These tips help your audiobooks, narrations and dubs sound clean and natural. Most audio problems come from the text or the voice reference, so fix those before re-generating again and again.
A word or line sounds wrong. What do I do?
Re-generate the line once or twice and listen again. If it still sounds wrong, don't keep re-generating the same line: change the text instead.
Rephrase or respell it. Pronunciation matters most. Write a word the way it sounds (for example "Beet" instead of "Beat"), spell out numbers and abbreviations, or split a long sentence.
Very short lines (one word, such as "Yes.") can sound clipped. Listen to them carefully, and merge them with the line before or after if needed.
Split or merge lines so each one is a complete thought. See The dialogue toolbar.
Use keywords for names, brands and invented words so they're pronounced the same way every time. See What are keywords?
The whole audio buzzes, crackles or sounds distorted. What do I do?
Download the audio and listen on good headphones to confirm the problem.
If it's there throughout, the voice reference is usually the cause. Switch the speaker to a voice with a cleaner reference, or re-record your custom voice. See How to create a custom voice.
On MARS8-Pro projects, try Clean Reference and Acoustic Quality Boost, or raise Stability. See Speaker Settings.
The voice sounds rushed, or there are long silences
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