{"product_id":"ai-sound-effects-foley-prompt-builder","title":"Foley \u0026 Sound Effects Prompt Builder  Video Layers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Door sound\" is why your sound effect came out wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e AI audio tools do not know what a door is. They know wood, weight, force and the room it happens in. Describe those and you get a sound. Name the object and you get mush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis builder writes the description for you. It is a Google Sheets template — open it, click Make a copy, and it is yours forever. No subscription, no sound design background needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe five word formula\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize · Material · Action · Force · Space\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiss one and the sound goes vague. A \u003cem\u003eheavy wooden door closing firmly in a small room\u003c\/em\u003e is a sound. A \u003cem\u003edoor sound\u003c\/em\u003e is a wish. That single rule is worth the price on its own, and it works in whichever tool you use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWorks with every AI audio tool\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElevenLabs Sound Effects, Stable Audio, Adobe audio AI, Suno — or whatever launches next. The tool is one dropdown, not the whole product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOpen your copy of the builder\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFill Column D using the dropdown menus — 32 fields across 6 sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDescribe the sound and note where it lands in your edit\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFive complete prompts appear instantly on the right\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePaste into your AI audio tool of choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe 5 prompts you get every time\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain Sound Prompt\u003c\/strong\u003e — full structured prompt using all 32 fields\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial and Action Brief\u003c\/strong\u003e — the five word formula applied to your specific sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpace and Perspective Brief\u003c\/strong\u003e — room, reverb, distance, and why you generate dry first\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayering and Edit Brief\u003c\/strong\u003e — sub, body and transient stacked, and where to land the attack\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLibrary and Rights Plan\u003c\/strong\u003e — variation counts, findable naming, formats and licence checks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpace is part of the sound, not an effect\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same impact in a small room and a cathedral are two different sounds, not one sound with reverb added. The builder treats the recording space, distance, stereo image and perspective as part of the description — and tells you to generate dry where you can, because you can always add reverb later and never remove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBig sounds are built, not found\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cinematic impact is a sub for weight, a body for character and a transient for clarity — generated separately and stacked in your editor. The first few milliseconds decide how the whole thing reads. The Layering Brief walks through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe detail that separates cheap audio from good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdentical repeated footsteps are the fastest tell that a video was made carelessly. Three to five variants, rotated so no two consecutive steps match. Same for UI clicks and notifications. The builder generates variation sets by default and explains why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e30 categories covered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpacts · whooshes · footsteps · doors · vehicles · weather · water · fire · animals · crowds · machines · UI and notifications · kitchen · office · nature and urban ambience · magic · sci fi · horror stings · comedy beats · risers · sub drops · glitches · paper · glass · metal and more — across 25 materials and 25 actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAlso included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound Presets tab\u003c\/strong\u003e — 10 ready-made setups: Reel Whoosh, Cinematic Impact, UI Click, Coffee Pour, Gravel Footsteps and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSound Library tab\u003c\/strong\u003e — the one rule that fixes SFX prompts, building big sounds, making it sound real, organising a library, rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSFX Log tab\u003c\/strong\u003e — index every sound by category, material, variants and project so you can find it in two years\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormula Lock\u003c\/strong\u003e — only the input column is editable, so the tool cannot break by accident\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eStraight about the rights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommercial use depends on your plan tier — verify it before publishing. And note that using generated sounds in your own work and reselling a generated sound pack are two different questions with different answers. Check the terms before you build a product out of it. 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