TL;DR. Best reward comes without the LoRA via the evolved prompt (BASE_P, 0.553, vs 0.432/0.420/0.427 for LoRA50/100/150) — but be warned that this top-reward config is barely angry (emo only 0.016). If you actually need genuine anger, you must accept the LoRA at 100-150%, which pushes emo to 0.24-0.28 (huge Impatience +1.9, Triumph, Malevolence shifts). The cost is brutal: blend craters from 0.446 to 0.129, quality from 0.552 to 0.261, and WER more than doubles (0.202 to 0.570). Its most notable side-effect is that it drags in Malevolence and Contempt while stripping Warmth (-0.48) and articulation clarity, so the anger sounds cruel and slurred rather than heated.
Without a LoRA
Best: evolved prompt, no LoRA → reward 0.55
GENERAL: A voice overwhelmingly expressing anger, a furious voice, seething and exploding into a rant, sharp, loud and cutting, building and building.
SCRIPT: (furious, ranting, exploding with rage) "<neutral sentence>" · temp 1.0 top_p 0.9 top_k 40
Best reward comes without the LoRA via the evolved prompt (BASE_P, 0.553, vs 0.432/0.420/0.427 for LoRA50/100/150) — but be warned that this top-reward config is barely angry (emo only 0.016). If you actually need genuine anger, you must accept the LoRA at 100-150%, which pushes emo to 0.24-0.28 (huge Impatience +1.9, Triumph, Malevolence shifts). The cost is brutal: blend craters from 0.446 to 0.129, quality from 0.552 to 0.261, and WER more than doubles (0.202 to 0.570). Its most notable side-effect is that it drags in Malevolence and Contempt while stripping Warmth (-0.48) and articulation clarity, so the anger sounds cruel and slurred rather than heated.