v1.6.0
FranckyB/Voice-Clone-Studiov1.6.0Feb 13, 2026by FranckyB
AI Summary
Major release adding Chatterbox TTS engine with 23 language support and new Voice Changer tool for audio voice conversion, plus conversation tool improvements.
Key Highlights
- Chatterbox TTS engine integration
- New Voice Changer tool with voice conversion
- 23 language support with auto-switching models
- Shared Voice Sample Dropdowns reducing UI bloat
- macOS MPS/CPU compatibility
New Features
- Chatterbox TTS engine with voice cloning from single reference
- English uses fast default model, other languages use Multilingual
- Voice Clone with Chatterbox (exaggeration, CFG weight, temperature, etc.)
- Conversation support with up to 8 speakers
- New Voice Changer tool with target voice selector
- Source audio input (upload or microphone record)
- Save converted audio to samples folder
- Shared Voice Sample Dropdowns (8 consolidated dropdowns)
- Smart Speaker Limit (rows 5-8 hidden for VibeVoice)
- Increased max generation tokens to 2048
- Premature EOS fix for Chatterbox
- macOS MPS/CPU support with device mapping
- Python 3.10-3.12 enforcement
- Flash Attention 2 install option
- LuxTTS .pt cache cleanup
Full Release Notes
**Chatterbox TTS** - **New TTS Engine** - Integrated Chatterbox TTS (MIT license) for voice cloning with a single reference sample - **23 Languages** - English uses the fast default model; other languages auto-switch to the Multilingual model - **Voice Clone Support** - Added Chatterbox as a Voice Clone engine with exaggeration, CFG weight, temperature, repetition penalty, and top-p controls - **Conversation Support** - Chatterbox available as a Conversation engine with up to 8 speakers, sequential per-line generation, and configurable pauses **Voice Changer** - **New Voice Changer Tool** - Convert any audio to match a target voice using Chatterbox voice conversion - **Target Voice Selector** - Browse and preview voice samples from your samples folder - **Source Audio Input** - Upload audio files or record directly from microphone - **Save to Samples** - Save converted audio directly to your samples folder for use with other tools **Conversation Tool Improvements** - **Shared Voice Sample Dropdowns** - Consolidated duplicate per-engine dropdowns into a single shared set of 8, reducing UI bloat - **Smart Speaker Limit** - Rows 5-8 automatically hidden when using VibeVoice (4 speaker limit) **Chatterbox Multilingual Fixes** - **Truncation Fix** - Increased max generation tokens from 1000 to 2048 (~80 seconds max vs ~40 seconds) - **Premature EOS Fix** - Fixed AlignmentStreamAnalyzer cutting audio short by requiring minimum speech frames before allowing completion - **macOS Compatibility** - Added MPS/CPU support with proper device mapping and MPS availability checks **Other Improvements** - **Python 3.10-3.12 Enforcement** - Setup scripts now auto-discover compatible Python versions and block 3.13+ - **Flash Attention Install** - Added Flash Attention 2 install option to setup-windows.bat - **Prep Audio Cache Fix** - Delete and clear cache now also remove LuxTTS `.pt` cache files