| 2026-10-15 |
Business voice = Gemini Kore (B6), style "friendly, polished product explainer, conversational, upbeat but credible" |
User picked B6 from B1-B10 (Test Scorecards) |
| 2026-10-15 |
Political voice = Gemini Charon (P1), newscaster style ("measured, authoritative newscaster, confident, serious") |
User picked P1; authoritative male fits political ads |
| 2026-10-15 |
Local fallbacks: Chatterbox cloning the user's own recording (C:\tts\voices\user_announcer_ref.wav) and Qwen3-TTS |
Free on the 3060; real human reference beats Kokoro refs |
| 2026-10-15 |
HyperFrames default renderer, Remotion fallback |
Rendered Prop 1 first try in 31 s; one plain HTML file per scene is easier for local models |
| 2026-10-15 |
Music ~12 dB under the voice with ducking; final mix -16 LUFS |
Voice clarity; consistent loudness |
| 2026-10-15 |
User samples and approves voice and music (and script) before any build |
Avoid wasted builds; user taste drives choices |
| 2026-10-15 |
Political ads: serious civic style, no cheesy stings |
User: "This is a political video. The music does not work." |
| 2026-10-15 |
Only ONE llama-server on TonyB (Qwen, port 1922) |
12 GB 3060 VRAM; TTS must fit alongside |
| 2026-10-15 |
Only tonyjbala Gitea credentials |
User rule |
| 2026-10-15 |
Each video gets a unique design |
Avoid template sameness |
| 2026-10-15 |
Political stack kept separate from business stack |
Different rules (sourcing, disclaimers, tone) |
| 2026-10-16 |
Music = ACE-Step 1.5 (local, MIT) as primary generator via C:\tts\acestep_music.py; code-synth gen.py fallback; ElevenLabs Music optional. Music approval gate (Gate 3) unchanged |
User: include it in the stack; code-synth music "didn't really do anything for the feel"; ACE-Step is free on the 3060 (~25 s per 45 s track) |
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