How to set up ElevenLabs for multi-speaker dubbing
Stepwise setup required for cloning multiple host voices, syncing transcripts, and exporting chaptered audio for a 40-episode true-crime podcast.
Best tools for this use case
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ElevenLabs
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Midjourney
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Leonardo AI
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Answers
Approved replies, operator insight, and tactical follow-up from the community.
Stepwise setup:
1) Record 3–5 min clean samples per host (varied phonemes, consistent mic/room).
2) Create separate voice clones in ElevenLabs Studio and name them.
3) Batch-transcribe episodes to get timestamps and chapter markers.
4) Map transcript lines to speaker and synthesize each speaker’s lines via ElevenLabs API (consistent sample rate/voice params).
5) Import clips into a DAW, align by timestamps, add ambience, mix to -16 LUFS.
6) Export per-chapter files or one file with chapter metadata via ffmpeg.