Suno Dual Output Plan: The Rinse Light

Boundary

No Suno creation, upload, publishing, public release, external API action, paid tool, new dependency install, account action, or platform action has been performed by this plan.

Private Suno generation requires John's explicit approval in this same conversation. Publishing is not approved.

Purpose

Test whether Dakota's full-study-led composition guide improves Suno's handling of refrain transformation compared with the same lyric/style package without Dakota's guide.

Lane A - Composition-Guided

Use:

same lyrics as Lane B;
same style field as Lane B, with Style Influence 70;
Dakota Vale voice if available and approved;
`guide-track.mp3` as audio guide;
Audio Influence 34;
Weirdness 28;
v5.5, Advanced mode, save to Dakota Vale workspace.

The guide should help preserve:

"let the rinse light turn" hook contour;
almost-spoken verse entrances;
E suspended pre-chorus breath;
F-major warmth on chorus 2;
delayed final refrain.

Lane B - No-Composition Control

Use:

same lyrics;
same style field;
same voice choice;
Style Influence 74;
Weirdness 28;
no audio guide;
no Dakota composition input.

Success Criteria

Lane A only counts as progress if it improves composition decisions:

clearer title-hook identity;
better phrase entrances, endings, pickups, and rests;
more purposeful harmonic timing;
clearer pulse without over-filling the arrangement;
stronger changed chorus and final refrain;
less generic sparse-folk drift than Lane B.