and said he's a tenor, and now I'm thoroughly confused.

I don't know shit apparently, I got like half of them wrong rip

I had a really hard time getting over losing my voice after a cold once, and my vocal teacher recommended almost like, vocal fry exercises? It was trying to emulate throat singing except obviously not because I'd never tried to throat sing once in my life and I'm certain I sounded nowhere close. Plus I'm a girl so it felt weird trying to do something like that even if it had sounded good. But yeah it's kind of like massaging your vocal chords. Obviously use lots of air, don't squeeze your throat, drink lotsa water if your throat starts feeling scratchy etc. Anyway that's the only strange piece of advice I have. Otherwise anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen can help, and stuff like the typical honey/lemon drinks may be of use to some people.