How long can the tracks be?

2, 5, 10, 15 or 22 seconds. You choose the length before you press go, and the price follows it.

How is it different from Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Music v2.5 and Eleven Turbo v2.5?

Eleven Sound Effects v2: Sound effects from a description, up to 22 seconds. Eleven Multilingual v2: ElevenLabs' most stable voice model, for narration in 29 languages. Eleven Music v2.5: Studio-quality songs with vocals or instrumentals, from a prompt. Eleven Turbo v2.5: Fast, low-cost ElevenLabs speech in 32 languages. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.

How much does a run cost?

A 2-second sound effect costs $0.0054 at the default settings. By length, a run costs $0.0054 to $0.0594. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is Eleven Sound Effects v2 free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.0054 (a 2-second sound effect), so $5 covers 925 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.

Can I use what I make commercially?

Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.

Do I need an ElevenLabs account?

No. Leap sends your request to ElevenLabs' model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Eleven Sound Effects v2 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Eleven Sound Effects v2AI sound effects generator

Sound effects from a description, up to 22 seconds. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

Sound effects
Up to 22 s

No subscription
Every top model, one account
Pay per run, priced before it starts

Listen / A packed izakaya at night

0 / 10 s

Listen / Mountain thunder, then rain on a tent

0 / 15 s

Listen / A manual typewriter

0 / 4 s

AI sound effects generator

Eleven Sound Effects v2 at a glance

Eleven Sound Effects v2 is a sound effects model from ElevenLabs. It makes sound effects from words, 2, 5, 10, 15 or 22 seconds long.

Made by: ElevenLabs
Makes: Sound effects
Starts from: Words
Length: 2, 5, 10, 15 or 22 seconds
Prompt: Up to 450 characters
Price per run: $0.0054 to $0.0594
Updated: October 3, 2026

01Write the words, pick a voice
02See the exact price, then press go
03Keep it in your library, or take it further

Pick the right one

Eleven Sound Effects v2 and its siblings

Model	Best for	Length	Price per run
Eleven Sound Effects v2 (this page)	Sound effects from a description, up to 22 seconds.	2, 5, 10, 15 or 22 seconds	$0.0054 to $0.0594
Eleven Multilingual v2	ElevenLabs' most stable voice model, for narration in 29 languages.	–	$0.135 per 1,000 characters
Eleven Music v2.5	Studio-quality songs with vocals or instrumentals, from a prompt.	30, 60, 120, 180 or 240 seconds	$0.81 to $3.30
Eleven Turbo v2.5	Fast, low-cost ElevenLabs speech in 32 languages.	–	$0.0675 per 1,000 characters

Start with an idea

Three ways to try Eleven Sound Effects v2

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01
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02
One click, or full control
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03
Your work stays yours
Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.
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04
One balance for everything
The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.
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Questions

Eleven Sound Effects v2, answered

What is Eleven Sound Effects v2?: Eleven Sound Effects v2 is a sound effects model from ElevenLabs. Sound effects from a description, up to 22 seconds. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
How long can the tracks be?: 2, 5, 10, 15 or 22 seconds. You choose the length before you press go, and the price follows it.
How is it different from Eleven Multilingual v2, Eleven Music v2.5 and Eleven Turbo v2.5?: Eleven Sound Effects v2: Sound effects from a description, up to 22 seconds. Eleven Multilingual v2: ElevenLabs' most stable voice model, for narration in 29 languages. Eleven Music v2.5: Studio-quality songs with vocals or instrumentals, from a prompt. Eleven Turbo v2.5: Fast, low-cost ElevenLabs speech in 32 languages. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?: A 2-second sound effect costs $0.0054 at the default settings. By length, a run costs $0.0054 to $0.0594. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is Eleven Sound Effects v2 free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.0054 (a 2-second sound effect), so $5 covers 925 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?: Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?: Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need an ElevenLabs account?: No. Leap sends your request to ElevenLabs' model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs Eleven Sound Effects v2 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Your idea, Eleven Sound Effects v2.

Every run shows its price before it starts, and one that fails costs nothing.

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API docs

Model ID: elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2
Makes: Voice and sound
Pricing: Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt

Text, up to 450 characters, required

Durationduration

2, 5, 10, 15, 22 s, required. Default: 2 s

Prompt Influencesettings.prompt_influence

0 to 1. Default: 0.3How closely to follow the prompt (0-1).

Loopsettings.loop

On or off. Default: offWhether to create a sound effect that loops smoothly.

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2",    "input": {      "prompt": "A paper boat drifting down a rainy street at dusk"    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"