Create a standalone sound effect from a text description.
Get the right result: check these first
Describe the sound, not a visual scene. Name the source, action, environment, intensity, and timing you want to hear. Example: “Heavy wooden door creaks open slowly in a quiet stone hallway, then shuts with a deep thud.”
Set the duration deliberately. The current editor accepts 1–60 seconds. Some account states can require an upgrade for durations longer than 10 seconds; follow the message shown in the editor.
Need audio matched to a video. Use Video-to-Audio when sound effects, ambience, dialogue, or music should follow an uploaded clip.
Still stuck? Contact support with the tool name, project link or visible ID, prompt, duration, and the exact visible error or timestamp of the audio problem.
Step by step
Open AI Sound Effect Generator and sign in.
Describe the sound effect in up to 3,600 characters.
Choose a duration from 1 to 60 seconds.
Review the displayed credit estimate. The current editor charges 2 credits per generated second.
Select Generate, listen to the completed audio, then download the result you want.
Write a useful sound description
Start with the sound source and action. Add the space, distance, material, intensity, rhythm, and ending only when useful. Avoid contradictory directions. For precise timing, describe the sequence in order and test a shorter duration first.
Sound Effect Generator versus other audio tools
AI Sound Effect Generator: creates a standalone sound effect from text.
Video-to-Audio: generates audio that follows an existing video.
AI Music Generator: creates music or a song from a description.
Voice Generator: creates spoken voiceover from a script.
Cost, limits, and your result
These instructions cover the signed-in Dashboard. Check the estimate and access message shown for the selected duration before generating. A completed result appears in the tool and signed-in project history; review it before downloading.
If a job is still processing or failed
For a job still processing, check its status before submitting again. For a failed or technically broken output, see generation failures and credits.