ElevenLabs SFX · Music

Generate Sound EffectNEW

📌 What is this：Generate a sound effect (mp3) from a text description.

💡 When to use：Use for ambience and action sound effects in videos / games / animations. No image / video materials.

Endpoints

Usage	Method	Path
Submit task	POST	/api/cqt/generator/elevenlabs
Query Result	GET	/api/cqt/info/elevenlabs?id={taskId}

⏱ Recommended polling interval：Poll every 5s until status = succeeded / failed.

Sub-models

model	Usage	Materials	Duration (sec)	Price (credits/sec)
elevenlabs-sound-v2	Sound v2	prompt (required)	1~30	1.5

Request Parameters

Param	Type	Required	Description
model	string	Required	Sub-model: elevenlabs-sound-v2
prompt	string	Required	Sound effect description
duration	integer	—	Duration (sec) 1-30, default 5

Request Example

curl -X POST https://api.cqtai.com/api/cqt/generator/elevenlabs \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "model": "elevenlabs-sound-v2",
    "prompt": "heavy rain on a tin roof with distant thunder",
    "duration": 5
  }'
# -> { "code":200, "data":"<taskId>" }

Response Example

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "cab61d6001a74bdeb80897dc0eebb5ed",
    "resultUrl": "https://cdn.novapi.ai/elevenlabs/1791950033809_927c5d544d5a470ea114defa6e719889.mp3",
    "status": "succeeded",
    "errorMsg": null,
    "createTime": "2026-10-14 11:53:35",
    "completeTime": "2026-10-14 11:53:54"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
code	number	200 means success
data.id	string	Task ID (taskId)
data.status	string	queued / running / succeeded / failed
data.resultUrl	string	Result URL(s) on our CDN (long-lived); multiple results are comma-separated; null until done or on failure
data.errorMsg	string \| null	Failure reason; null on success