{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "video-audio-finishing-plan",
 "type": "workflow",
 "name": "Video audio finishing planner",
 "summary": "Share your script and audio assets. Get a timed plan for voice, music, effects, fades and mix checks.",
 "headline": "Video audio finishing planner",
 "subhead": "Share your script and audio assets. Get a timed plan for voice, music, effects, fades and mix checks. Bring the brief and any files you want it to use.",
 "job": {
  "id": "work-with-audio",
  "name": "Turn speech into text and back"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "brief",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Brief",
   "what": "a creative brief: goal, audience, angle, offer, mandatory claims (by ID), formats"
  },
  {
   "type": "script",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Script",
   "what": "a video ad script, beat by beat, with on-screen text and shots"
  },
  {
   "type": "audio",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Audio",
   "what": "a sound or voice recording"
  },
  {
   "type": "footage",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Footage",
   "what": "raw or generated video clips to edit"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "edit_plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Edit plan",
   "what": "a cut list: which takes, in what order, with trims, captions and sound"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your brief. Before the mix plan can be timed, it needs three things, which are where the video plays, its total length and the rights status of each music and effects file",
  "Your script, with the approved wording (optional)",
  "Voice takes, music and sound effect files, with their usage rights (optional)",
  "Your footage or a timed edit (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A list of every audio file, with its role, approval and length",
  "A timed mix plan for voice, room tone, music, effects and fades",
  "The loudness and file target for where the video plays, and the listening checks to do",
  "A list of what did not run, and what is still missing"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You have a video with a script or voice takes and need a plan to finish the sound.",
  "You want voice, music and effects planned in time order before you edit.",
  "You need to hand an editor a clear mix plan."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need to clean a noisy recording, not plan a mix: use Noisy audio cleaner.",
  "You want a cut list for a video ad, not an audio plan: use Video ad edit planner.",
  "You want an edit plan for short social clips: use Social video edit planner."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your brief, with where the video will play and how long it runs",
   "Your script (optional)",
   "Voice takes, music and sound effect files, with their usage rights (optional)",
   "Your footage or a timed edit (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Asset inventory",
    "contains": "Each file with its role, approval and duration, and what is only planned."
   },
   {
    "name": "Timecoded mix plan",
    "contains": "Voice, room tone, music, sound effects and fades or ducking, in time order."
   },
   {
    "name": "Export and review targets",
    "contains": "The loudness and file target for where it plays, and the listening checks to do."
   },
   {
    "name": "Not run",
    "contains": "Any editing, listening, loudness check or export that did not happen."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the complete pack and give its instructions to your AI.",
  "Provide the inputs listed here. Ask the AI to follow the method and return the stated outputs.",
  "Check the result against the supplied facts before using it.",
  "Hand the timed mix plan to your editor. If the recordings are noisy, repair them first with the Noisy audio cleaner."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Suno music prompt writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/suno-song-and-music-bed-prompt-writer",
   "why": "Suno music prompt writer"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [],
 "files": [
  "references/worked-example.md"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/workflows/video-audio-finishing-plan",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/workflows/video-audio-finishing-plan.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/workflows/video-audio-finishing-plan.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/video-audio-finishing-plan/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/video-audio-finishing-plan.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/video-audio-finishing-plan",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/workflow/video-audio-finishing-plan",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}