Soul Sound Studio

Roster

Mode

Core Identity

Sound Palette

Production

Direction

Suno Control

⏱01 — Tempo / BPM▾

Exact BPM forces Suno's internal clock — the single biggest groove lever

BPM

♭02 — Key & Mode▾

Key + mode gives Suno harmonic identity — the difference between generic and distinctive

Root Key

Mode / Scale

♫ 02b — Chord Progression ▼

Generated from your key, mode and artist identity. Click any chord to add it to a progression, or use auto-generate.

Flavour

Available Chords

Select a key and mode above to populate chords

Progression

Click chords above to build a progression, or hit Generate

Replace chord

𝄢03 — Rhythmic Feel▾

Specific rhythmic description — not just a mood word

→04 — Arrangement Timeline▾

Build left to right — Suno reads these as ordered scene cues

Add sections above →

◈05 — Hook Intensity▾

How hard does the money moment hit? Shapes Suno's melodic tension and release

Energy Arc

⬡06 — Genre DNA▾

Up to 3 — Suno blends in proportion to order selected

Select a category tab or search to browse genres

0 / 3 selected

Can't find your genre? Create it

𝄞07 — Instrumentation▾

First selected = lead voice of the track

Pick a family or type to search

Can't find your instrument? Create it

≈08 — Playing Techniques▾

Organised by instrument — your band instruments are highlighted in green

No instruments selected in Section 07

Universal

Guitar

Bass

Drums & Percussion

Keys & Organ

Horns, Brass & Woodwind

Strings

World & Traditional

0 techniques selected

Can't find your technique? Create it

▤09 — Production Style▾

How the record sounds — not just how it plays

◎10 — Mix Perspective▾

Where do you feel you're standing? Suno adjusts reverb, depth and stereo width

◷11 — Sonic References▾

Song + year + label = a sonic photograph. First selected = dominant influence. Up to 3.

1stemptydominant

2ndemptystrong

3rdemptyblend

No match found —

Suggested for your persona

Soul & R&B

Blues

Gospel & Funk

Ethiopian & Eritrean

African

World & Rock

My References

0 / 3 selected · First selected = dominant influence

⌥12 — Director's Note▾

Scene, narrative, specific cues — anything not covered above

⊘13 — Fight Suno Defaults▾

One-click overrides for Suno's most common bad habits

∅14 — Exclude From Generation▾

Tell Suno explicitly what NOT to do — these are prepended with "no" in the Style field

♬15 — Vocal Direction▾

How the voice performs — shapes Suno's interpretation of the vocal delivery

Vocal Range

Title

Style

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▶ Style Breakdown ▼

Lyrics / Structure

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Active Selections

Generate to preview

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Soul Sound Studio v3.4 · beza.work
Open Manual · Habesha Sound

Habesha Sound · Soul Sound Records

Soul Sound
Studio

The complete guide to building Suno prompts, writing songs, and crafting artist personas — for any genre, any language, any creative direction.

Version 3.4

Domain beza.work

Updated April 17, 2026 · v3.4

Authors Namrud (NBT) & Lex

Part One

Getting Started

Everything you need to know before you touch a single control.

Accessing the Studio

Soul Sound Studio is a members-only web app at beza.work. It runs entirely in your browser — no download required. It installs as a PWA on your phone or desktop.

Signing In

Go to beza.work

The login screen appears. Enter your email and password, then press Sign In or hit Enter.

First time? Create an account

Click Create Account. You need an invite code in the format SS-XXXX-XXXX — it auto-formats as you type. Enter your email and a password of at least 8 characters.

You're in — session lasts 30 days

Everything you build is saved locally and restored on every visit. Close the browser and come back exactly where you left off.

Invite Codes

Each code is single-use. Once registered, your account is permanent. Contact the studio directly if you need a code.

Interface Overview

The studio has three tabs: Prompt Studio, Lyric Workshop, and Manual. The header shows your generation count, the language selector, and the settings gear. Everything lives in one browser window.

Interface Layout — Prompt Studio Desktop

Settings Panel

Click the ⚙ gear icon to open your preferences. You will see your account email, tier status, generations remaining, and the output language selector. Use it also to sign out.

Personas

A persona is a complete artist identity — name, location, label, style description, voice, themes, default BPM, key, and mode. Selecting a persona loads its defaults and shapes every AI feature in the studio.

Creating a Persona

Click + New above the persona grid. The modal has two tabs:

Tab	What it does
Describe	Write a free-text description of your artist — background, sound, influences, playing style, cultural roots, in any language. Click Analyse & Build. The AI reads your description and fills in all the fields, matches genres and instruments from the database, and sets BPM, key, and mode. You review the result in the Manual tab before saving.
Manual	Fill in each field yourself — name, location, label, bio, voice, themes, BPM, key, mode, and accent color.

First-Click Chip Application

When you save an AI-built persona and click it for the first time, it auto-selects its matched genres, instrumentation, and techniques. After that, chips stay wherever you leave them for full creative freedom. Clicking the persona again only reloads BPM, key, and mode.

Editing and Deleting

Click the ✎ pencil icon on any persona card to edit it. The same modal opens in Manual tab. To delete, open the edit modal and click Delete This Persona at the bottom.

Your Personas Are Private

Each user's personas are stored separately in their own browser. No user can see another user's personas.

