Satya has done it again. He's managed to re-wire and re-invent tools that we've had for a long time to create what would normally only be possible with third party plugins. For all of you that ask for tutorials that only use built-in plugins, this one is for you. Satya has even created a free preset so you don't have to re-create the effect from scratch every time.
Create a Sound Reacting 3D Waveform Animation without 3rd Party Plugins
Apr 20th in Motion Graphics by Satya Meka
Satya also wrote an article on his blog comparing the techniques explained in this tutorial to Trapcode Soundkeys.
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( ADD YOURS )hzsolt12 April 20th
first:D
( )It’s great!
Bonus April 20th
niceeee, keep going Satya.
( )sjoerd April 20th
Jep well done m8!!
( )NINJTSO April 20th
nice work really like it
( )Richard April 20th
looks damn nice!
( )Ei_b3low April 20th
great tutz..
( )Aido April 20th
smart cookie! well done mate!
( )lzx917 April 20th
like as form the plug !it is great
( )Satya Meka April 20th
I just did a small comparision with Trapcode Soundkeys so that you can understand the scalability of this method. Visit http://www.gutsblow.com/archive/5/audio-analysis-after-effects
( )David Wood April 20th
Very cool my friend, very cool.
( )aditya April 20th
keka ra all the best for your future projects keep going
( )Ravi chandra April 20th
Great Job
( )wufeihu April 20th
沙发
( )mehmet akif April 20th
very nice
( )Steven_LS5 April 20th
Really cool! Thanks a lot.
Wich Track did you used for this tutorial ? Sounds pretty experimental…
( )JungleBeats April 21st
It’s AMON TOBIN – Kitchen Sink
Cheers, Ernest.
( )Satya Meka April 22nd
Yes!!
Tom April 20th
sorry, but I have a problem! I´m useing After Effects CS3 – and if I drag the preset – AE say´s I should by a newer Version…
( )Does it only work with CS4 ?
Satya Meka April 20th
I guess thats because I created the preset in CS4. But let me update you with a CS3 preset.
( )Satya Meka April 20th
You can now download the preset for CS3 here:
http://www.gutsblow.com/file_download/2/Spectrum+Analysis+CS3.zip
Aaron April 20th
Awesome tut, and thank you for the update to the preset. Definitely will use it
( )Brandon April 20th
the CS3 Spectrum Analyser link is broken, please fix!
( )Lloyd April 20th
Thanks for catching that. It is fixed now.
( )liam April 20th
you’ve got a bright future!!
( )Muhammad Waseem Ata Attari April 21st
Hi,
( )Great Efforts Satya Meka i like that.
thank you for this
asif_rocx April 21st
link for sound plz,
( )& thanks a lot for tuts leave 100 years
Nightfirecat April 21st
Awesome tutorial, and great effect!
( )Bie April 21st
ONCE AGAIN!!! BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!
( )Jim Hines April 21st
Thank you so much for sharing this.
( )Scott April 21st
You can do this stuff with quarts composer, has anyone thought about a tutorial on that to do that?
( )Satya Meka April 21st
Yes. I love Quartz Composer and I am definitely planning tutorials on it. But the problem is, it is mac only. Also, we can make plugins for after effects which are GPU accelerated.
( )Tom April 22nd
Thanks for the good and fast support – it works
Joris April 22nd
Bit of a shameless plug here, but I’ve been slowly chugging away at my series of Quartz Composer/VDMX video tutorials which you can find at http://www.hybridvisuals.nl/tutorials, also with a handy index to more QC related stuff. Would love to see your work and tuts on it, Satya!
Joris
pablo April 21st
Well done !!!!!
( )I like your job.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers from Uruguay.
Davis April 21st
Great tut…great site!!!…congratulations Satya…this have a huge potential…i `m so impress!!!
( )rob April 22nd
Awesome work man. I would love to see more stuff from you.
( )Diego SA April 22nd
It remembers me a lot of things!
( )It rocks!
CgBaran Tuts April 22nd
Excellent work
( )Mike April 22nd
Amazing work Satya!!
