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# Sound Effects

> Generate sound effects from a text description with control over duration and looping.

Sound effects generation creates short audio clips from a text description. You describe the sound you want, and the agent produces it as an MP3 file.

## How to generate sound effects

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the sound">
    Type a prompt describing the sound effect you need.

    <Prompt description="UI interaction sound.">
      Generate a short, clean notification chime. Bright and digital, like a mobile app alert.
    </Prompt>

    <Prompt description="Environmental ambience.">
      Create a 10-second looping rain sound with distant thunder. Steady, atmospheric, not too intense.
    </Prompt>

    <Prompt description="Game sound effect.">
      A quick coin-collect sound. Bright, metallic, satisfying. Under 1 second.
    </Prompt>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set options (optional)">
    You can control these in your prompt:

    | Option       | Description                                                                                |
    | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
    | **Duration** | 0.5 to 30 seconds. Mention the length in your prompt.                                      |
    | **Loop**     | Ask for a "loopable" or "seamless loop" sound. The AI creates a clip that repeats cleanly. |
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and download">
    The sound effect appears in the chat with a waveform player. Listen and download as MP3.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you cannot do

* You cannot generate sound effects longer than 30 seconds.
* You cannot generate multiple variations in a single request. Ask for each separately.
* You cannot edit a generated sound effect. Generate a new version with an updated prompt.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Voice Cloning" icon="clone" href="/voice-cloning">
    Clone a voice from audio samples.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Music Generation" icon="music" href="/music-generation">
    Compose longer music tracks from a text description.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>