Free vs Paid

All AI features — Generate All, Auto-Generate Lyrics, Auto-Title, Lyric Workshop Assessment, and Persona Analyse & Build — count toward your generation limit.

Tier	Limit	Reset
Free	20 AI calls per 24 hours	Automatic — resets 24 hours after your first call in each window
Paid	Unlimited	No reset needed

When you hit the limit, a message shows the exact time remaining until reset. Your tier and remaining count are always visible in the ⚙ Settings panel.

Part Two

Prompt Studio

How to build prompts that make Suno produce the music you actually hear in your head.

Core Workflow

On first login, a Start Here Workflow Guide appears above the sections. Six numbered steps, each clickable to open the relevant section directly. Dismiss it with "Got it, hide this" once you know the order. The guide reappears on a new device or after clearing local storage.

Select Your Persona

Click a persona card. BPM, key, and mode auto-load. If it's an AI-built persona, genres and instruments load on first click.

Set Your Mode

Choose Instrumental, Vocal, or Both. Each mode shapes the Style field, Lyrics field, and the Auto-Generate button differently.

Work Through the Sections

Click each numbered section to expand it. Only change what matters for this specific track.

Hit Generate All

Builds your Style field from all selections. Auto-stays under 1000 characters. Saves to Session History. Shortcut: Ctrl+G

Copy and Paste into Suno

Copy each field individually — or use ↓ Copy All Three Fields for one clipboard hit.

Instrumental / Vocal / Both

The mode toggle is the most important control in the studio. It changes what gets generated across the Style field, Lyrics field, and the Auto-Generate button.

Mode	Style field	Lyrics field	Auto-Generate	Bracket toolbar
Instrumental	Adds "no vocals, purely instrumental, no singing, no spoken word"	Auto-fills arrangement structure cues: [Intro], [Section A], [Solo], [Outro]	Generates structural arrangement — no sung lyrics	Vocal performance tags hidden
Vocal	Adds voice description + "vocal performance throughout, sung lyrics from start to finish"	Left open for writing — never auto-populated	Generates full lyrics for the selected section	All tags visible
Both	Adds voice description + "begins as instrumental, vocals enter at chorus, mix of instrumental passages and sung sections"	Auto-fills mixed structure: [Instrumental Intro], vocal sections, [Instrumental Break]	Generates mixed structure with instrumental markers and sung lyrics	All tags visible

The 15 Sections + Chord Generator

Each section is collapsible — click the header to open or close it. A gold dot appears on Section 12 when the Director's Note has content. Sections 13–15 are new in v3.2. Section 02b (Chord Progression Generator) is new in v3.3.

#	Section	What it controls
01	Tempo / BPM	Exact BPM — the single biggest groove lever
02	Key & Mode	Harmonic identity — root key plus scale/mode
02b	Chord Progression Generator	Creative chord progressions — Markov engine, artist flavor, editable, previews in browser
03	Rhythmic Feel	How the rhythm sits — pocket, shuffle, second line etc.
04	Arrangement Timeline	Song structure — drag-to-reorder section cues
05	Hook Intensity + Energy Arc	How hard the hook hits and how energy moves over time
06	Genre DNA	Up to 3 genres — Suno blends in proportion to order
07	Instrumentation	160+ model-specific instruments, 17 families
08	Playing Techniques	Performance instructions at the note level
09	Production Style	How the record sounds — tape, live room, modern etc.
10	Mix Perspective	Where you feel you are standing — close, hall, church
11	Sonic References	Song + album + year = a sonic photograph
12	Director's Note	Scene, narrative, any cue not covered above
13	Fight Suno Defaults	One-click overrides for Suno's most common bad habits
14	Exclude From Generation	Negative prompts — tell Suno exactly what NOT to do
15	Vocal Direction	Delivery style and range — only shown in Vocal/Both mode

01 — Tempo / BPM

Exact BPM is the single biggest groove lever. It locks Suno's internal clock. The BPM display glows amber — use the slider or click a preset. The active preset shows in gold.

Preset	BPM	Character
Dirge	58	Funeral march tempo. Reserved for the deepest blues.
Slow Burn	76	Unhurried, deliberate, pocket-first.
Shuffle	88	Southern shuffle territory.
Soul Strut	96	Forward motion but still groovy.
Funk Pocket	104	Tight and locked. 16th-note funk territory.
Gospel Drive	112	Church energy. Choir-ready momentum.
Dance	120	Up-tempo soul.
Up-Tempo	138	Fast and driving. Use sparingly.

02 — Key & Mode

Select a root key and a mode — they combine into a single harmonic instruction giving Suno harmonic identity.

Mode	Character	Best For
Mixolydian	Major with flattened 7th — warm, soulful	Gospel funk, Southern soul
Dorian	Minor with raised 6th — slightly hopeful, ancient	Blues-rock, fusion
Minor	Classic natural minor — dark, weighted	Deep blues, dramatic pieces
Major	Bright and resolved	Upbeat gospel, joyful pieces
Blues Scale	Minor pentatonic plus flat 5 — raw	Delta blues
Ambassel Pentatonic	Ancient Ethiopian modal — haunting, ceremonial	Plateau music, Ethiopian electric
Phrygian	Minor with flattened 2nd — tense	High tension, unusual pieces

02b — Chord Progression Generator

Sits between Key & Mode and Rhythmic Feel. Generates a harmonically correct, artist-flavoured chord progression from your current key, mode, and artist identity — no API call needed for seeded artists.

