Equalizer effect

[Filip Vandueren]

Can’t you do the effect with the spectrum analyzer plugin + mosaic and grid filters ?

Your question is very unclear.

[Dotan Stern]

Ill try to explain better
i have a comp lets call it square
in comp i have a 50X50 pixles black square that change to white
in the main comp i have a 5 squares in each row and 5 in each colmn
meanning i have 25 squares
i want to have a look of an equalizser bars rising in different ways
so i can have only the 5 on the left showing black and the one next to it just 2 are blacks and the rest are white after few frames the third row is black and the others are white
in reality i have each square showing a video of someone showing a card to the camera making it all black and then remove it
(its like the effect of people holding cards in a game with letters)
and i use time remapping to control what is showing
is that clear?
thanx

[Dotan Stern]

Hei filip can you send me your email adress ill send you an example
thanx

[Filip Vandueren]

I think I understand it.

I would create a precomp of the colums (5 vertical squares) where with timeremapping you have the bottom square go from black to white in 1 second, in the next second, you let the 2nd square go white etc.
You’ll have a precomp of 0 to 5 seconds.

Now get some audio values with the audio to keyframes,
and use an expression on the timeremapping of the entire column-precomp so when the audio is quiet, you get time=0 when it is at it’s loudest you get time=5.

You’ll need different copies of the audio (with audiofilters Low, Mid, High) so every column moves differently. Or if you have Trapcode Soundkeys that makes it very easy

[Dotan Stern]

What expression i need to use in the timremapping?

[Dotan Stern]

So whats the right expression i have to use
is it just time-index or something?
thanx