( )af April 23rd
sweet tutorial but you need to learn some short cut keys so you don’t have to click 4 million times
( )Fybo April 24th
can some one tell me the name of the sound sample pack that are use………..pls
( )popo April 25th
What expression did you use at final range values in null objects?
( )Alex April 25th
AMON TOBIN IS THE KING !!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice tut!!!
( )Kiwi May 2nd
converting the spectrum thingy to key frames doesnt seem to work for me
( )Satya Meka May 3rd
Make sure you did everything right. You have to apply the preset to a null object and in the layer selector you should select the spectrum layer but not the audio layer. Also the spectrum should not be composited on the background nor pre-composed. Also, you might wanna adjust the amplitude and bands in the spectrum layer to get decent values. Let me know if you have further problems.
( )jason May 4th
does the spectrum analysis support windows?? mine doesnt work… it should mention that if it doesnt. silly.
( )Satya Meka May 4th
I tested it on windows and it should definitely work without any problems. Can you be more specific about the problem?
( )jason May 5th
I download Spectrum Analysis for CS3. It opens up in WinRAR like everything I download, I extract it to a folder on my computer. I find it and there is a folder MACOSX (and in it Spectrum Analysis preset) and the file: Spectrum Analysis. I double click on it and it attempts to load into AE.
The error says:
After Effects error: Can’t import file “Spectrum Analysis CS3.ffx” unsupported filetype or extension. ( 0 :: 1 )
…
Satya Meka May 5th
Refer to the following documentation http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ddaa.html
( )Web Design Quote May 21st
Awesome tutorial, and great effect! I like your all the work which posted in your site. And this one was special for me. Keep up the good work.
( )Ash May 27th
brilliant tutorial thank you very much
( )hetal June 20th
hi, nice tutorial. tried it but it gives the msg: function sampleImage is undefined Expression disabled. can u help out. i use ae 7. i need this effect for a music video.
( )Satya Meka June 20th
sampleImage() requires AE CS3 or higher.
( )Jeevan June 30th
Great tutorial, love the fact that it doesn’t include expensive third-party plug-ins that much. Wish to see a non-HD/lo-res version of the video tutorial for slower connections.
( )stspro July 2nd
Very nice tuts but what is this the expression u used in the final range value slider
( )Adam Everett July 12th
Satya, I hadn’t ever gotten around to watching this one until now. Dude, you blew me away! This was truly well thought out and insightful! Awesome! I think I’m going to use your technique to generate a different effect if that’s cool with you. Very Well done!
( )Satya Meka July 12th
Hey Adam, I have no problem with it as long as you credit me
( )Laiho July 14th
Geez……awesome stuff yo!!!!
( )Laiho July 16th
Hey can you please get the spectrum analysis preset for AE 7 as well!!!!!! plz plz plz plz ….
!!!!!
( )Satya Meka July 16th
It is not possible in AE7 as the function sampleImage() requires AE CS3 or higher.
( )Csquared July 20th
Is there a OSX version of the preset? Most helpful
( )julie August 2nd
I cant get the spectrum analyzer! Im using cs4, downloaded the extra animation presets on adobe, but they wont open into after effects, says ‘unsuported filetype or extention’.
( )alex August 3rd
wicked thanks, i love this type of stuff, because i make music, i always wants cheap easy ways to make exciting and new videos
thanks
( )daff August 31st
how can you make song for this effects? witch program do you use?
( )kiki September 30th
Hi there,
( )I use a French version of AE CS4 so the preset doesn’t work because it needs translation for “Layer”. How can I edit the preset and translate the word?
thanks a lot
beatsystem October 15th
where can i get a windows version of this plugin for cs4 please. I love what u have done just need to run it on windows,thanks derek
( )Satya Meka October 15th
It runs on both Win and Mac CS3/CS4
( )Lloyd April 20th
I also updated the post with the link at the top.
( )Lloyd May 5th
Presets are run from the Animation menu within After Effects, not by double clicking.
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