Animation/Music Synchronization 2004-12-30 - By Ron Hodges
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Spencer - if you haven't already done so, check out the ProTeam "Music Machine"
course. While the author is actually synchronizing the animation to a string
of individual notes, properly placed in the time axis, similar techniques
should work for a sound file. The courseware comes with charts showing at what
frame numbers the notes are played; you'd probably need to lay that out
yourself first.
If you could find your sound clip as a MIDI file, using a MIDI editing program
would let you see where the notes or beats occur.
If you want to see an amazing set of music-synced animations, check out http:/
/www.animusic.com
There are short clips from several of their works and they sell an excellent
DVD with full length versions of the songs. It also includes slide-shows
showing how they designed and constructed (in 3D software) each of the
instruments in the performance space. Highly recommended!!
Ron Hodges
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> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:41:21 -0500
> From: Spencer Britton
> Subject: Animation/Music Synchronization
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> Does anyone know of software that facilitates the synchronization of animation
> with music? I am trying to get a character to dance to the beat of a song and
> could really use a "beat chart" or something like that which shows when the
> beats occur. For example, I am used to animating at 30fps. If I had a graph or
> chart that shows the spikes or beats in fps, it would help greatly with the
> timing of my character's movements. Is something like this on the market?
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> Thanks in advance,
> Spencer
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