Tech Desk 
Sep 04, 2024
Recently, one of the leading AI-based companies ElevenLabs published a sound effects library using its AI model, including several categories such as instruments, nature, and animals.
ElevenLabs, founded two years ago, has developed AI models and tools for creating AI-generated voices with several languages, accents and emotions.
Converting text into realistic-sounding speech is one area where AI technology has been flourishing. ElevenLabs, with the addition of an AI-powered SFX library, is taking these technologies to new heights, coming in competition with Google's Gemini Live and OpenAI’s ChatGPT’s Voice Mode.
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How ElevenLabs’ SFX library works
These new sounds in the SFX library introduced by ElevenLabs are great for bringing life to an AI-generated film, adding colours to a podcast, and bringing life to a video game. However, users who want a specific custom sound effect can generate one for themselves.
Whether someone is a film producer, a video game developer, a content creator, or simply a sound effects maker, they can browse this vast library of sound effects in 38 different categories.
However, on the first page, there is a selection of hand-picked sounds including sounds exactly like the start of some blockbuster movie trailer, followed by sounds like a perfect vintage radio.
Notably, the library offers a prompting guide, offering a better way to learn to utilise the AI model with real-world examples.
The introduction of the SFX library could potentially lead to inspiration for other AI models like Midjourney to create a similar feature for its platform.
