
I'm pretty sure Margaret Thatcher (UK PM back in the 80s) did it.īut I digress, point is, there are a range of potential reasons for Sirona's voice being deeper that aren't malicious. That perception then spread and became a default association and expectation of the viewer. This has been a thing for years as deeper was considered more authoritative and trusted. Make no mistake, many train to speak in a lower tone. Keep in mind, most voice artists adjust their voice and/or have they voice edited depending on medium, tone of the art, the intent, or whoever is the creative lead.Ī classic example is that the female 'news anchor' tone is almost always a deeper sound than a more normal female range. It could be something as simple as 'we wanted Sirona's story to be pretty clearly trans, a deeper voice is a more obvious indicator to people not paying much attention to voice lines or content'. An example could be to standardise volume.Īccoustics where it was impacted the pitch and tone.Ī creative decision was made to deepen it, or ask the voice artist for a deeper sound. Some sort of standardisation modulation was applied on every track in the game, negatively impacting some voices. Compression changed the sound of her voice.
