Instant Voice Cloning quickstart
This guide will show you how to create an Instant Voice Clone using the Clone Voice API. To create an Instant Voice Clone via the dashboard, refer to the Instant Voice Clone product guide.
For an in-depth explanation of how IVC and PVC work under the hood and when to choose each, see Voice cloning: how it works.
Using the Instant Voice Clone API
Section titled “Using the Instant Voice Clone API”Make the API request
Section titled “Make the API request”Create a new file named example.py or example.mts, depending on your language of choice and add the following code:
# example.py
import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from elevenlabs.client import ElevenLabs
from io import BytesIO
load_dotenv()
elevenlabs = ElevenLabs(
api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
)
voice = elevenlabs.voices.ivc.create(
name="My Voice Clone",
# Replace with the paths to your audio files.
# The more files you add, the better the clone will be.
files=[BytesIO(open("/path/to/your/audio/file.mp3", "rb").read())]
)
print(voice.voice_id)// example.mts
import { ElevenLabsClient } from "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js";
import "dotenv/config";
import fs from "node:fs";
const elevenlabs = new ElevenLabsClient();
const voice = await elevenlabs.voices.ivc.create({
name: "My Voice Clone",
// Replace with the paths to your audio files.
// The more files you add, the better the clone will be.
files: [
fs.createReadStream(
"/path/to/your/audio/file.mp3",
),
],
});
console.log(voice.voiceId);Execute the code
Section titled “Execute the code”python example.pynpx tsx example.mtsYou should see the voice ID printed to the console.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”Create a higher-quality clone by fine-tuning a model on your voice samples.
Understand the technical differences between IVC and PVC and when to choose each.