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Generate sound effects from text in ElevenLabs

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Demo summary

The creator demonstrates how to navigate to the sound effects tool in ElevenLabs, enter a text prompt, adjust duration and prompt influence, and generate four audio samples.

Step-by-step

  1. Sign into 11labs.io and click Go to App in the top right corner
  2. Expand the left sidebar and select Sound Effects
  3. Enter a text prompt or select a sample from the wheel
  4. Adjust the Duration and Prompt Influence sliders as needed
  5. Click Generate to produce four audio samples
  6. Hover over a sample and click the play icon to preview
  7. Click the download icon to save the file to your computer

Options

  • Select pre-made samples from the wheel to auto-fill the prompt bar
  • Click the history icon above the generate button to recover previous clips
  • Click the plus icon on a history item to reuse and edit a previous prompt

Tips

  • Use the Prompt Influence slider to control how much the AI deviates from your text description
  • Customize the duration if you know exactly how long the sound effect needs to be

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