A memory of the whole season
Each episode leaves a summary, the facts each character learned and the state of every thread. The next episode starts from there: nobody knows what they have not learned.
Drama Studio
Your audio series, written and produced by AI
Describe a story. The Drama Studio writes the series bible, then each episode with the memory of the previous ones, and has the dialogue performed by expressive voices with sound effects, ambiences and music, all the way to a mixed file ready to publish.
A series starts at about 7 credits for the bible, then about 12 credits per minute of produced dialogue. Mixing is free.
Listen to an episode straight out of the studio
The first episode of "Le Train de Minuit", a supernatural thriller in French: bible, script, six voices, sound effects, station and night train ambiences, a music theme. Nothing was touched after the mix.
What is an audio drama?
An audio drama, or audio fiction, is a story told through sound alone: characters in dialogue, a discreet narrator, sound effects, ambiences and music. Audio series cut into short episodes that end on a cliffhanger have become one of the most listened formats on fiction apps.
Producing a series used to take a writer, voice actors, a recording studio and a sound engineer. The Drama Studio brings those steps together: writing goes to AI agents that remember the whole season, acting to expressive synthetic voices, sound and mixing to an engine that runs in your browser.
How it works
- 1
The series bible
Your idea becomes a full series: characters with their own voice, locations with their soundscape, story threads to follow, a music theme and a season plan of 4 to 12 episodes.
- 2
Writing with memory
The AI writer drafts each episode knowing what happened before and what each character has learned. An AI script editor scores the hook, pacing and coherence, and points at the lines to rework.
- 3
Production and mix
Dialogue is performed scene by scene, sound effects and ambiences are generated, the music is composed, then everything is mixed in your browser into one file at podcast loudness.
What the studio does
Real dialogue, not a reading
The lines of a scene are performed together, with the flow, the reactions and a way of delivering each line: whisper, laugh, sigh.
Sound effects, ambiences, music
Each location has its looping ambience, each cue becomes a sound effect, and a music theme carries the series, ducked automatically under the voices.
A keyboard-first script editor
The script reads like a screenplay and writes like a document: Enter for the next line, Tab to change character, a "+" to insert a sound or a scene.
Follow-along playback and tracks
The player bar shows the voice, sound, ambience and music tracks, and the current line lights up in the script while you listen.
Fourteen languages, your files
Voices perform in fourteen languages. The mixed episode is an .m4a file you own, stored in your media, ready for Spotify, YouTube or your website.
Who it is for
Writers and screenwriters
Hear your story performed before pitching it, test a pilot, write a whole season without losing the thread.
Podcasters and creators
Launch an audio fiction with regular episodes, with no studio and no casting, in several languages.
Brands, schools, nonprofits
Tell stories through sound: brand fiction, educational narratives, interactive stories for an audience that listens more than it reads.
Drama Studio, Sherpa and text to speech alone
Sherpa, launched by Pocket FM on 19 September 2026, helps write long-form fiction and has a voice read it. Text to speech tools turn a text into a voice. The Drama Studio goes from the idea to the mixed episode.
| Feature | Imaginode Drama Studio | Sherpa (Pocket FM) | Text to speech alone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing the series | Bible, season plan, episodes written and reviewed by AI | Planning, writing and feedback agents | No, you bring the text |
| Story memory | Summaries, facts learned per character, threads | Narrative world model across hundreds of episodes | No |
| Voices | One voice per character, dialogue performed together | Expressive narration, voice of your choice | One voice per text, dialogue to assemble yourself |
| Sound effects, ambiences, music | Yes, generated and mixed automatically | Not documented | No |
| Final mix | In the browser, free, podcast loudness | Publishing on Pocket FM | To do in an editing app |
| File and rights | .m4a file you own, publishable anywhere | Designed for the Pocket FM platform | Separate audio files |
| Price | Pay as you go, about 12 credits per minute of dialogue | Announced as free | Subscription or per character pricing |
Comparison made on 24 September 2026 from Sherpa's public pages (pocketfm.com/sherpa) and Pocket FM's launch announcement. Tools change: check their features before choosing.
Read the detailed comparisonFrequently asked questions
How much does an audio series cost?
A season bible costs about 7 credits, writing a 3 minute episode about 7 credits and reviewing it 2 to 3. Producing the voices costs about 12 credits per minute of dialogue, plus a few credits per sound effect. The music theme is paid once for the whole series, and mixing is free.
Do I need to know how to write a script?
No. A two sentence idea is enough: the AI writes the bible and the episodes. You can then rework everything by hand, line by line, or ask for a rewrite with your notes.
Do characters keep their voice from one episode to the next?
Yes. Each character has their own voice in the bible, chosen among 21 voices by gender, age and timbre, and it follows them through the whole season.
Which languages?
Voices perform in fourteen languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Hindi. The interface and the writing follow the language chosen for the series.
Can I publish the episodes?
Yes. The mixed episode is an .m4a file you download and publish wherever you like: a podcast platform, YouTube, your website. It is also stored in your Imaginode media.
How is it different from a simple text reader?
A text reader reads. The studio writes a coherent series over several episodes, has several characters perform dialogue, adds sound effects, ambiences and music, and mixes everything into an episode ready to listen to.
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Your first series in a few minutes
One idea is enough. The bible, episode 1 and its voices can be ready before you finish your coffee.
Open the Drama Studio