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An instrumental bed under the voice, lowered whenever she speaks.

Sound

Music bed under the voice

Carries the mood without costing a word.

Use when
Stories, diaries and ads; often left out of teaching videos.

Prompt instructions

Give me a sound brief: what to record or pick, where it sits on the timeline, the levels, and what to check before export, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is music bed under the voice: carries the mood without costing a word. How it works: an instrumental bed under the voice, lowered whenever she speaks. It is right for: stories, diaries and ads; often left out of teaching videos. Three of the nine measured reference edits have clean silences between the words, a sound floor under -48 dBFS, so no continuous bed. The framework's rule of thumb is music at 10 to 15 percent of the voice. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.

The same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

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Own words from Director Chair field notes on editing and our measurements of published shorts Checked 2026-11-13.

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