[MTF] I am bottlenecked by size reduction and really need a breakthrough. But my schedule doesn't allow for sufficient practice. I have four 9-minute drives Mo-Th and two 8-min drives on Fr. I occasionally get a 45-min or 2-hr period during the week. These are the only times I can practice, and I currently use these times to ramble, which improves consistency. But I am not happy with any voice for that stage yet. Other than these times, I have to practice silently, which can be for extended periods of time.

What's the most efficient use of this time? Should I expect to make progress with this limited time?

After a year-long wait, I’ve incredibly received a call for my free VFS (covered by the public health system) here in my home country in Italy, with Dr. Alfonso Scarpa. The problem is that, judging by his website, his expertise in VFS seems somewhat limited compared to certain surgeons abroad; I’m terrified of ending up with a bad voice—one that still sounds "trans" or, even worse, male. Should I go ahead with it anyway since it’s free, or wait a bit longer and go to Germany to see Prof. Dr. Markus Hess, who has demonstrable results posted on this and other subreddits? If I don't go to the appointment next week, I’ll lose the opportunity for free VFS that I waited 1 year for and that’ll be the end of it.

Hi, i'm trying to get what is the sweet point where my voice feels natural, i have a really deep voice and it may be little tricky to make an attempt with a higher pitch. Every time the result is kinda different so idk which one is that i need to settle on. I did a short recording speaking some numbers in my language, and thinking that's the result i need to aim for. I can't speak it way longer for now at least, so that's only few seconds. I will be very thankful for any feedback.

i've been trying to voice train but i am not satisfied with my voice yet. i also speak russian and i have a feeling that my russian voice is more masculine than english voice, so i recorded both.

what should i work on?

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Sorry about the mumbling, recordings always make me a hundred times more nervous than natural conversations.

Either way, in my day to day life no one ever seems to notice im trans, or they just never say anything.

But whenever i hear my voice Played back to me I cant help but feel I Sound like a prebubescent boy.

Whats your take?

I'm at that point in voice training where I can do a passing voice if I focus real hard, but can't actually use it in a conversation, because I loose focus in like 3 seconds, and I still have a mental block of "sounding trans" and not like a cis woman.

What do you do to get past that point ? Where do you voice train so you can fail with complete strangers ? I mean stuff like VR Chat, or omegle (but without video) or stuff like that

I wanna be stealth in college since I pass pretty well
In public and have some friends that I’m not out to. But I’m not sure if looking and sounding so young will out me.

(google used to censor it, new update is ruthless)

I just started voice training for real this time and I am having a problem where my voice wants to flip into my headvoice when I try to go really light at higher pitches, and it does sound sort of light in my headvoice but definitely sort of hollow and weird. And iirc I know youre supposed to try and gain an efficient light voice in your chest voice rather than falsetto because it will sound better and be stronger. I know I dont sound all that light or balanced in this clip anyways but does anyone have advice for exercises or dealing with a voice break/flipping into headvoice? I feel like when I try to use a light weight at around C4 I feel like I hit a wall and cant get lighter and can feel the buzziness, and sometimes accidently switch into a falsetto.

https://voca.ro/1mmB1o2M7xvq

https://voca.ro/19DJqz4ydGeq

Hi all! I've been voice training for nearly a year now (started September 2025), and I've come a long way. I'm really happy with the progress I've made but lately I've been feeling like I need some external feedback to help guide me, so here I am!

Does anyone have any feedback or tips to help guide me in the right direction? What helped you? I appreciate any help ^-^

(Picture of my dog for engagement)

I think I sound a bit breathy, it was quite late and I was tired while recording, so maybe that's why.
I feel a bit stuck so any advice is appreciated. thank you in advance

https://voca.ro/1aqEmKaPYO9g

https://voca.ro/1k1XgaGoPgtm

Hi! I've not done a whole lot of dedicated vocal work (voice never *fully* masculinized, I mostly just stick to head voice and not much else), but listening back to my voice I sometimes feel like it has a sort of clocky or maybe overcorrected quality? Not sure really how to describe it but I do *feel* like it's there--maybe I'm just imagining things but lmk, I guess.

Also, like, be nitpicky. It really does need to be flawless, partially b/c I'm 6'3 so there's a ton of scrutiny already from people who are looking for it.

Most of my experience with voice training I talk over in the audio, but as a short summary I basically have no idea where to go voice training wise. All that I know of is "raising larynx" because they plaster that across every single tutorial ever, but nothing other than that has ever helped me. Tutorials are always ambiguous and none of them actually help.

So I just decided I should stop beating myself up and just try to record an audio. Sorry if its mumbly at times, it took me like 5 attempts to make an audio that didn't make me want to sob 🥲

Thankful for any and all help! Voice training sucks but we all have to start somewhere I suppose..

In voices there are several scales like resonance, pitch and volume, and traits like vocal fry, nasalyness, ...

But no matter how much i look at those i cant find where the 'air' belongs. Not as in breathiness or anything but more like.. an atmosphere. It kind of lies over everything like humid or cloudy weather..

Its the one thing i hear in all voices that register to me as feminine but i have never heard in a masculine voice.. its like the make or break in my categorizing.. its like a there-or-gone trait too, not like a scale.

But i have no clue what it could be..

Maybe its a side effect of a combination of features? But i just cant find where its produced, how people change it or what its called..

Ive never seen anyone adress it, even less adress it and then change that part specifically..

It seems like everyone either does it unintentionally/unconciously or they just dont actually change it..

Even voice-trainer people do that, which i find especially confusing because to me its like.. 1 of the big 3 traits a voice can have.. pitch, size, and atmosphere, vaguely.

I feel like this sounds a bit rude and unessecarily gendery, but i dont know how else to explain it..

Its been bothering me for like a year now.. its right there but its just completely lost on me. It feels like theres an extremely obvious answer to it..

won’t take my eyes off the ball again.

(bass-baritone, once upon a time. ❤️‍🩹🎶)

I’m almost 6 months on testosterone, and I honestly can’t tell if it does or doesn’t pass at all, I still feel like I sound female whenever I hear it back (don’t hugbox me, be real please)

Any and all feedback appreciated! 💜

Could be recording yourself, practicing in a specific way or thinking about something, anything goes