Flavour buttons

Six flavour modes shape what the generator produces:

Flavour	Character
Diatonic	Pure in-key movement — correct and balanced
Gospel	IV-I cadences, plagal turnarounds, flat-seven pulls
Blues	12-bar variants, dominant 7ths, blue notes
Modal	Non-resolving vamps, drone movement, two-chord pulses
Jazz	7th chord extensions — maj7, min7 voicings
Ethiopian	Ambassel pentatonic logic, open fifths, circular movement

Generate

For seeded artists (Roo, Calhoun, Tesfay, Dawit) the generator uses a Markov transition engine — weighted probability tables built from real voice-leading theory, plus artist-specific mutations. Roo gets gospel turnarounds. Calhoun ends on V7. Tesfay never resolves to tonic. Dawit loops back to root. Every press produces a different result. For user-created artists, a Haiku API call reads the persona bio and themes.

Editing the progression

Every chord appears as an editable pill. Hover to reveal the ✕ delete button. Click any pill to open the swap panel — showing the full diatonic palette for your key and mode. Click any swap option to replace that chord in place. Use the Shuffle (⟳) button to randomise the order.

Inserting chords into lyrics

Three ways to get chord tags into the Lyrics field — Suno reads [Am] and [Am F C G] as structural instructions, never as sung text:

Method	Result
Generate All	Every section tag in the Lyrics field gets the appropriate chord subset automatically — `[A D]` under verse, `[Em G]` under chorus, full progression under intros and outros
[Chords] toolbar button	Inserts the full progression as `[Chords: Am F C G]` at the cursor in the Lyrics field
Per-chord [ ] button	Hover a chord pill and click `[ ]` to insert just that chord — e.g. `[Am]` — at the cursor position

Web Audio Preview

Click ▶ Preview to hear the progression in the browser — no API, no server. Each chord plays for one bar at your current BPM. The active chord pill glows teal during playback. Click ■ Stop to interrupt. The sound is a warm Rhodes-adjacent tone — sine waves with slight detune, lowpass filter, and a room delay.

Add to Style

Click ↓ Add to Style to append the progression to the Style field as a plain-text instruction: chord progression Am F C G (i-VI-III-VII) in A Mixolydian. This is separate from the bracketed tags in the Lyrics field — the Style instruction tells Suno the harmonic palette, the Lyrics tags tell it when to use each chord.

03 — Rhythmic Feel

A performance description — how the musicians are playing, not how the music feels emotionally. One selection only.

Feel	What it tells Suno
Deep Pocket	Heavy backbeat on 2 and 4. Bass locked with kick. Groove over everything.
Southern Shuffle	Loose, slightly behind the beat. Unhurried. Never quantized.
16th Funk Grid	Tight, percussive, locked 16th notes across the full band.
Gospel Swing	Triplet feel. Call-and-response pulse. Church-born momentum.
Laid-Back R&B	Bass slightly ahead of snare. Floating. Like the groove is resting.
Driving Eight-Note	Forward momentum. Slightly pushed.
Sparse Open	Space between every note. Silence is part of the groove.
Second Line	New Orleans parade rhythm. Rolling snare. Syncopated bass drum.
Guayla 5-Beat	Asymmetric Ethiopian cycle. Ancient pulse.

04 — Arrangement Timeline

Builds the structural narrative of the track. Suno reads these as ordered scene cues — sequence matters. Drag the ⌧ handle on any tag to reorder without clearing.

Track Type	Recommended Timeline
Classic Soul Single	Sparse Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Final Chorus → Outro
Deep Instrumental	Sparse Intro → Section A → Guitar Solo → Organ Vamp → Breakdown → Guitar Solo → Outro
Blues Track	Full Intro → Verse → Verse → Guitar Solo → Verse → Outro
Ethiopian Piece	Sparse Intro → Verse → Breakdown → Verse → Instrumental Break → Outro

05 — Hook Intensity

Setting	What it does
Subtle	The groove carries the song. Let the pocket do the work.
Strong (default)	Clear tension and release. Memorable chorus lift. Doesn't oversell.
Anthemic	Maximum commercial hook. Radio-ready payoff.
No Hook	Groove-based composition. No traditional hook structure.

06 — Genre DNA

Select up to 3 genres. Suno blends them in proportion to the order selected — first selected = dominant influence. Browse 757 genres across 26 families using the category tabs, or search by name in the search bar.

Tier	What it means
Core genres (Tier 1)	Suno handles these reliably. Strong training data. Use these as primary selections.
Regional & Traditional (Tier 2)	Geographically specific styles. Require more precise prompting alongside other controls.
Fusion & Crossover (Tier 3)	Best used as a secondary or third selection blended with a Tier 1 anchor.

Category tabs with a gold dot match your active persona's genre DNA — start there. Persona-relevant tabs are highlighted automatically when you switch artists.

Selection Order Matters

To get 70% Memphis Soul and 30% Ethio-Jazz, select Memphis Soul first. The order shapes the blend.

Can't Find Your Genre?

Type it in the search bar. If it doesn't exist, a + Create this genre with AI button appears. The AI analyses it — origin, sonic character, Suno-optimised description — and adds it as a permanent chip saved to your account.

