# Nasal Resonance — VoiceNet dimension guide

*Category:* Resonance Placement · *code:* `vn_R_NASL` · *slot:* 79

This dimension measures resonance originating from the nasal cavity. Merge the `__high` / `__low` LoRA from `laion/moss-voicenet-dimension-loras` at 25/50/75/100/125%. Costs are shifts vs. the 24-sample neutral baseline.

**TL;DR.** **Nasal Resonance** controls resonance originating from the nasal cavity. The **__high** LoRA shifts it +0.56 at 100% (worst cost: burst-blend -0.41); the **__low** LoRA shifts it -0.08 at 25% (worst cost: genuineness +0.01). The **__high** direction is the stronger, more reliable knob here.

## ▲ HIGH — Nasal Resonance __high

| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.137 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% | 0.193 | +0.06 | -0.04 | -0.18 | -0.06 |
| 50% | 0.327 | +0.19 | -0.06 | -0.16 | +0.13 |
| 75% | 0.299 | +0.16 | -0.02 | -0.15 | -0.05 |
| 100% ★ | 0.696 | +0.56 | -0.07 | -0.41 | +0.01 |
| 125% | 0.690 | +0.55 | -0.05 | -0.40 | -0.08 |

- **EmoNet emotion** — ↑ Amusement (+0.64), Teasing (+0.46), Impatience and Irritability (+0.35); ↓ Longing (-0.64), Fear (-0.55), Infatuation (-0.53)
- **VoiceNet dimension** — ↑ Head Resonance (+0.90), Mask Resonance (+0.85), Brightness (+0.84); ↓ Cognitive Load (-0.73), Vocal-burst blend (-0.71), Perceived Gender (-0.64)

Merging **Nasal Resonance __high** pushes the dimension: at the recommended **100%** dose the measured Nasal Resonance score moves from a 0.14 baseline to 0.70 (a +0.56 shift). The dose-response is mostly ordered but noisy between doses. That reach is a steep cost — the biggest hit is to **burst-blend** (-0.41); across the board genuineness -0.07, burst-blend -0.41, speech quality +0.01. Emotionally it reads as Amusement (r 0.64), Teasing (0.46) and Impatience and Irritability (0.35), and it moves away from Longing, Fear and Infatuation. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Head Resonance (0.90), Mask Resonance (0.85) and Brightness (0.84), while pulling down Cognitive Load, Vocal-burst blend and Perceived Gender. Practical call: merge __high at **75–100%**; expect Amusement and Head Resonance to rise and burst-blend to fall. If you don’t want Amusement bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Longing to keep the nasal resonance shift without the side-effect.

## ▼ LOW — Nasal Resonance __low

| dose | target | Δtarget | Δgenu | Δblend | Δqual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseline (0%) | 0.137 | — | — | — | — |
| 25% ★ | 0.061 | -0.08 | +0.01 | +0.17 | +0.01 |
| 50% | 0.149 | +0.01 | -0.01 | -0.12 | +0.02 |
| 75% | 0.146 | +0.01 | -0.01 | -0.20 | -0.10 |
| 100% | 0.186 | +0.05 | +0.00 | -0.13 | -0.18 |
| 125% | 0.171 | +0.03 | -0.04 | -0.30 | -0.14 |

- **EmoNet emotion** — ↑ Impatience and Irritability (+0.40), Contempt (+0.39), Sourness (+0.38); ↓ Longing (-0.51), Infatuation (-0.49), Awe (-0.45)
- **VoiceNet dimension** — ↑ Mask Resonance (+0.59), Head Resonance (+0.58), Velocity Flux (+0.51); ↓ Vocal-burst blend (-0.46), Cognitive Load (-0.43), Perceived Gender (-0.43)

Merging **Nasal Resonance __low** suppresses the dimension: at the recommended **25%** dose the measured Nasal Resonance score moves from a 0.14 baseline to 0.06 (a -0.08 shift). The dose-response is mostly ordered but noisy between doses. That reach is nearly free — the biggest hit is to **genuineness** (+0.01); across the board genuineness +0.01, burst-blend +0.17, speech quality +0.01. Emotionally it reads as Impatience and Irritability (r 0.40), Contempt (0.39) and Sourness (0.38), and it moves away from Longing, Infatuation and Awe. On other voice dimensions it co-moves most with Mask Resonance (0.59), Head Resonance (0.58) and Velocity Flux (0.51), while pulling down Vocal-burst blend, Cognitive Load and Perceived Gender. Practical call: merge __low at **a light 25–50%**; expect Impatience and Irritability and Mask Resonance to rise and genuineness to fall. If you don’t want Impatience and Irritability bleeding in, offset it with a prompt cue toward Longing to keep the nasal resonance shift without the side-effect.

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