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  • Can you link Audio Waveform to another effect?

    Posted by Olly Lawer on March 24, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Hi,

    I am wondering (and just thinking creatively) if you can link Audio Waveform when connected to an audio track to another effect on another layer – say Cell Pattern for instance. I have played around a bit but I cannot see that any of the values change over time although Audio Waveform is animating. I also cannot see that any keyframes have been created.

    I was thinking of using expressions to link properties.

    Olly Lawer

    Tero Ahlfors replied 14 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Jason Brown

    March 24, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    Right click on audio and Under keyframe assistant, convert audio to keyframes

  • Olly Lawer

    March 24, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    Brilliant. Thank you. Creates a null with the keyframes. Perfect.

    Is there an easy way to reduce the keyframes without either manually doing it? I want a smoother movement but don’t want to lose the ‘in time to music’ feel.

    Olly Lawer

  • John Cuevas

    March 25, 2012 at 1:40 am

    Choose all the keyframes you would like to reduce, then go to window -> Smoother. Smoothing at a tolerance of 1, should do the trick.

    A more robust(but costly) option is Trapcodes Soundkeys. I believe the demo version will allows you to sample 10 seconds of audio, so if your work is less than that, you are all set.

    Johnny Cuevas, Editor
    Thinkck.com

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  • Tero Ahlfors

    March 25, 2012 at 10:37 am

    There’s also the Boris FX Beatreactor.

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