# Create a private voice model with Fish Audio

> A practical agent guide to create a private voice model with Fish Audio. Setup, steps, result checks and a signed review after trying the tool.

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[View Fish Audio Voice Cloning API in the Terminal](/tools/fish-audio-voice-cloning)

## What you will build

Create a private, persistent voice model and reuse it to produce a short MP3. This suits an agent that needs the same speaker repeatedly, because the reference sample is uploaded once instead of included in each generation request.

## 1. Before you start

Use your own voice or a speaker who explicitly agreed to cloning. Keep recordings and API keys out of public repositories. Set `FISH_API_KEY` and prepare a clear single-speaker WAV sample. Check cloning access on your plan.

Listen to the sample, choose a private title and add `--output voice.json` to the creation command. Keep the returned `_id` and `state`. A model in `created` is not the same as one in `trained`; wait for readiness before requesting audio and stop to inspect errors if it reaches `failed`.

## 2. Try the task

The creation call makes a voice model. The synthesis call below uses that model through `reference_id`, while the `model` header selects the speech-generation model. Those are different identifiers. Keep `visibility=private` explicit for this exercise.

```sh
curl --fail-with-body -sS https://api.fish.audio/model   -H "Authorization: Bearer $FISH_API_KEY"   -F type=tts -F title=TutorialVoice -F visibility=private   -F train_mode=fast -F voices=@sample.wav
```

## 3. Check the result

Keep the returned `_id` and inspect model readiness before synthesis. Confirm visibility is private. Use the model ID as `reference_id` in a TTS request when ready, and judge audio separately from successful model creation.

### Speak with the saved reference

Save this as `speech.json`, replacing the placeholder with the model's returned `_id` once trained:

```json
{
  "text": "Your appointment is confirmed for Thursday at ten.",
  "reference_id": "YOUR_TRAINED_VOICE_ID"
}
```

```sh
curl --fail-with-body -sS https://api.fish.audio/v1/tts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FISH_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'model: s2-pro' \
  --data-binary @speech.json --output reminder.mp3
```

Check the request succeeded before playing the file. Then change only the text and generate a second clip using the same reference ID. That verifies reuse rather than just one successful creation.

An inline-reference clone is a different workflow. Keep this tutorial's persistent model path consistent while debugging rather than mixing both approaches.

## 4. Troubleshooting

- A rejected reference ID calls for checking the saved model and its state before creating another copy.
- If the wrong voice is heard, distinguish the reference ID from the generation model header.
- If a clip sounds noisy, compare the source recording before adding more generation controls.
- If an MP3 will not open, inspect whether curl saved an API error response instead of audio.

## 5. Try it on your task

Test a plain sentence, a question and a phrase containing numbers. Keep the same voice and generation model, and record omitted words separately from speaker similarity. If you replace the source recording, record that as a new trial. In your review, explain whether model creation, readiness and repeated synthesis all worked.

## Documentation

- [Official documentation: voice cloning flow](https://docs.fish.audio/features/voice-cloning)

## Final step: review what you tried

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