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Sound Effects V2

POST/v1/run

Sound Effects V2 by ElevenLabs - generate music, sound effects, and audio from text descriptions with AI. Create original compositions, ambient sounds, and audio content for any creative project.

Request body

Submit an async generation request. The model field selects the model; other fields are model-specific input parameters.

stringmodelrequired

Model identifier. Set to elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2.

Default: elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2

Optional<string>text

The text describing the sound effect to generate

Optional<number>prompt_influence

How closely to follow the prompt (0-1). Higher values mean less variation.

Range: 0 to 1

Default: 0.3

Optional<number>duration_seconds

Duration in seconds (0.5-22). If not set, optimal duration will be determined from prompt.

Range: 0.5 to 22

Default: 5

Optional<boolean>loop

Whether to create a sound effect that loops smoothly.

Default: false

Response Schema

The submit endpoint returns an accepted generation task. Poll the result endpoint with the returned id for terminal outputs or errors.

Optional<string>error

Error message if the task failed. Empty on success.

stringidrequired

Unique identifier for the generation task.

Optional<string>model

Model ID used for the prediction.

Optional<array>outputs

Array of generated content. Empty when status is not completed.

stringstatusrequired

Status of the task: pending, running, completed, failed, or timeout.

Allowed values: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout

Model capabilities

array<string>capability_tagsrequired

Capabilities declared by the model registry.

Default: text-to-audio

stringexecution_moderequired

Execution mode declared by the model registry.

Default: async