07 — Instrumentation

Select as many instruments as needed. First selected = lead voice of the track. Selected instruments show in green. Browse 160+ model-specific instruments across 17 families using the family and type filters.

Filter	What it does
Family dropdown	Guitar, Bass, Keys, Horns, Woodwind, Strings, Percussion, Ethiopian, African, and more
Type dropdown	Narrows within the family — e.g. Electric, Acoustic, Bowed, Traditional
Search	Type any instrument name across all families

Linked to Section 08

Selecting instruments here activates the relevant technique category tabs in Section 08. If you select a Hammond B3, the Keys tab in Section 08 gets a green dot and B3-specific techniques are highlighted. First selected = lead voice.

Can't Find Your Instrument?

Type a description in the creator at the bottom of the section. AI analyses it — family, role, tonal character — and adds it as a chip. Custom instruments are saved to your account and automatically link to the right technique category.

08 — Playing Techniques

Performance instructions at the note level — the most specific controls in the studio. 67 techniques across 8 instrument categories. Organised by tabs: Universal, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Horns, Strings, World.

Control	What it does
Category tabs	Filter to a single instrument family. Green dot on tab = you have that instrument selected in Section 07.
Filter to Band button	One click — shows only techniques relevant to your selected instruments. Everything else dims to 30%.
Show All button	Resets all filters and opacity. Every technique visible.
Instrument badge	Each chip shows a 3-letter tag (GTR, BAS, KBD etc.) so you always know which family it belongs to.
Selection count	Footer shows how many techniques are active. Clear button removes all at once.

Universal techniques (Call & Response, Syncopation, Gospel Cadences, Blues Triplets etc.) are always shown regardless of instrument selection — they apply to the full band.

Can't Find Your Technique?

Use the creator at the bottom of the section. Type any technique — Coltrane changes, whammy bar dive, kora talking — and AI builds a proper Suno-optimised instruction chip tagged to the right instrument category.

09 — Production Style

How the record sounds — not just how it plays. One selection only.

Style	Character
Polished Analog	Tape saturation, Neve console, room reverb. Hi Records 1972 feel.
Raw Live Room	Minimal processing, mic bleed, human and loose. Maximum authenticity.
Modern Soul	Punch and presence with vintage warmth underneath.
Wall of Sound	Lush orchestral density. Phil Spector-style width.
Dusty Vintage	4-track feel. 1965 Southern studio sound.
Lo-Fi Intimate	Whisper-to-chest dynamic range. Single-mic vibe.
Clean Modern	Wide stereo field. Punchy controlled low end.

10 — Mix Perspective

Where do you feel you're standing? Adjusts reverb, depth, and stereo width.

Perspective	Feel
Close / Dry	Instruments right in front of you. No room at all.
Small Room	Natural reverb decay. Warm midrange presence.
Studio Room	Slightly live. Instruments breathe naturally.
Large Hall	Cinematic depth. Instruments deep in the room.
Outdoor / Open	Wide and open. Natural echo on everything.
Church / Sacred	High ceiling. Long decay. Sacred resonance.

11 — Sonic References

Song + year + label = a sonic photograph. Far more precise than an artist name alone. Select up to 3. First selected = dominant influence. The rank row at the top of the section shows your selection order — 1st (dominant), 2nd (strong blend), 3rd (light influence). A gold number badge appears on each selected chip showing its rank.

Feature	What it does
Category tabs	Browse by Soul & R&B, Blues, Gospel & Funk, Ethiopian, African, Jazz, World, or My Refs. Persona-relevant tabs highlighted automatically.
Search bar	Searches across all 35 built-in references by artist, song, label, year, or sonic description.
Search-to-create	If your search finds nothing, a + Create this reference with AI button appears inline. Type any recording — Hailu Mergia, Aster Aweke, any artist — and Haiku analyses it: label, studio, year, sonic characteristics. The chip is created, selected, and saved to your account permanently.
⚡ Suggest button	Reads your active persona's genres and bio. Returns 4 AI-suggested references as quick-add chips tailored to your artist's world.
My Refs tab	Shows only your custom-created references. Each has a remove button.

Why This Works

The format Artist — Song, Year, Label encodes four anchors: the artist's sonic world, a specific arrangement within that world, a production era, and a room/console/mixing approach Suno recognises. Mulatu Astatke — Yèkèrmo Sew, 1972, Amha Records is more powerful than just "Ethiopian jazz."

12 — Director's Note

Free text — scene, narrative, specific cues, anything not covered by the other sections. A gold dot appears on the section header when this field has content. When a persona is built by AI and has unmatched genre influences, they are automatically appended here.

Output Fields

Field	Limit	Notes
Title	No hard limit	Type manually or use Auto-Title for 5 AI-generated options based on your lyrics.
Style	1,000 characters	Generated by Generate All. Counter turns yellow at 90%, red at limit. Auto-truncates on generation.
Lyrics / Structure	3,000 characters	Write manually, use the Bracket Toolbar, Auto-Generate, or pull from the Lyric Workshop via the Workshop button.

Use ↓ Copy All Three Fields to copy all three at once, formatted and ready to paste directly into Suno.

