Generates immersive, high-quality environmental soundscapes (e.g., 'A rainy forest with distant thunder'). Best for background ambience and complex layered textures. Uses Gemini 2.0 Live.

Generates expressive speech and narration from text. Best for scripts, character dialogue, and narration. Uses Gemini 2.5 Native Audio.

Generates full songs, loops, or musical segments. Best for melodic content, rhythm, and structured compositions. (PAID MODELS - Pro: $0.08, Clip: $0.04).

Generates isolated, short-duration sound effects and foley (e.g., 'A laser blast' or 'Footsteps on gravel'). Best for specific one-shot audio cues. Uses Lyria-3-clip-preview ($0.04/req).

Generates two distinct soundscapes and creates a smooth crossfade transition between them. Ideal for evolving scenes or changing environments.

View or update persistent server settings like default audio format, sample rate, and automatic cleanup intervals. Call with no arguments to see current values.

Plays any local audio file using the system's default media player (e.g., 'afplay' on macOS).

Manually trigger deletion of generated audio assets that exceed a certain age (in hours) to save disk space.

Verifies that the system has required external tools like FFmpeg installed and accessible.