AI Sound Effect Generator

Turn text into sound effects

An AI sound effect generator turns a written description into ready-to-use audio — no stock library, no recording session. Describe the source, the action and the environment: footsteps on wet gravel, a sci-fi transition, rain against a window. Generate MP3 clips from 1–30 seconds, choose looping, and adjust how closely the audio follows your description. Every effect is royalty-free for commercial use.

Create Sound Effect

  • Free to start

    Get 50 credits with no subscription or auto-renewal.

  • Commercial Ready

    Generated sound effects are royalty-free for commercial projects, games and client work.

Turn text into sound effects

Sound effects for videos, games and podcasts

Videos and podcasts

Add transitions, impacts, Foley and scene details to your edit. Describe the sound and its surroundings, then drop the finished audio into your timeline.

Games and interfaces

Try footsteps, menu clicks, power-ups and creature sounds. Generate variations and audition them in your project.

Ambience and loops

Build rain, forest or room ambience. Enable looping for a repeating background and preview the seam before using it.

How to generate AI sound effects

Create custom sound effects from a text description — foley, ambience and UI sounds for videos, games and podcasts, royalty-free for commercial use.

  1. 1

    Describe your sound

    Enter what happens, what makes the sound and the environment. The editor opens on the ElevenLabs Sounds tab.

  2. 2

    Set duration and looping

    Choose 1–30 seconds and turn on looping for repeating backgrounds. Adjust how closely the result follows your description.

  3. 3

    Generate and preview

    Sign in and generate with RaoMusic credits — 1 credit per second. Preview the MP3, refine your description if needed, then download.

AI sound effect generator FAQ

This page opens with ElevenLabs selected on the Sounds tab. You can change the model in the editor.

ElevenLabs sound effects here support 1–30 seconds per generation. Enable looping if you need a repeating background.

Yes. You can browse and audition the examples without an account, and a free account starts with 50 credits. Generation costs 1 credit per second, so the free credits cover 50 seconds of audio — several clips before you pay anything.

Yes. Sound effects you generate are royalty-free for commercial projects — YouTube videos, games, podcasts, client work — including on the free plan. Royalty-free doesn't mean exclusive ownership: other users can generate similar sounds.

The Sounds tab is powered by the ElevenLabs sound-generation engine through the RaoMusic API workflow. You pay per generation with credits instead of a separate sound-effects subscription, and one credit balance also covers AI music, stem separation and the other audio tools. RaoMusic is an independent product, not affiliated with ElevenLabs.

Not directly. The generator works from a text description rather than an uploaded video. Describe what happens on screen — the action, the environment, the mood. For example: "a metal door slams shut in a concrete hallway." Then add the generated audio to your video in your editor.

AI Sound Effect Generator

Create custom sound effects from a text description — foley, ambience and UI sounds for videos, games and podcasts, royalty-free for commercial use.