# Stable Audio 3 Small SFX

AUDIOFeaturedstable-audio-3-small-sfx

Stable Audio 3 Small SFX is a 459M model tuned for sound effects and ambience. It also restyles an effect, extends its tail, or regenerates part of it.

Best for

Game foley and UI sounds at low cost, Lengthening an ambience or tail

POST

/v2/workspaces/{workspace\_id}/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "prompt": "a knight standing in a snowy forest",
  "duration_seconds": 30,
  "guidance_file_init_audio": [
    {
      "url": "<file_url>"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```python
import requests


url = "https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences"


payload = {
    "prompt": "a knight standing in a snowy forest",
    "duration_seconds": 30,
    "guidance_file_init_audio": [{ "url": "<file_url>" }]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}


response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)


print(response.json())
```

```js
const url = 'https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"prompt":"a knight standing in a snowy forest","duration_seconds":30,"guidance_file_init_audio":[{"url":"<file_url>"}]}'
};


try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main


import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)


func main() {


  url := "https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences"


  payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"prompt\": \"a knight standing in a snowy forest\",\n  \"duration_seconds\": 30,\n  \"guidance_file_init_audio\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<file_url>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")


  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)


  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")


  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)


  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)


  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))


}
```

```php
<?php


$curl = curl_init();


curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'prompt' => 'a knight standing in a snowy forest',
    'duration_seconds' => 30,
    'guidance_file_init_audio' => [
        [
                'url' => '<file_url>'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);


$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);


curl_close($curl);


if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();


MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n  \"prompt\": \"a knight standing in a snowy forest\",\n  \"duration_seconds\": 30,\n  \"guidance_file_init_audio\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<file_url>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences")
  .post(body)
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .build();


Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'


url = URI("https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences")


http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true


request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"prompt\": \"a knight standing in a snowy forest\",\n  \"duration_seconds\": 30,\n  \"guidance_file_init_audio\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<file_url>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"


response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```csharp
var client = new RestClient("https://api.app.layer.ai/api/v2/workspaces/:workspace_id/base-models/stable-audio-3-small-sfx/inferences");
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"prompt\": \"a knight standing in a snowy forest\",\n  \"duration_seconds\": 30,\n  \"guidance_file_init_audio\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"<file_url>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
var response = client.Execute(request);
```

* Layer API

## Authorizations

* **[bearerAuth](/docs/v2/rest-api#bearerauth)**
* **[oauth2](/docs/v2/rest-api#oauth2)**

## Parameters

### Path Parameters

**workspace\_id**

required

_Workspace Id_

Id of the workspace that owns the resource.

string format: uuid

Id of the workspace that owns the resource.

### Query Parameters

**session\_name**

_Session Name_

Organize this run under a named session. A new session is created if none matches.

string

nullable

Organize this run under a named session. A new session is created if none matches.

### Header Parameters

**Idempotency-Key**

string

<= 255 characters

Opaque key making this request safe to retry. The first request with a given key executes; a later request with the same key returns that first response with `Idempotent-Replayed: true` instead of executing again. The key covers the method, path, query, and body it was first used with; reusing it for a different request is rejected with 422\. Replayable for 24 hours.

## Request Bodyrequired

_Stable Audio 3 Small SFX_object

**prompt**

_Prompt_

Describe what to generate, or the change to make.

string

""

**negative\_prompt**

_Negative prompt_

What to keep out of the result.

_Advanced field._

string

""

**prompt\_enhancement**

_Prompt enhancement_

Let the model rewrite the prompt before generating.

_Advanced field._

string

default: AUTO

Allowed values: AUTO OFF STANDARD

**seed**

_Seed_

The starting point for the model’s randomness. The same seed and settings give the same result.

_Advanced field._

integer

nullable

**guidance\_scale**

_Guidance scale_

How closely the result follows the prompt. Lower gives the model more freedom.

_Advanced field._

number

default: 1 <= 25 multiple of 0.5

**inference\_steps**

_Inference steps_

How many refinement passes the model makes. More add detail and take longer.

_Advanced field._

integer

default: 8 \>= 1 <= 100 multiple of 1

**duration\_seconds**

_Duration_

Length of the generated clip, in seconds.

number

default: 30 \>= 1 <= 120 multiple of 1

**guidance\_file\_init\_audio**

_Source audio_

The audio to modify

Array<object>

_InferenceFormFileRef_

A single guidance/reference file supplied to a `reference_image_list` field.

The slot’s guidance `type` is fixed by the field it’s attached to; the caller supplies the file URL and, where the model supports per-file weighting, a weight.

object

**url**

required

_Url_

string

**weight**

_Weight_

number

nullable

**extend\_seconds**

_Seconds to add_

How much new audio continues the clip past its end.

number

nullable \>= 1 <= 120 multiple of 1

**audio\_sections**

_Sections to regenerate_

The stretches of the clip the prompt rewrites; the rest is kept.

Array<object>

nullable

_AudioEditSection_

An interior time window of the source clip to regenerate (inpaint).

Times are non-negative magnitudes measured from `anchor`. The window is always inside the clip; extending past the clip is outpainting (see \[\[AudioExtension\]\]), a separate operation.

object

**start\_seconds**

required

_Start Seconds_

number

**end\_seconds**

required

_End Seconds_

number

**anchor**

_AudioAnchor_

Which boundary of the source clip a section’s times are measured from.

string

default: START

Allowed values: START END

**prompt\_language**

_Prompt language_

The language the prompt is written in, so it reaches the model as you meant it.

_Advanced field._

string

nullable

##### Example

