How Mono Noir is made
Mono Noir is an AI radio drama, and we would rather tell you exactly what that means than hide it. This page explains where the stories come from, what is generated by AI and what a human still does.
Inspired by real cases, never a news report
Every story starts from a real case, a crime or a mystery, used only as inspiration. Then everything that could identify anybody is changed: every name, every place and every figure. The characters are invented, the dialogue is invented, and so is the solution. Each episode carries a fiction notice saying so: no real person is portrayed, and no real individual, company or organisation is accused of any act shown. We do not name the case behind a story, because the story is not about that case any more.
What the AI makes
The writing, the voices, the music, the sound effects and the artwork are all AI-generated. A story is planned and checked by an AI story editor, then drafted act by act with the whole story in view and edited before a word is voiced. Each character gets a distinct synthetic voice and line-by-line performance direction: who is angry, who is lying, who interrupts whom. The music and sound effects are generated to fit each scene and kept low so they stay out of the dialogue’s way, and the cover art for every episode is generated too. No human actors performed these lines.
What a human does
A human listens to and revises every episode before it is published. Lines that sound wrong are redone, scenes that do not work are rewritten, and an episode that is not good enough is held back. The human behind Mono Noir is MaTeZZ.
Labelled as AI-made
Every episode is labelled as AI-made on YouTube and in every description, and each episode page here carries the same notice. Nothing on this site is presented as a recording of real people.
Transcripts for everyone
Every episode page includes the full transcript, with the speaker named and a time stamp you can click to jump to that moment on YouTube. It is there so you can read along, find a line you half remember, or follow the story with the sound off.
Tell us what you think
Stories, voices and sound are still improving, and we want to hear what works and what does not. Join the discussion on r/radio_drama and send your suggestions: a series you would like to hear, an era or a city, or something that did not work.