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title: Minimax Voice Cloning in Voice Design Lab | Telnyx
canonical: https://telnyx.com/release-notes/voice-design-lab-minimax
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# Minimax Voice Cloning in Voice Design Lab | Telnyx

[Release notes](https://telnyx.com/release-notes)

# Minimax support added to Voice Design Lab for voice design and cloning

### 19, Mar 2026

Voice Design Lab now supports the Minimax provider for both prompt-based voice design and audio cloning. This expands control over voice quality by allowing longer reference audio and more detailed voice capture.

## What’s new

* **Minimax provider support:** Available for voice design and cloning workflows.
* **Long-form audio input:** Supports 10 seconds to 5 minutes for cloning.
* **Provider toggle:** Switch between Telnyx and Minimax in the UI or API.
* **API parameter update:** Set `"provider": "minimax"` in design and clone requests.
* **Cross-platform usage:** Use Minimax voices in TTS API, Call Control, and AI Assistants.

## Why it matters

* Improves voice fidelity for cloning with longer, more expressive audio samples.
* Reduces iteration cycles when capturing tone, pacing, and speaking style.
* Simplifies provider selection with a single workflow across UI and API.
* Enables broader voice coverage for use cases that need longer recordings.

## Example use cases

* Clone a support agent voice from a recorded call for consistent IVR playback.
* Design branded voices with more nuanced tone using longer reference material.
* Build multilingual assistants with provider-specific voice characteristics.

## Getting started

1. Open Voice Design Lab in the Mission Control Portal.
2. Select **Minimax** using the provider toggle.
3. Choose **Design a voice** or **Upload Audio**.
4. For API usage, set `"provider": "minimax"` in `/v2/voice_designs` or `/v2/voice_clones`.
5. Retrieve the voice ID and use it in TTS, Call Control, or AI Assistant configs.

## Deploy Everywhere

Your custom voice works across the full Telnyx stack:

• [AI Assistants](https://telnyx.com/products/voice-ai-agents) — give your agent a consistent brand voice •[ Call Control speak](https://telnyx.com/products/voice-api) — custom TTS in programmatic call flows • TTS API — integrate into any application via WebSocket or REST

## Full API Access

Everything in the portal is also available programmatically:

• /voice\_designs — create and iterate on voice designs • /voice\_clones — clone from audio or save a design as a usable voice

## Try it out today

You can head to the Mission Control Portal and head to the [Voice Design Lab](https://portal.telnyx.com/#/ai/voice-design-lab) to test or take a look at our [developer documentation](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/tts-stt/voice-design-lab) to design at scale.

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