eduardoborges/dotfiles/sound-effects

from elevenlabs import ElevenLabs
client = ElevenLabs()
audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain",
)
with open("thunder.mp3", "wb") as f:
    for chunk in audio:
        f.write(chunk)

import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
import { createWriteStream } from "fs";
const client = new ElevenLabsClient();
const audio = await client.textToSoundEffects.convert({
  text: "Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain",
});
audio.pipe(createWriteStream("thunder.mp3"));

elevenlabs text-to-sound-effects convert \
  --text "Thunder rumbling in the distance with light rain" \
  --output thunder.mp3

# Looping ambient sound, 10 seconds
audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Gentle forest ambiance with birds chirping",
    duration_seconds=10.0,
    prompt_influence=0.5,
    loop=True,
)
# Short UI sound, high prompt adherence
audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(
    text="Soft notification chime",
    duration_seconds=1.0,
    prompt_influence=0.8,
)

try:
    audio = client.text_to_sound_effects.convert(text="Explosion")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")