Good audio begins before generation
Reliable audio projects start with a clear production brief. It does not need to be long, but it should answer five questions: who is speaking, who is listening, what must be said, how should it feel, and what will the finished audio be used for?
The Miraga Audio Creation Agent can make reasonable production decisions, but a few precise constraints help it spend time on the right creative choices.
1. Write the outcome, not the implementation
Describe the deliverable in ordinary language. You do not need to request specific internal tools or explain how transcription and generation should be called.
Create a 45-second English voice-over for a product demo.
Audience: first-time customers.
Voice: calm, clear, confident, not theatrical.
Structure: short hook, three benefits, one closing line.
Music: minimal electronic bed, always below the voice.
Deliverable: one final MP3 and separate scene audio.2. Separate fixed content from flexible direction
Mark any sentence that must be spoken exactly. Everything else can be treated as adaptable direction.
- Fixed: brand names, legal statements, prices, dates, calls to action, quotations, and approved slogans.
- Flexible: transitions, supporting explanations, pauses, music texture, and minor phrasing.
If exact wording matters, say “speak this line exactly once, without adding or removing words.”
3. Prepare clean source material
Remove duplicate paragraphs, comments that should not be spoken, page headers, and unrelated notes before uploading a document. For long material, add simple headings so the Agent can identify sections.
When uploading reference audio, explain its job. It may be a content source, pronunciation reference, pacing example, tone reference, or material to translate.
4. Use scenes as review units
A scene is a useful boundary for a change in topic, speaker, language, mood, or sound design. Very short projects may need only one scene. Longer work is easier to review when each scene has one clear purpose.
| Project | Useful scene boundaries |
|---|---|
| Product voice-over | Hook, feature explanation, call to action |
| Podcast | Opening, topic segments, sponsor break, closing |
| Training audio | Learning objective, lesson sections, recap |
| Translated recording | Speaker turn, paragraph, slide, or topic change |
5. Direct a voice with observable qualities
“Make it better” is difficult to act on. Describe audible qualities instead:
- slightly slower, with short pauses after each key point;
- lower energy and warmer tone;
- clearer consonants, especially on technical terms;
- smile in the opening, then become more factual;
- finish the final line with a calm downward cadence.
For multilingual work, add pronunciation notes for names and abbreviations before the first generation.
6. Give music and transitions a supporting role
Describe when music begins, whether it continues under speech, and how the ending should resolve. If speech is the priority, say that music must remain clearly below the voice. Leave enough dialogue-free time after the final sentence for a natural ending.
7. Review content before style
Listen in two passes. First, check words, order, pronunciation, speaker assignment, missing sentences, and clipped endings. Second, review tone, speed, music, spacing, and emotional delivery.
For important dialogue, transcription can help verify what was spoken. Treat the transcript as a review aid, especially around brands and mixed-language terms where speech recognition may use phonetic spellings.
8. Request surgical revisions
Revise scene 2 only.
Keep the script, speaker, music, and total structure unchanged.
Slow the first sentence slightly and pronounce “Miraga” as mih-RAH-gah.
Replace the last line with: “Your next story starts here.”This is more reliable than asking for “another version” without explaining what should remain fixed.
9. Plan duration around speech
Estimate how long the text takes at a natural pace, then reserve time for pauses, music introduction, and the ending. Do not force a speaker to stretch words simply to fill a target duration. If the line is too long, shorten the script; if it is too short, use a deliberate intro or outro.
10. Keep a delivery checklist
- All required lines are present and in the correct order.
- Names and technical terms are pronounced correctly.
- Music never obscures the voice.
- No sentence is clipped at a scene boundary.
- The ending resolves naturally without unexpected silence or a hard cut.
- The final file plays correctly and has a clear project name.
Use conversation as the production history
Keep revision requests inside the same project so decisions remain visible. Rename the project when its purpose becomes clear, such as “October product launch — English voice-over,” and create a separate project when the audience or creative direction is fundamentally different.
Start with the product overview, or open the Audio Creation Agent and use the brief template above.