Emotional Presets lets you shape how your script sounds by applying expressive cues—like happy, calm, excited, or serious—to an entire section of text.
Available for Caruso voices in WellSaid Studio and Caruso (Legacy) Projects.
You can use a preset as-is or fine-tune it by adjusting pace, pitch, and loudness controls.
What Emotional Presets Do
Emotional Presets apply predefined vocal cues to a section of text. Each preset adjusts:
- Pitch – how high or low the voice sounds
- Pace – how fast or slow the speech is delivered
- Loudness – how quiet or loud the voice sounds
Presets are designed to give you a strong starting point, especially for narration, instructional content, or expressive reads.
Available Presets
- Happy
- Excited
- Calm
- Stern
- Serious
- Secretive
Apply an Emotional Preset
- Select the section you want to edit.
- Open Cues by doing one of the following:
- Highlight the text in the section, or
- Click the Cues icon in the section toolbar to open the right sidebar.
- In the right sidebar, choose an emotional preset.
- The preset applies to the entire section.
- Click Play to render a take and hear the results.
- If needed, adjust pace, pitch, and loudness, then render another take.
Important: Emotional presets can only be applied to an entire section—not individual words or sentences.
Remove Cues or Presets
- Select the section with the applied cue.
- Open Cues by doing one of the following:
- Highlight the text in the section, or
- Click the Cues icon in the section toolbar.
- Click the Reset icon in the right sidebar.
Want to Learn More?
Check out our guide to learn more about using Voice Cues in WellSaid Studio.