Prompt Guide

This guide provides tips and tricks for getting the most out of your prompts, and helps you break out of prompt "writer's block." Prompting is more of an art than a science, but there are some best practices we've discovered. This is just a starting point, be creative and go crazy (perhaps share in our [Harmonai Discord](https://discord.gg/cKpvjey8b))! - **Music** — full instrumental tracks, ambient audio - **Stems & Solo Instruments** — isolated parts or single-instrument pieces - **Audio Samples & SFX** — sound effects, samples, and one-shots - **Init Audio, Inpainting & Continuation** — modify or extend existing audio using a seed file | Model | Music | Stems/Solo | Samples/SFX | |-------|-------|------------|-------------| | `medium` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | `small-music` | ✓ | ✓ | — | | `small-sfx` | — | — | ✓ | For additional tips, visit the [Stable Audio User Guide](https://stability.ai/stable-audio). - **Think about the training datasets.** Prompt adherence and audio quality are closely linked with the dataset the model was trained on. Stable Audio 3 uses audio from Freesound and AudioSparx along with their metadata. Prompts that align with that kind of text and audio tend to produce the best results, though out-of-distribution prompts can be interesting to explore. - **Set a realistic duration.** While our models can generate up to 6m 20s (`medium`) or 2m (`small`), results tend to be better when you choose a duration that fits what you're describing. - **Embrace the randomness.** The model won't output the same thing twice. If you want a reproducible result, set a seed (in Gradio, this is under `Sampler Params`).