```json
{
  "prompt": "a knight standing in a snowy forest",
  "duration_seconds": 30,
  "guidance_file_init_audio": [
    {
      "url": "<file_url>"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Responses

### 202

Successful Response

_ExecuteForgeOutput_object

**inference\_id**

required

_Inference Id_

Unique identifier for this forge run.

string format: uuid

**status**

required

_InferenceStatus_

Current status: IN\_PROGRESS.

string

Allowed values: in\_progress complete failed cancelled deleted

**estimated\_price\_creative\_units**

_Estimated Price Creative Units_

Estimated price in Creative Units.

number

nullable

**poll\_interval\_seconds**

required

_Poll Interval Seconds_

Suggested polling interval in seconds.

integer

**created\_at**

required

_Created At_

Timestamp of when the run was created.

string format: date-time

**session\_id**

_Session Id_

Session ID the run was added to, if a session was specified.

string format: uuid

nullable

**normalized\_parameters**

Any of:

**NormalizedInferenceParameters**

_NormalizedInferenceParameters_

Inference parameters after model-specific normalization.

These reflect the actual values used for generation, including model defaults applied for any parameters not explicitly set.

object

**width**

_Width_

Resolved output width in pixels.

integer

nullable

**height**

_Height_

Resolved output height in pixels.

integer

nullable

**batch\_size**

_Batch Size_

Number of outputs to generate.

integer

nullable

**num\_inference\_steps**

_Num Inference Steps_

Resolved number of diffusion steps.

integer

nullable

**guidance\_scale**

_Guidance Scale_

Resolved guidance scale.

number

nullable

**duration\_seconds**

_Duration Seconds_

Resolved output length in seconds — video duration or audio clip length.

number

nullable

**fps**

_Fps_

Resolved FPS.

integer

nullable

**null**

null

##### Example

```json
{
  "status": "in_progress"
}
```

### 401

Unauthenticated — missing or invalid Bearer token.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 403

Forbidden — insufficient permissions, or the access token lacks the scope the operation requires.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 404

Resource not found.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 409

The request with this `Idempotency-Key` is still running — retry after the number of seconds in `Retry-After`.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 422

Invalid input parameters, or an `Idempotency-Key` reused for a different request.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 429

Rate limited — retry after the number of seconds in `Retry-After`.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```

### 500

Internal server error.

object

**type**

required

string

**title**

required

string

**status**

required

integer

**detail**

required

string

##### Example

```json
{
  "type": "https://api.layer.ai/errors/ERROR_CODE",
  "title": "Error Title",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Human-readable description."
}
```