Style Breakdown Panel

After every Generate All, a Style Breakdown panel appears below the Style field. Click the header to expand it. Each row shows exactly where a piece of the Style field came from — Genre DNA, Tempo, Instrumentation, References, Suno Control — colour-coded by section group.

Element	What it shows
Source label	Which section contributed this text — gold for Core Identity, teal for Sound Palette, blue for Production, orange for Suno Control
↗ Jump button	Click to open that section in the Prompt Studio and scroll to it
Strikethrough rows	Sections that were truncated to stay under 1000 characters — shown in red
Char count footer	Total characters used vs 1000 limit — mirrors the counter above the Style field

The breakdown turns the Style field from a black box into a transparent, editable recipe. If something sounds wrong in Suno, this is where you diagnose it.

Bracket Toolbar

One-tap tags that insert directly at the cursor position in the Lyrics field. In Instrumental mode, vocal performance tags are automatically hidden.

Category	Tags
Structure	[Verse] [Chorus] [Pre-Chorus] [Bridge] [Hook] [Outro] [Intro] [Solo] [Breakdown]
Vocal delivery	[raspy] [falsetto] [whispered] [spoken] [call] [response] [duet] [harmony] [a cappella]
Instrument cues	[guitar solo] [horn enters] [horn out] [organ swells] [drum break] [full band] [stripped]

Part Three

Lyric Workshop

Write, assess, and refine lyrics with a coach that knows your artist's voice.

How It Works

The Lyric Workshop is a dedicated space for writing and refining lyrics. The AI assesses your work against your active persona's voice rules — not generic songwriting standards.

Set the Active Persona

Switch to Prompt Studio, select your persona. The Workshop badge shows who is active.

Select Section Type

Choose what you are writing: Verse 1, Chorus, Bridge, Full Song Draft, etc.

Add Context (optional)

A one-line scene description — "Man at a diner booth, Friday evening." More context = more targeted assessment.

Write and Assess

Write your lyrics in the large textarea. Hit Assess Lyrics or press Ctrl+Enter.

Work the Feedback

Read scores, what's working, what to fix, and line rewrites. Accept rewrites, edit, reassess until you reach READY or CLOSE.

Assessment Scores

Score	What it measures
Specificity	Concrete detail over mood words. A $6 tip scores higher than "gratitude."
Voice Match	How well the lyrics sound like the active persona.
Story Logic	Does the narrative hold together? Does it earn its ending?
Hook Strength	Does the chorus deepen one idea instead of explaining it?
Commercial	Is there a memorable, repeatable moment? Does it land?

Verdict	Meaning
READY	Paste it and generate. This draft is working.
CLOSE	One or two targeted fixes away. Read the rewrites.
NEEDS WORK	The core idea is there but the execution needs attention.
START OVER	The approach isn't working. The feedback explains why.

Accepting Rewrites

Click Accept Rewrite on any line rewrite. The studio finds the original line in your lyrics and replaces it automatically. The textarea flashes green on a successful match. If the match fails — because you've edited the line since the assessment — the rewrite is appended at the bottom for you to cut and paste into position.

After accepting rewrites, reassess. Version history saves every draft automatically.

Part Four

Advanced Features

Tools that accelerate the creative process once you know the basics.

Lyric Workshop — Integrated Flow

The Lyric Workshop is now a single unified canvas where you write, generate, assess, and refine — then send finished lyrics to the output box in one click.

The Workflow

Write freely

The canvas is yours. Write a line, a verse, a full song — whatever you have. It doesn't need to be perfect.

Generate a section or full draft

Select a section type and hit Generate Section or Full Song Draft. The AI reads what you've already written and continues in the same voice. The suggestion appears in a preview panel — never auto-inserted.

Accept, replace, or discard

Add to Canvas appends the suggestion below your existing text. Replace Canvas swaps everything (asks confirmation if canvas has content). Discard dismisses it.

Assess and refine

Hit Assess Lyrics at any point. The AI scores across 5 dimensions, identifies what works, flags what to fix, and offers line-by-line rewrites. Click any rewrite to accept it directly into the canvas.

Send to Lyrics Box

Hit ↑ Send to Lyrics Box to push the finished canvas to the output field in Prompt Studio, ready to copy into Suno.

You Are the Author

Auto-Generate never overwrites what you have written without asking. It always appends or suggests. You decide what stays on the canvas.

What's New in v3.4

v3.4 is the largest update since v3.2. Every major section has been redesigned or expanded.

Feature	Where
Genre DNA category tabs	Section 06 — 26 tabs replace the dropdown. 757 genres. Persona-relevant tabs highlighted automatically.
Section 08 tab system	67 techniques organised by instrument category. Filter to Band button. Instrument badges on every chip.
Section 11 redesign	Rank row, search-to-create, AI Suggest, category tabs, expanded chip format, My Refs tab.
Custom chip creators	Sections 06, 07, 08, 11 — type any genre, instrument, technique, or reference. AI analyses and creates a permanent chip.
Style Breakdown Panel	Sidebar — transparent source-by-source breakdown of every Style field after Generate All.
Lyric Workshop context strip	Workshop tab — always-visible strip showing artist, tempo, genre, feel, mode, and references from the active studio state.
Voice Rules panel	Workshop tab — expandable panel showing the full lyric coaching rules for your active persona.
First-Use Workflow Guide	Prompt Studio — dismissible 6-step panel for new users. Each step is clickable and opens the relevant section.
Error boundary	Everywhere — if a JS error fires, users see a dignified screen with a reload button instead of a blank page.
Mobile layout pass	Everywhere — chip grids, tabs, workshop layout, context strip, ref chips all properly sized for phone use.

