Adobe Firefly just added 3 new AI audio tools for creators and marketers — I tested them all to see if they're any good

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August 20, 2026, 1:00 PM

• •Adobe released three Firefly audio tools for general availability: Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects.
• •Generate Music can work from text prompts or an uploaded video, and the reviewer said its output improved notably with more detailed prompting.
• •Generate Speech lets users choose between Adobe’s Firefly model and the ElevenLabs Multilingual V2 partner model, with 45 speaker options.
• •The reviewer criticized Generate Speech’s preview workflow and noted a pronunciation error on the word "land."
• •Generate Sound Effects requires manual prompting, supports multiple audio tracks, and includes timeline-based positioning and volume adjustments.
• •The article concludes that the tools can help marketers and content creators move faster, especially for everyday video production.

Adobe has moved three Firefly audio features into general release: Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects. In hands-on testing, the reviewer found Generate Music to be the strongest of the three, producing usable tracks quickly and improving with more specific prompts. Generate Speech offered flexible controls for pauses, pronunciation, and voice selection, but its interface felt awkward and some pronunciations still failed. Generate Sound Effects showed practical value for video editing, though the reviewer said all three tools are better suited to fast marketing and creator workflows than replacing professional performers, composers, or sound designers.

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