AI Tools in the Editor
The editor's AI tools run in your browser on your own hardware. They are separate from your workflow nodes: they use no API keys, cost nothing per use, and never count against your runs.
How they work
- The first time you use a model it downloads once, then stays cached in your browser for next time.
- A status pill shows loading, active, ready, and error states while a model runs.
- Model downloads can be large, and they share the same browser storage as your projects and media. Clear what you do not need from Settings > Storage.
- These tools lean on your graphics card. On a machine or browser without it, some of them will not start.
Text to speech
- Open the AI tab and expand Text to Speech, then type or paste your script.
- Pick an engine, then choose a voice and, where the engine supports it, speed, language, and expressive tags.
- Preview the result, then Save and Insert to drop linked audio at the playhead, or Save to Library.
| Engine | Languages | Runs on |
|---|---|---|
| Kokoro | English | Your graphics card |
| MOSS Nano | 20 languages | Your processor, so expect it to be slower |
| Supertonic 3 | 31 languages | Your processor |
Music generation
- Expand Music Generation and describe the track with a prompt, or start from a preset such as Lo-fi chill or Upbeat EDM.
- Set the length in seconds, then Generate Music. The first run downloads the model and caches it.
- Preview the clip, then Save and Insert into the timeline or Save to Library.
Transcription
Transcription lives in the media panel and the Transcript workflow, not in the AI tab.
- Parakeet is the fast default engine and covers many European languages.
- Whisper models (Tiny, Base, Small, Large v3 Turbo) are also available, and the editor falls back to Whisper when it needs to.
A transcript powers captions, transcript search, and filler-word removal, so generate one early. See Text, Captions, and Subtitles and Audio Editing.
Manage models
Open Storage in Settings to manage local AI.
- Local AI Model Cache shows what has been downloaded and lets you clear it, which is the fix for a corrupt download.
- Unload Local Models releases the runtimes and frees memory.
- Long jobs can be cancelled if you no longer need the result.