Audio Prompts

A curated library of 8 audio prompt styles covering music, voice, and sound effects, with copy-paste prompt variations for Suno v5 (featured for music), Udio, and ElevenLabs v3 (featured for voice) — simply replace [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own content.

⚡ Quick Start

Pick a style from the categories below.
Open the style doc and copy the variation for your platform.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] and generate.
Iterate — adjust genre tags, BPM, structure tags, or delivery tags based on the result.

Platform Guide

🟠 Suno v5 (Featured — Full Songs with Vocals)

Suno generates complete songs — vocals, instruments, and mix — from a style description plus optional custom lyrics with structure tags.

Two prompt fields: a Style of Music description (genre, mood, tempo, instrumentation, vocal type) and, in Custom mode, a Lyrics field with your own words.
Structure tags go in the lyrics field in square brackets, one per section: [Intro], [Verse], [Pre-Chorus], [Chorus], [Bridge], [Instrumental Break], [Guitar Solo], [Outro], [End]
Style patterns that work: genre + subgenre, mood, tempo/BPM, key instrumentation, vocal description — e.g. melancholic indie folk, 90 BPM, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft airy female vocals, warm tape saturation.
Tips: Keep the style description under ~200 characters of dense, comma-separated descriptors. Use [Instrumental] sections to give songs room to breathe. Exclude unwanted elements in the “Exclude Styles” field rather than writing “no drums” in the prompt.

Udio

Udio also generates full songs from text, with strong genre fidelity; it favors tag-like prompts and supports the same square-bracket lyric structure tags.

Prompting style: comma-separated genre/mood/instrumentation tags work better than prose — e.g. synthwave, retro 80s, analog synth arpeggios, driving beat, nostalgic, male vocals.
Lyrics: supports Custom lyrics with [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge]-style section tags, or auto-generated/instrumental modes.
Manual mode treats your tags literally for tighter control.
Tips: Lead with the genre. Add era descriptors (”90s”, “vintage”) for period-authentic production. Generate short segments and use extensions/remix to build full arrangements.

🟣 ElevenLabs v3 (Featured — Expressive Voice)

Eleven v3 is a text-to-speech model with inline audio tags that direct emotion, delivery, and non-verbal sounds.

Audio tags go inline in square brackets, right before the text they modify:
- Emotion/delivery: [whispers], [shouting], [excited], [sarcastic], [curious], [calm], [cheerfully]
- Non-verbal: [laughs], [sighs], [gasps], [clears throat], [exhales]
- Pacing: [pause], [rushed], [drawn out]
Punctuation matters: ellipses … add trailing pauses, CAPS add emphasis, dashes create beats.
No SSML break tags in v3 — use audio tags and punctuation for pacing instead.
Tips: Match tags to the voice’s character — a calm narrator voice fights [shouting]. Prompts under ~250 characters can behave inconsistently; give the model a full paragraph. Voice choice matters as much as the prompt.

Sound Effects (ElevenLabs SFX & video-model SFX)

ElevenLabs Sound Effects generates standalone SFX from short text descriptions (up to ~30 seconds, loopable): describe the source, action, environment, and character — e.g. heavy wooden door creaking open slowly in a stone cathedral, long echo.
In video models (Veo 3.1, Sora 2), cue SFX inline in the video prompt: SFX: rain on a tin roof, distant thunder.
Tips: One sound event per prompt. Include acoustic space (“in a small tiled bathroom”, “outdoor open field”) to control reverb.

🎚️ Music Prompt Building Blocks

Element	Examples
Genre + subgenre	`indie folk`, `melodic techno`, `boom bap hip hop`, `cinematic orchestral`
Mood	`melancholic`, `euphoric`, `menacing`, `nostalgic`, `triumphant`
Tempo	`slow ballad`, `90 BPM`, `120 BPM driving`, `uptempo 140 BPM`
Instrumentation	`fingerpicked acoustic guitar`, `analog synth pads`, `808 bass`, `string ensemble`
Vocals	`soft airy female vocals`, `gritty baritone`, `rap verses`, `instrumental (no vocals)`
Production	`lo-fi tape warmth`, `polished pop mix`, `live room ambience`, `vintage vinyl crackle`

How to Use These Prompts

Find a style from the categories below.
Click through to the individual style doc.
Pick a variation for your platform and use case.
Replace placeholders — [TOPIC], [PRODUCT], [NAME], etc. — with your desired content.
Iterate — swap genre tags, adjust BPM, or add/remove structure and delivery tags.

🎧 Audio Prompt Styles

Pop Anthem

Radio-ready pop songs with big hooks, clean modern production, and full verse/chorus structure. T...

Electronic & Dance

House, techno, synthwave, and EDM — genres where BPM, drum character, and synth palette do most o...

Cinematic Score

Orchestral and hybrid trailer music, emotional themes, and underscore beds for film, trailers, an...

Lo-fi & Ambient

Chill beats, ambient textures, and long-form soundscapes for focus, sleep, and background listeni...

Narration & Voiceover

Documentary narration, audiobook reads, explainer voiceovers, and ad reads with ElevenLabs v3. Th...

Character & Dialogue Voice

Expressive character performances with ElevenLabs v3 — emotional range, non-verbal sounds, and mu...

Podcast & Jingle

Intros, outros, stingers, and branded audio idents — short-form music with a job to do, plus the ...

Sound Effects

Foley, ambience, impacts, and UI sounds. SFX prompts are short and physical: describe the source,...

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