Adobe research preview that generates and syncs sound effects for video clips, with a 2D canvas for blending sounds.
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Project Sound Bender is an experimental "sneak" shown by Adobe at its Adobe MAX 2026 conference. It is an AI audio feature: the user uploads a video clip and describes the desired audio in a text prompt, for example "bubbling sci-fi cauldron noises". The tool generates sound effects and syncs them automatically to the video.
It also provides a square "sound canvas" for adjusting the result in real time. Each corner is assigned a different generated sound (in Adobe's demo: gurgling bubbles, rumbling boiling rocks, pitched bloops and crackling electric fire). Dragging a cursor around the canvas changes which sounds are emphasised, and each corner can be customised with different effects. Adobe researcher Gautham Mysore described this as "sonic exploration" intended to give professionals more direct control.
Sneaks are technology previews, not products. Adobe says they might eventually be developed into features in Creative Cloud apps or the Firefly platform, but there is no guarantee. No release date, pricing or public access has been announced for Sound Bender.
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Sneak previews of unreleased work, including changing camera perspective from a single photo and Project Sound Bender for steering generated sound. The creator thought it resembled existing tools.
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