ElevenLabs Sound Effects

byElevenLabs

Studio-grade foley, cinematic impacts, and atmospheric sound beds generated from natural language descriptions

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ElevenLabs Sound Effects

How ElevenLabs SFX works

Describe your desired sound event, calibrate duration and precision, and export studio-ready audio files in seconds.

Describe the acoustic event

Describe the acoustic event

Enter a detailed prompt specifying physical materials, action cues, and chronological pacing for the sound.

Tune duration and precision

Tune duration and precision

Define an exact length between 0.5 and 22 seconds and adjust prompt influence to control variation.

Export studio-grade audio

Export studio-grade audio

Download your audio in lossless 44.1kHz PCM, broadcast-standard 48kHz Opus, or compressed MP3.

What ElevenLabs SFX is good at

From transient-rich foley and cinematic trailer elements to continuous atmospheric room tones, synthesized with natural acoustic space.

Tactile Foley Textures

Tactile Foley Textures

Synthesize physical material interactions with natural acoustic weight, sharp transient attacks, and authentic contact resonance from cast iron clangs to wood creaks.

Cinematic Trailer Impacts

Cinematic Trailer Impacts

Generate massive sub-bass drops, risers, and aggressive braams designed with wide dynamic range and low-end impact for high-stakes video transitions.

Environmental Ambience Beds

Environmental Ambience Beds

Build continuous atmospheric sound beds up to 22 seconds in duration, capturing rain on glass, cave reverberation, or wind rustling through foliage.

Precision Acoustic Control

Precision Acoustic Control

Calibrate prompt influence from 0 to 1 to balance acoustic variation with precision, exporting directly to lossless 44.1kHz PCM or 48kHz Opus formats.

Made with ElevenLabs SFX

Explore a curated selection of generated audio assets showcasing dynamic impact, material weight, and spatial acoustic decay.

Tactile mechanical clockwork one-shot

Tactile mechanical clockwork one-shot

Cinematic low-end impact with spatial decay

Cinematic low-end impact with spatial decay

Natural weather soundscape and ambient bed

Natural weather soundscape and ambient bed

Futuristic UI and sci-fi asset cue

Futuristic UI and sci-fi asset cue

High-impact material foley transient

High-impact material foley transient

What people build with ElevenLabs SFX

Sound designers, video editors, and game developers use custom synthesized audio to eliminate stock library search friction.

Cinematic Post-Production

01

Build high-impact trailers and scene transitions with custom sub-bass drops, tension risers, and cinematic braams on demand.

Game Audio Design

02

Generate responsive UI feedback, spell cues, weapon handling sounds, and ambient area beds ready for game engine integration in 48kHz Opus.

Tactile Video Foley

03

Layer authentic physical contact sounds—from footsteps on gravel to glassware clinks—directly aligned with on-screen actions.

Immersive Worldbuilding

04

Craft authentic environmental beds and room tones up to 22 seconds long to ground scenes in specific acoustic spaces and weather conditions.

Interface & Motion Graphics

05

Produce crisp, satisfying micro-interactions, brand logo stingers, and kinetic audio cues that accentuate visual motion and UI elements.

Frequently Asked Questions

ElevenLabs Sound Effects excels at tactile foley, cinematic trailer impacts, environmental room tones, and synthetic cues. It reliably generates physical material interactions like footsteps and glass shatters, tension risers and sub-bass drops, game UI acoustic feedback, and atmospheric weather beds up to 22 seconds in length.

The model is not designed for full-length multi-track music compositions or intelligible spoken dialogue. It specializes in spot sound effects and environmental sound beds up to 22 seconds per generation, and very quiet reverb tails may occasionally carry subtle algorithmic noise.

You can specify a duration from 0.5 to 22 seconds, or leave it blank to let the model automatically estimate the natural acoustic envelope. Output formats include uncompressed lossless 44.1kHz PCM for DAW post-production, 48kHz Opus for web and game engines, and MP3 at bitrates ranging from 64kbps to 192kbps.

Prompt influence controls how strictly the audio synthesis follows your prompt text on a scale from 0 to 1. The default value of 0.3 provides natural acoustic nuance and variation for organic foley, while higher values between 0.6 and 0.8 enforce tighter adherence for precise, multi-stage mechanical sound cues.

ElevenLabs Sound Effects was developed by ElevenLabs in partnership with Shutterstock and released on May 31, 2024. The model is trained on ethically licensed sound libraries to synthesize studio-grade audio effects from natural language.

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