After Effects: Audio Spectrum Tutorial (Blinds & Gradient)

Audio spectrum tutorial in after effects creating venetian blinds and a glowing gradient effect where the bars move up with the music and react to the beat. Audio spectrum's are great for music channels and creating visual effects for videos to make them look more interesting.
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[@VerticDesigns]

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[@MrJhorel22]

your videos tutorial is awesome dude, very precise thank you. 🙇

[@KidChillinVideos]

this gave me a great base to mess around with and i came up with something i really liked, thanks

[@VerticDesigns]

That's really cool and no worries have fun with your project

[@Solidworks_Mechanics]

Thanks one of the best teaching videos qbout after effect, a real and to the point, very technical and prof.

[@fitzladams]

Thank you!!

[@carlcorner7859]

Grate Tool . Thank you . Loved it .

[@VerticDesigns]

You're welcome

[@Ak--yx2tz]

really really thank you brother

[@JulianAlleyne]

Thank you for this! helped out a lot!

[@VerticDesigns]

Np

[@vaulttec7859]

awesome tutorial, keep it up 🔥

[@RashadBayramov]

Thank you very much. Very helpful

[@VerticDesigns]

All good, glad it is

[@user-yd8ke1eh8w]

You're a genius.👍

[@Flor-ly5cg]

I would like to have the entre song spectrum, not animation. I need a vector file.

[@-poemstream-kawigangula3290]

well well well.. its awesome..thanks a lot.

[@VerticDesigns]

It's all good 😄👌

[@paperbagboi]

Thanks Man!

[@VerticDesigns]

No worries!

[@Panther-]

Thanks bro.

[@VerticDesigns]

No problem

[@David-fq5un]

Great job. best tutorial I've seen for this. Was going to keep using a free online tool to do it, but takes a bit of while for it to process. Your tutorial was clear and easy to follow. Just curious why you chose those y coordinates for the 4 color gradient though...experimentation? does it really matter? Thanks.

[@VerticDesigns]

Yeh it's just the settings that i used when messing about creating it and thanks I'm really glad you found my video helpful 😀

[@호빵-x6j]

thank you !!!!!!!!!!!

[@VerticDesigns]

You're welcome!

[@iMikaaa]

I Like Your Spectrum ^^

[@VerticDesigns]

Thanks 😁🤙

[@nehal.fitness]

ty

[@VerticDesigns]

Np

[@Jko88]

Great tutorial easy to follow and a pleasant voice at last Lol Is there any way you can make the colours horizontal as in bottom part middle part and top part of the spectrum different colours just like a real spectrum om a audio interface for example?

[@VerticDesigns]

You could use a ramp effect for a gradient look and pick your colours

[@Jko88]

@@VerticDesigns thank you very muck i will give that a try

[@raxxxs87]

Is it possible to have more than 4 color gradient?

[@rrirs]

Nice bro, I like it......👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@VerticDesigns]

Thanksss❤

[@MrDecadans]

Спасибо, друг! Мне пригодился твой урок.

[@VerticDesigns]

You're welcome

[@mulekintro]

Nice nice

[@VerticDesigns]

Thanks!

[@SlaterMGFX]

Nice job. It would be great to know why you picked/the logic for/ those gradient points positions 04:50... but nice tutorial for sure.

[@VerticDesigns]

Well, when I was creating this effect it just ended up looking really cool how it all blends together nicely so realistically it's all down to preference but the position of the points are specifically made to give it that visual effect. So point 1 would be at the bottom left, point 2 around top left, point 3 bottom right and point 4 at the top right. A good distance between them also means a smoother colour blend. Also thanks for feedback

[@SlaterMGFX]

@@VerticDesigns Makes more sense now. Thank you. Nice work.

[@VerticDesigns]

@@SlaterMGFX yeh that's the fun part about the 4 way gradient haha and thank you I appreciate that :)

[@SlaterMGFX]

@@VerticDesigns I'll definitely. give it a try. Did a basic one from your tutorial for the first time so thanks.

[@VerticDesigns]

@@SlaterMGFX no problem 👌

[@lavkill]

Hey is it necessary to put a solid? and if yes what is the reason for it?

[@VerticDesigns]

Yes and it's for the audio spectrum so without it the effect wouldn't really be visible or have a controllable layer. The solid is like the base of the structure

[@moumitasinha3682]

thank u sir but one question why the full song dint came is it due to duration??

[@VerticDesigns]

Yeh just double check your project duration it needs to be the same length as your song

[@tapecassette4104]

super i must say, you are playing with numeric values all the way, where you learnt or it just matter of practice, just asking for the sake of help sir?

[@VerticDesigns]

Thanks and It's just practice I've fine tuned the settings until I was happy with them. This effect just requires the editor to apply the settings of their choice

[@tapecassette4104]

@@VerticDesigns 👍

[@elanoliveirare]

there's how to make it vertical

[@stevedangmusic]

why are my bars in the audio spectrum rounded??

[@VerticDesigns]

That's what they normally look like and the minimax effect is to make them square

[@stevedangmusic]

@@VerticDesigns Ahhh … I had the ‘thickness’ set too high … that squared em right up 🙌 Thanks dude

[@user-ddddd800]

3:45 What should I do if I don't have a 'venetian blinds'?

[@VerticDesigns]

You should have it by default, try typing the full name. If not then just reinstall / update after effects

[@user-ddddd800]

@@VerticDesigns oh yes thak you

[@VerticDesigns]

@@user-ddddd800 hopefully you find it, either way they'll be download links for the effect. Let me know if you've sorted it

[@wolcano_]

Isn't it 30 fps ? Thank you.

[@VerticDesigns]

Works with both, 60 will take longer though but it will be smoother. There's a slight difference not a lot aha

[@afiqlanzstudio5757]

hey man, do you know how to render the audio into high quality? because everytime i render a music with audio spectrum i hear a distort sounds more like low quality, is a NCS music btw, the downloaded version of music is clear but after rendering it it just got into low quality somehow 😕 what should I do? and I'm using Adobe after effect trial version

[@VerticDesigns]

Set your audio bitrate to 320 for best quality in the audio tab and use H.264

[@afiqlanzstudio5757]

@@VerticDesigns noted also 1 last question what's the price of the adobe media encoder? i can't find it anywhere

[@VerticDesigns]

@@afiqlanzstudio5757 it comes with Adobe so if you've got after effects then you can install it in creative cloud and when you export your video, Adobe will automatically open it up

[@afiqlanzstudio5757]

@@VerticDesigns thanks man ^w^ it works and now it sounds high quality too HD i mean xD thank you man now i feel like wanting to play around and enjoying more using Adobe effects :D

[@VerticDesigns]

@@afiqlanzstudio5757 hell yeh! And nice thats good to hear but just have fun with it and just try things out that's normally how i sometimes learn new stuff haha audio spectrums have become my favourite recently because of the customisation and how many different styles you can do with it i feel like i want to try them all lol