MiniMax H3 Ignores Voice Volume Prompts; audio_reuse Offers a Partial Workaround

Dogluvr2905 · reddit · 2026-08-21

A user testing MiniMax H3 found that generated voices stay loud regardless of prompts like "quiet" or "distant mic," or even drastically reduced gain on the reference wav—H3 apparently reads waveform patterns, not volume. A workaround is audioreuse with a pre-lowered wav, but it replaces ALL audio in the clip, killing environmental sounds.

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