How to add sound effects to your video with ElevenLabs video-to-sound generator

Video without sound always feels like it is missing something important. You can see a busy city scene and imagine the noises, but the video truly becomes real when you can hear the scene play out, including the roar of car engines, the rustle of the wind and chatter of people.

ElevenLabs' AI-powered video-to-sound generator makes adding sound effects to your videos easier than ever. Simply upload your video, and our AI will analyze the content to generate a variety of sound effects that you can download and use.

How it works

The video-to-sound generator experiment combines AI vision with the ElevenLabs SFX API to analyze frames in the video to understand what is happening. It looks for key features such as vehicles, people and scenes then generates sound effects to match the scenario.

For example, if your video features a car chase, the AI will generate sound effects such as tire screeches, engine roars, and crashes. If you show a busker playing guitar next to a busy road it will generate the sound of the guitar but also the road noises.

Or, as seen in these examples, you can create relatively mundane sounds for a bus pulling away from a stop, or a watch shown through a shop window on a rainy day.

For total control over the output you can still use the ElevenLabs text-to-sfx generator in our app. This lets you customize the duration and write a detailed prompt. But using the video-to-sound generator can sometimes come up with sounds you might not have considered.

The main advantage of adding sound to AI video, including from Google’s Veo 2, Runway Gen-3, Kling 1.6, Pika 2.1 or any number of AI video models is simply to improve the experience. The added dimension of sound can make your videos more immersive and engaging.

Using the video-to-sound generator is simple:

• Go to the ElevenLabs video-to-sound page and upload your video.
• The AI will analyze your video and generate a variety of sound effects.
• You can play any of the four sounds and it will also play a preview of your video.
• You can then download the sound effects and use them in your video editor.

Get Started Today

If you're looking for a quick and easy way to add sound effects to your videos, ElevenLabs' video-to-sound generator is the perfect tool. Try it out today and see the difference it can make.