Sound Effects are now available in Studio

Key Takeaways

Today we are launching sound effects in studio which allows you to add ambient sounds to your audio books or your scripts to make them a lot more immersive. I have three demos to show you. So here's my first demo which is something that you might hear in an audio book. Sarah lit a match, threw it into the fireplace, and poured herself a glass of wine as the fire began to crackle. Now, all of these sounds make this script way more immersive than simply hearing a voice describe the sound. And these sounds were all generated using our text to sound effects model. So, I can describe exactly the sound that I want, like lighting a match or pouring wine into a glass or the crackling of fire, and our AI model will actually generate a brand new sound effect specifically based on my prompt. Um, I can also change the volume of these sound effects to match the volume of my speech. And I can decide whether I want them to be blocking or not. So, here's an example of a blocking sound effect where the meditation bell sounds and the voice doesn't start until that sound has finished playing. Welcome to this guided meditation. Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Notice any ambient sounds around you. Rather than engaging with the sound, let it gently wash over you like water. So in this example, I had the low meditation bell. I had relaxing birds in a forest without the word relaxing. Those birds were slightly too aggressive and excitable and I had gentle ocean waves. My final example here is um a question that seems to have been on everyone's lips over the last few days. And you can imagine this voice over in some sort of Instagram or Tik Tok video. So we have sound effects like a riser and we have a gorilla grunting. Both of which were generated entirely from scratch using the 11 Labs text to sound effects model. Who would win in a fight? 100 men or one gorilla? So, this is an incredible new feature. It allows you to add a whole new dimension to your AI voiceovers. And we cannot wait to hear what you create with these new sound effects in Studio.