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Compose sound-effect prompts from S.O.N.I.C. cards — source, onset, nature, intensity, context.

Builds Firefly sound-effect prompts from S.O.N.I.C. card choices — source, attack, texture, dynamics, and world.
38 descriptor lineages and 12 archetype presets; one Emphasis dial tunes every card from a hint to dominant.
One sound per prompt with a layer rack for soundscapes. Drafts autosave in this browser; prompts download as local files.

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Build with S.O.N.I.C.

Name the sound, then stack attack, texture, dynamics, and world cards.Each prompt is one sound; layer several from the rack.

Built from the sound-effect prompting guidance in Adobe Firefly’s documentation.

Source cards

Source help

Describe the sound directly, noun first: what makes it and what it is doing.

"lion roaring" beats "the sound of a lion roaring" - the deck strips that lead-in anyway.
One sound per prompt; a soundscape is several prompts layered on the rack.

Sound

Source help

Describe the sound directly, noun first: what makes it and what it is doing.

"lion roaring" beats "the sound of a lion roaring" - the deck strips that lead-in anyway.
One sound per prompt; a soundscape is several prompts layered on the rack.

The one required line: the sound itself, noun first.

Ambience modeFor beds and room tone: keeps the prompt broad, at most 2 descriptors. Off builds a specific one-shot effect.

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Onset cards

Onset help

Choose how the sound starts and moves through time.

One attack idea is enough - sharp and swelling fight each other.
Slide Emphasis to go from a hint of the shape to the whole envelope.

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Nature cards

Nature help

Pick the material and texture the sound is made of.

Adjectives are Firefly's steering wheel: metallic, wooden, glassy.
Two textures at most; a third muddies the character.

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Intensity cards

Intensity help

Set loudness, weight, and distance.

"Very loud explosion" and "soft explosion" are different sounds.
Distance is dynamics too: distant reads quieter and softer-edged.

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Context cards

Context help

Place the sound in a world, a purpose, and a space.

Genre words carry a whole mix style: cinematic, cartoonish, scifi.
Finish here, then stack extra sounds on the layer rack below.

Layer rackFirefly generates one sound at a time. Park the current prompt here, build the next, then generate each and stack them on audio tracks.

Nothing parked yet. The current prompt is layer one; add it when it is ready and start the next sound.

Firefly tip: record a voice pass with your prompt - the generation follows your timing and energy.

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