AI Sound Effect Generator
Describe a sound in plain words and get a ready-to-use sound effect: anything from a 0.5-second click to a 30-second ambient loop, downloaded as MP3.
Examples
Heavy wooden castle door creaks open slowly, then slams shut with a deep echo in a stone hall
Name the source, the action and the space. Several sounds in a row work too: describe them in order.
The model picks a length that fits the sound.
The end flows back into the start, for background ambience and game loops.
Auto length reserves 12 credits; anything a shorter sound does not use is returned when it is ready
Examples
Heavy wooden castle door creaks open slowly, then slams shut with a deep echo in a stone hall
Bright retro video game coin pickup chime, short and sparkly
Sci-fi laser blaster firing three quick shots with an electric zap tail
Fast cinematic whoosh transition with a deep sub boom at the end, for a video edit
Steady rain falling on a tin roof with soft distant thunder, calm ambient background
Large stadium crowd erupts in cheers and applause after a goal, with whistles
Every example was generated from the prompt shown, with the length and loop setting listed. Volume was evened out for this page.
Sound effects for every kind of project
If you can describe it, you can generate it. These are the sounds people make most.
Video edits and YouTube
Whooshes, risers, impacts and pops for transitions, titles and jump cuts, made to the exact length of the cut.
Games
Coin pickups, menu clicks, power-ups, hits and creature sounds. Keep a prompt and change one word to build a matching set.
Film and animation foley
Footsteps on any surface, doors, cloth, glass and props, described the way a foley artist would perform them.
Ambience and background loops
Rain, wind, city traffic, forest at night or a busy cafe. Turn on loop and the sound repeats without a gap.
Podcasts and streams
Stingers, applause, crowd reactions and alert sounds that give a show its own sound.
Apps and interfaces
Notification chimes, success tones, error buzzes and button taps, as short as half a second.
How to write a sound effect prompt
A clear description beats a long one. Five habits that get better results.
- 1
Say what makes the sound
"A wooden door" sounds different from "a steel door". Name the object, the material and the action.
- 2
Say where it happens
Add the space: "in a stone hall", "outdoors in light wind", "close to the microphone". It changes the echo and the background.
- 3
Put a scene in order
Describe several sounds in the order they happen: "an engine starts, tires screech, then a crash". Each one is generated in sequence.
- 4
Use sound design words
Words like whoosh, impact, riser, braam, stinger, foley and ambience are understood and lead to the expected style.
- 5
Match the length to the job
Keep one-shots like clicks and hits at 0.5 to 2 seconds. Use 10 seconds or more with loop on for background beds, or leave the length on auto.
Why make sound effects here
A text to sound effects tool with the controls that matter and nothing to install.
Text to sound effects
Type what you hear in your head and get a new sound. No library to scroll through, and no two generations are identical.
Exact length or auto
Set any length from 0.5 to 30 seconds in half-second steps, or let the model choose a length that suits the sound.
Seamless loops
Loop mode makes the end run straight back into the start, so ambience and music beds play on repeat without a click.
Whole scenes in one prompt
Several sounds in one description come out in order, so a full moment like a goal, a cheer and a whistle comes from one generation.
Powered by ElevenLabs SFX v3
The latest version of the model, released in October 2026, with cleaner audio and more convincing music and vocal elements than the version before it.
MP3 download, saved to your account
Every sound effect is a 44.1 kHz stereo MP3 that you can play right away, download, and find again later in My Creations.
How to generate sound effects
Three steps, and the sound is usually ready in under half a minute.
Describe the sound
Write what you want to hear, or start from one of the examples and change the details.
Set the length and loop
Leave the length on auto or pick 0.5 to 30 seconds. Turn on loop for background sounds that need to repeat.
Generate and download
Press Generate, listen to the result and download the MP3. Not quite right? Adjust a few words and try again.
Sound effect generator FAQ
Common questions about making sound effects with AI.
It is a tool that creates a new sound effect from a written description. Instead of searching a sound library, you type something like "glass bottle shattering on a tile floor" and the AI generates that sound for you, at the length you choose.
Describe the sound in the box at the top of this page, choose a length or leave it on auto, turn on loop if it should repeat, and press Generate. The result plays in the page and can be downloaded as an MP3.
Sounds are generated with ElevenLabs SFX v3, released in October 2026. Its parameters and what changed from the previous version are covered on the SFX v3 model page.
You pay for the length of the sound, at 0.4 credits per second, rounded up to whole seconds and then to whole credits, with a minimum of 1 credit. A 2-second sound costs 1 credit, 5 seconds costs 2, 10 seconds costs 4 and 30 seconds costs 12. With auto length, 12 credits are reserved and whatever the finished sound does not use is returned to your balance right away.
From 0.5 to 30 seconds per generation, in half-second steps. For longer ambience, generate a 30-second loop and repeat it in your editor.
Yes. Turn on Seamless loop and the end of the sound connects back to the start, so rain, wind, room tone or a game background can play on repeat without a gap or click.
You can play every example on this page without an account. Generating needs a Veevid account, because each sound effect uses credits, and your sounds are kept in My Creations so you can download them again.
It is built for sound effects and ambience, and it handles short musical touches like a game jingle or a chanting crowd well. For full songs use Text to Music, and for clear spoken lines use Text to Speech.
Make your first sound effect
Describe it, set the length, and download the MP3 in seconds.
Generate a sound effect