Style Breakdown Panel

Every time you hit Generate All, a Style Breakdown panel appears below the Style field in the sidebar. It auto-opens on the first generate. Click the header bar to collapse and expand it.

The breakdown shows exactly what contributed to your Style field — section by section, colour-coded by group:

Colour	Group	Sections
Gold	Core Identity	Tempo, Key, Rhythmic Feel, Arrangement, Voice, Energy Arc, Chords
Teal	Sound Palette	Genre DNA, Instrumentation, Techniques
Blue	Production	Production Style, Mix, References
Warm grey	Direction	Director's Note
Orange	Suno Control	Fight Suno Defaults, Excludes

Each row has a ↗ jump button — click it to open that section in the Prompt Studio and scroll directly to it. If anything is truncated (total over 1000 chars), those rows appear struck through in red with a note showing which sections were cut.

Diagnosing Bad Suno Output

If a generation sounds wrong, open the breakdown. Find the row that might be causing it. Hit ↗ to jump to that section and change it. Re-generate. This replaces guesswork with a traceable cause.

Custom Chip Creators

Sections 06, 07, 08, and 11 each have a creator input at the bottom. If you can't find what you need in the built-in database, type it and let the AI build it.

Section	What you type	What AI returns
06 Genre DNA	Any genre name: "Denbow", "Coupe-Decale", "Azonto"	Display label, full Suno-optimised description, family classification (Tier 1/2/3), notes explaining how Suno will interpret it
07 Instrumentation	Any instrument: "Guembri bass lute", "Mvet Cameroon harp"	Label, full description with construction/playing style/tonal character, family, type, role (lead/harmonic/rhythm/bass/texture), instrument category for technique filter linking
08 Techniques	Any technique: "Coltrane changes on piano", "Whammy bar dive"	Label, Suno-optimised performance instruction, instrument category tag so it appears under the right tab
11 Sonic References	Any recording: "Hailu Mergia — Wede Harer Guzo, 1977"	Label, artist, year, song, label name, sonic description, full Suno instruction, genre category

All custom chips are saved permanently to your account — they appear every time you log in. They work exactly like built-in chips: they feed into the Style field, are read by gmv(), and are included in Generate All output.

Removing Custom Chips

In Genre, Instrument, and Technique sections, custom chips appear in a row below the main chip grid with a red ✕ remove button. In Sonic References, switch to the My Refs tab to see and remove your custom references.

Lyric Workshop — Context Strip

A permanent strip runs across the top of the Lyric Workshop, always reflecting the live state of the Prompt Studio. You never have to switch tabs to remember what you set up.

Data point	Source
Artist	Active persona name
Tempo / Key	Section 01 + Section 02
Genre	First 2 selected in Section 06
Rhythmic Feel	First 4 words of Section 03 selection
Mode	Instrumental / Vocal / Both toggle
References	Artist names from Section 11 selections

The strip updates automatically when you switch artists, change a section selection, or hit Generate All. On mobile it scrolls horizontally.

Voice Rules Panel

Click the Voice Rules button at the right of the context strip. A panel expands below showing the full lyric coaching rules for your active persona — the rules the AI uses when assessing your lyrics. Roo's rules include "specific concrete details, not mood words" and "man speaks with certainty, not searching." Calhoun's include "time as a physical presence" and "short declarative lines, long silences implied between." Write to these rules deliberately and your assessment scores will reflect it.

Previous Release Notes — v3.2

Section 13 — Fight Suno Defaults

One-click chips that override Suno's most common bad habits. These feed directly into the Style field. Key options:

Chip	What it does
Live to Tape	Musicians pushing and pulling tempo naturally — no grid feel
No Quantizing	Loose human timing, natural rhythmic imperfection
No Crowd Noise	Removes applause and audience sounds Suno often adds
No Fade Out	Forces a decisive ending — full band hit and silence
No Pop Structure	Resists the verse-chorus-verse formula
Maximum Space	Silence as composition — space between every note

Section 14 — Exclude From Generation

Tell Suno explicitly what NOT to include. Select instruments or elements to exclude, or type your own in the free-text field. These are prepended as negative instructions in the Style field.

Section 15 — Vocal Direction

Only visible in Vocal or Both modes. Two controls: delivery style (Raw & Gritty, Gospel Power, Intimate Whisper etc.) and vocal range (Bass through Soprano). Both feed into the Style field.

Energy Arc (Section 05)

Added inside Hook Intensity. Describes how the song's energy moves over time — Slow Build, Full From Start, Peak & Pull Back, Verse-Chorus Contrast, Sustained Tension, or Build to Resolution.

Chord Progression Generator — Full Reference

How the engine works

For seeded artists, the generator uses a weighted Markov chain. Each mode has a transition table — from chord index X, chord Y is more likely than chord Z, based on real voice-leading practice. In Mixolydian the bVII has the strongest pull back to I. In Dorian the IV is the brightness chord. In Phrygian the bII is the hallmark move. After the Markov walk, artist mutations apply: Roo gets a 50% chance of a IV-I gospel turnaround before the final chord. Calhoun always ends on V7 in blues flavour. Tesfay has a 70% chance of ending on VII instead of resolving to tonic. Dawit loops back to root — circular, not linear.

