This cheatsheet is compiled for prompt engineers, sound designers, and musicians using Suno and Udio. By defining precise musical genres, vocal timbres, instruments, and production styles, you can avoid muddy mixes and bad vocals. Click on any keyword below to copy it instantly.
Quick start
Combine a hybrid genre and mood (e.g. lo-fi chill hop, warm)
Select an acoustic or synthesizer lead instrument
Define production values and song structure tags (e.g. [Verse])
lo-fi chill hop, warm acoustic upright piano, smooth soulful lead vocal, vinyl record crackle, 80 bpm [Verse]Launch the Suno Music Builder
Combine vocals and instrumental terms to generate custom tracks.
Genre Keywords
Mood & Emotion
Tempo & Energy
Instrument Terms
Vocal Style
Production Style
Era & Influence
Sound Design Terms
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Pro tips
Achieving Vintage Authenticity
To build a warm analog feel, combine lo-fi cassette saturation and vintage vinyl crackle sound. This tells the audio renderer to model retro compression profiles.
Defining Crisp Vocals
Keep vocals forward in the mix using smooth soulful lead vocal and crisp modern clean production. Avoid generic 'singing' tags as they often result in muddy background hums.
Adding Sound FX Transitions
Use sound design phrases like white noise riser sweeps or reversed tape transition effects in custom lyric breaks [Instrumental Riser]. This helps Suno render transitions between verses.
Using Song Structure Tags
Using bracketed tags like [Verse] and [Chorus] inside Suno's custom lyrics tab tells the generator when to transition between vocal themes and instrumental breaks. This solves the problem of unstructured, rambling songs.
Prompt formulas
A fast tempo futuristic track, cyberpunk industrial metal, distorted analog synthesizer, robotic vocoder effect, modulated low pass filter --suno-mode
A chill beat for studying, lo-fi chill hop, warm acoustic upright piano, lo-fi cassette saturation, vinyl record scratching fx --suno-mode
A cinematic soundtrack, orchestral synthwave hybrid, grand pipe organ resonance, haunting female vocal harmonies, spacious church hall reverb --suno-mode
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