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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0213 - The ‘Higher And Louder’ Pitfall
Description: 0213 - The ‘Higher And Louder’ PitfallWe look at the volume of a voice a little later, but for now let’s take a glance its relationship with pitch, because there is a potential pitfall of using volume for emphasis, instead of pitch. Doing this might cause people to perceive your voice as shrill, and you as hysterical (something that Hillary Clinton was accused of[1]). Both in a studio and in an auditorium, you should usually be letting the microphone do the work of boosting your volume. Emphasis instead comes from your use of a be...