Per-section chord annotation

When Generate All runs, chord tags are inserted after every section header in the Lyrics field. The subset of the progression used varies by section role:

Section	Chord subset	Musical reason
Intro / Outro / Solo / Instrumental	Full progression	Freedom — the whole harmonic space
Verse 1, 2, 3	First half	Tension — building toward the chorus
Pre-Chorus	Middle chords	The build — pulls toward resolution
Chorus / Hook / Final Chorus	Second half	The lift — release and resolution
Bridge	Last 2–3 chords	Contrasting, away from tonic
Breakdown	Tonic only	Stripped to the bone
Spoken Word	None	Speech — no chord instruction

All comma-suffixed arrangement timeline sections are matched — [Chorus, full band lift, hook lands hard] is correctly identified as a chorus and gets the second-half chord subset. If a section already has a chord tag, a second pass never injects a duplicate.

Scale coverage

The engine has transition tables for all 9 modes in the Key & Mode section: Major, Minor, Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian, Pentatonic Minor, Pentatonic Major, Blues Scale, and Ambassel Pentatonic. Unknown modes fall back to Major.

Onboarding Guide

On first login, a 5-step guided flow walks you through the studio in the right order. Each step has a primary action and a Skip option.

Step	What to do	Completes when
1 — Persona	Create your first artist persona	You save a persona
2 — Band	Build the band — assign musicians to slots	You add a band member
3 — Sound	Configure the prompt sections or hit Auto-Configure	You hit Generate All
4 — Lyrics	Write or generate lyrics in the Workshop	You send lyrics to the output box
5 — Suno	Copy your output fields into Suno	You copy the Style or Lyrics field

After the first-run flow, a progress strip appears below the tab bar. Five steps are shown with connecting dots — grey (pending), gold pulsing (active), green with checkmark (complete). Click any step to revisit it. The strip disappears automatically once all 5 steps are complete.

Dismissing the overlay

Three ways to close the onboarding overlay without taking an action:

Method	How
✕ button	Top-right corner of the card — always visible
Backdrop click	Click the dark area outside the card
Close button	When revisiting via a progress tab, the Skip button reads Close — click to dismiss without advancing

Persona Preset Packs

Export any persona as a .json file and share it with other Soul Sound Studio users. The file includes the full persona plus all band musicians assigned to it.

Exporting

Click the ↓ button on any persona card. The file downloads named after the persona (e.g. roo-billups-preset.json).

Importing

Click ↑ Import in the Roster header. Select a .json preset file. The persona loads instantly into your grid with band musicians included.

Sharing Packs

Send your exported .json to any other user. They import it and get your complete artist setup — persona, voice rules, band roster, default settings. Curated packs will be available as part of the paid tier.

Auto-Title

Click Auto-Title next to the Title field. Generates 5 title options drawn directly from your lyrics — the language, imagery, and story in what you've written. Genre, feel, and themes are used as supporting context. A picker appears — click any title to set it.

Write the Lyrics First

Auto-Title works best when lyrics are already in the Lyrics field. Without lyrics, it falls back to persona themes and genre context only.

Output Language

The language selector in the header — and in the Settings panel — controls what language the AI writes in. This affects Auto-Generate Lyrics, Auto-Title, and the Lyric Workshop assessment feedback.

The Style field always stays in English — Suno requires English prompts. Only the content you write and read changes language.

Available languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Swahili, Yoruba, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Hindi. Your language selection is saved and restored across sessions.

Exporting Your Work

Action	How
Copy individual field	Click the Copy button below each field.
Copy all three fields	Click ↓ Copy All Three Fields — copies Title, Style, and Lyrics formatted for direct paste into Suno.
Export as .txt file	Click Export .txt — downloads a dated text file with all three fields plus timestamp.
Session History	Last 25 prompts stored locally. Click any entry to reload it. History persists across sessions.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+G	Generate All
Ctrl+Enter	Assess Lyrics (when in Lyric Workshop textarea)

Part Five

Use Cases

Complete worked examples from blank slate to ready-to-generate Suno prompt.

Deep Soul Instrumental

Instrumental · Soul

Slow-burn soul instrumental in the Muscle Shoals tradition — punchy horns, slap bass, Wurlitzer, crying guitar lead.

Section	Selection
Persona / Mode	Roo Billups (or similar persona) / Instrumental
BPM / Key	76 / A Mixolydian
Feel	Deep Pocket
Arrangement	Sparse Intro → Section A → Guitar Solo → Organ Vamp → Breakdown → Guitar Solo → Outro
Genre DNA	Memphis Soul (1st), Muscle Shoals R&B (2nd)
Instrumentation	Slap Bass (1st — lead), Wurlitzer, Horn Section, Lead Guitar
Techniques	Call & Response, Horn Stabs 2&4, Crying Solo, Gospel Cadences
Production / Mix	Polished Analog / Close Dry

Writing a Full Song

Vocal · Full Workflow

Complete workflow from prompt to polished lyrics — using the Lyric Workshop and Prompt Studio together.

Build the Prompt Studio

Select your persona. Mode: Vocal. Set BPM, key, feel, genre. Director's Note: scene and intention.

