Generate basic sound effects with ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Try it →Watch full video →Moe Lueker · Apr 2025

Demo summary

The creator navigates the ElevenLabs UI, selects the sound effects tool, enters a prompt for 'truck reversing', adjusts the duration to 5 seconds, and generates four variations to preview and download.

Step-by-step

Select Sound Effects from the left-hand sidebar
Enter a description of the sound effect in the prompt box
Set the duration in seconds
Click the generate button
Preview the generated variations
Click the download button on the right-hand side of your preferred variation

Options

Adjust duration from short (e.g., 2 seconds) to long (e.g., 10 seconds)

Tips

Check the token count on the right-hand side before generating to see how many credits will be used
Review all generated variations as some may include specific elements (like beeping) while others do not

Highlights

“it just takes um a few seconds in order to generate these sound effects”

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