[AbiDrew85]

Oh, I definitely agree that the current sample still isn't quite "right". And I guess I can get what you're both saying... At least the gentleness and the clearer enunciation was already there even before. Higher tones... Not so sure... It sounded pretty deep to me.

I guess I just never really equated them with being effeminate. They just were. At least in my own voice. But I knew a coupla guys with softer voices but WITHOUT clear enunciation and a slight lisp which I DID equate with being effeminate... But I equated it as more of a "gay" effeminate if you know what I mean. Not feminine, but gay male. And that's not what I'm after! I want a feminine voice, not a gay male voice!

I think the MOST masculine trait of my before voice was the complete lack of any sort of emotional context. It was flat sounding. To me, at least. And that gave it a very masculine sound. The flatness. Those other guys I mentioned? Their voices were definitely not flat.

And thanks for the compliments! Am I really one of the only people on here who takes criticism well? o.O And do I really take it that much better than other people? I mean... yeah... I've been well trained on accepting criticism, I got the worst of my resistance to it beat out of me more than a decade ago when I first began my tentative exploration of the whole new world the internet presented to me. Back then the internet was a much rougher, wilder place. Netiquette as it's known today was still being shaped by the things we early pioneers did.

Besides... I DID ask for it! If I'm not prepared for it, I shouldn't go about asking for it!

And yeah. The subliminal I'm using is meant to be used from anywhere between 3 to 6 months, and so far I've been using it for nearly 5 months (will be 5 months on the 3rd). I'll finish up the 6 months, record myself again then, and we'll see what the final product is like mmh?

I must say I haven't been mistaken for male by a stranger in quite a LONG time though. Nearly a month. It's the people who knew me before and/or early in transition who struggle with it. In fact, just yesterday I went out for lunch and the dude at the cash register was VERY POINTEDLY not looking down, lol. Even though I was exceptionally modestly dressed in a turtleneck sweater and slacks and had my rather shapeless school smock over that. He'd try to look ANYWHERE but down, obviously not wanting to be thought to be ogling me at all!

Felt rather nice, though I think I'd've liked to be ogled more But I suppose I'd need to dress less modestly if I WANT to be ogled. Dressing so mega modestly probably sends the "don't look at me" message, especially since it was kinda warm. I was more dressed like that because I hadn't had time to shave... lol. I HATE letting people see my body while it's hairy!

Well... Anyways. As to recording myself trying different voices and stuff, that I feel goes against the purposes of the subliminal program. The program is supposed to settle me into a completely new voice entirely on it's own without me trying to influence it consciously. It's all working on a subconscious level, which "goes over the head" of the conscious level. We'll see what I sound like on June second, at the end of the program.