Generate All for the Style Field

Builds your complete Style prompt. Don't touch the Lyrics field yet.

Auto-Generate a Draft

Set section to Full Song Draft. Add context. Click Auto-Generate. Review the draft in the Lyrics field.

Assess and Refine

Switch to Lyric Workshop. Paste the draft. Hit Assess. Work through line rewrites. Reassess until READY or CLOSE.

Push to Studio and Copy

Click ← Workshop. Generate the title with Auto-Title. Hit ↓ Copy All Three Fields. Paste into Suno.

Fixing a Weak Chorus

Lyric Workshop · Targeted

Your chorus explains the emotion instead of deepening it. Use the Workshop to find exactly what's wrong.

Go to Lyric Workshop

Make sure the right persona is active. Set section type to Chorus.

Add Context

"Verses set up a man realizing he's been holding himself back. The chorus should be the turn — a realization, not a statement."

Paste and Assess

Hit Assess (Ctrl+Enter). The Hook Strength score tells you immediately. Read "What to Fix" and the line rewrites.

Iterate Until READY

Accept rewrites, edit, assess again. Version history tracks every draft.

Ethiopian Electric Track

Instrumental · Ethiopian

Rooted Ethiopian electric piece — plateau feel, guayla cycle, masinko throughout, crying guitar. Nothing Western unless in deliberate collision.

Section	Selection
Mode	Instrumental
BPM / Key	96 / D Ambassel Pentatonic
Feel	Guayla 5-Beat
Arrangement	Sparse Intro → Section A → Breakdown → Section B → Instrumental Break → Outro
Genre DNA	Tigrinya Folk (1st), Ethio-Jazz (2nd)
Instrumentation	Masinko (1st — lead), Lead Guitar, Slap Bass, Kebero, Krar
Techniques	Ambassel Runs, Wide Vibrato, Deep Bends, Crying Solo
Production / Mix	Raw Live Room / Small Room
Director's Note	"Masinko never stops — it is the breath of the track. Breakdown strips to kebero and krar only."

Fusion Track — Two Worlds

Vocal · Fusion

Blending two distinct genre traditions — for example Memphis soul meeting Ethiopian jazz. The Genre DNA selection order controls the blend ratio.

Create a Fusion Persona

Click + New. Use the Describe tab — write a description that names both traditions and their collision. The AI will match both genre families and blend the bio accordingly.

Set Genre DNA Manually

After the persona loads, open Genre DNA. Select your dominant tradition first, the secondary second, and a crossover genre third if needed. The family dropdown makes navigating between traditions fast.

Bridge the Instrumentation

Choose instruments from both worlds. Put the defining instrument of the secondary tradition second in the selection order — it supports without dominating.

Use the Director's Note

Describe where the fusion happens explicitly — "Masinko enters at the bridge. The horns carry the Memphis feel throughout. Both worlds meet in the chorus."

Part Six

Reference

Rules, limits, and answers to common questions.

Suno Rules & Hard Limits

Rule	Why it matters
Style field: 1,000 characters max	Suno silently truncates over 1000. The studio auto-stays under this limit on Generate All.
Lyrics field: 3,000 characters max	Same rule. Counter turns red at the limit.
Never use persona names in Style	The studio never includes persona names in the generated Style. Only location and label. Real names degrade Suno output.
No age references in lyrics	Age references are a lyric crutch. Use specific memory and detail instead.
Fight Suno defaults	Suno defaults to pop structure, symmetry, and crowd noise. Use production and mix settings to fight these. "Recorded live to tape" in the Director's Note pushes further.
Genre order is blend proportion	First genre = most dominant. Don't select 3 genres you want equally — pick one anchor and blend from there.
Style field is English only	Even when using a non-English output language, the Style field stays in English. Suno only processes English prompts.

Frequently Asked Questions

My session history disappeared after clearing my browser.

History and state are saved to your browser's localStorage. If you cleared browser data, history is gone. Use Export .txt to save prompts permanently before clearing.

Can I use the studio without filling in all 12 sections?

Yes. At minimum, select your persona and hit Generate All — you get a working prompt. The more sections you fill in, the more precise the output.

The AI-built persona description didn't match some of my genres.

Any genre or influence not found in the 245-genre database is automatically added to the Director's Note field as a custom note. You can also add it manually to the Lyrics field or Director's Note for Suno.

Can I create personas for someone else's artists?

Yes — the persona system is fully user-defined. You can create personas for any artist, real or fictional, as long as you don't include real artist names in the Suno prompt output (the Style field). Use location, label, and style description instead.

My session expired. How do I log back in?

Sessions last 30 days. When yours expires, the login screen appears automatically. Your saved state and history are stored locally and restore once you're back in.

Can I use the studio on my phone?

Yes — install it as a PWA from beza.work in your mobile browser. All features work on mobile.

I want to add a new genre to the database.

Contact the studio. Genre additions require codebase updates — they're not self-service. The current database covers 245 genres across 22 families.

How do I upgrade to a paid account?

Contact the studio directly. Tier upgrades are applied manually to your account.

End of Manual

Soul Sound Studio is a living tool. This manual lives inside the app itself and updates with every deployment.

Soul Sound Studio v3.4 · beza.work · Habesha Sound · Soul Sound Records
Built by Namrud (NBT) and Lex · April 2026

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