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Sonilo Generate sound effect. Button widget Button press.

Tap a button to generate a sound effect on demand

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How this automation works

Put a Sonilo button on your phone's home screen. Every tap generates a brand-new sound effect from the description you set, ready to drop into a video, a podcast or a stream. Change the description whenever you need a different sound.

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Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate a sound effect from your text description.
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6 triggers, queries, and actions

Button press

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.

New generation ready

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new music or sound effect generation completes on your Sonilo account.

List recent generations

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of your recent completed music and sound effect generations on Sonilo.

Generate music

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate an original piece of music from your text description.

Generate music for a video

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate a soundtrack matched to the pacing of your video.

Generate sound effect

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate a sound effect from your text description.

Button press

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.

Generate music

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate an original piece of music from your text description.

Generate music for a video

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate a soundtrack matched to the pacing of your video.

Generate sound effect

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action will generate a sound effect from your text description.

List recent generations

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of your recent completed music and sound effect generations on Sonilo.

New generation ready

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time a new music or sound effect generation completes on your Sonilo account.

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About Sonilo

Sonilo generates commercially licensed music and sound effects with AI. Connect Sonilo to create original soundtracks from a text prompt, score a video automatically, or generate sound effects — then send the finished audio anywhere IFTTT connects. Every generation comes licensed for commercial use. Requires a free Sonilo Platform account (platform.sonilo.com).

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About Button widget

Make buttons and control other services with a single tap. This service creates widgets that you can use from the home screen of your Android or iOS device.

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