C4D Tutorial: Xpresso + Sound Effector + Displacer Deformer

[@azfiu]

amazing how this video came out five years ago and the technique still blows 90% of the audio reactive stuff I see nowadays out of the water. thank you

[@johnoni5166]

this was awesome! and relevant 6 years later! thank you

[@kenechukwuuzongwa6786]

you and Chris Honninger God will bless you all excessively... thanks man

[@rayalexander411]

At last. I have been needing to learn how expresso operates and this is perfect. Thank you.

[@puke1523]

You saved me so much!!!!!! that "Sample" Node was EXACTLY what i needed! please tell me how you've come across it, as i was looking for it for SO long!!!

[@JyakuHD]

Yeah..the sub-polygon displacement has better texture quality but the displacer just looks/feels better with the sound effector i think. Im so glad thepixellab2011 made this video i was dead in my tracks with the expresso and sound effector.

[@GUYX10]

awesome tutorial! where would recommend learning xpresso?

[@Shep220]

Awesome Idea! Thanks for posting!

[@UncleTiaoTiao]

2021 still cool~

[@tehkurios]

helped out a lot with lip sync on my animations. thanks a bunch!

[@BezierAnimStudio]

Great, thanks. I used this way to rotate joints for animating a character

[@macchisono]

drag & drop the material into xpresso and publish the displacer input that you need to use (height, strength or whatever)

[@E_Dtl]

Old tutorial, but helpful. Funny thing. Could not do it in R20. Unless I add the Sound Effector to xpresso in R19, and then open it in R20 and continue from there.

[@PrabinPebams]

Have you figured out how to do this without using R19? Im stuck because it's not working in R20 :(

[@E_Dtl]

@@PrabinPebams I have no idea, other than importing the xpresso from R19, guess its a bug in R20

[@E_Dtl]

@@PrabinPebams You can grab the xpresso from here if you dont have R19: 1drv.ms/u/s!As9W-AbsrtQughRZi7sKJXSGrLUN

[@1SubZeero]

www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/forums/topic/106519-sound-efector-sample-doesnt-work-on-r20/

[@tomi4717]

Thanks dude, helped me a lot. I couldn't figure out whats wrong.

[@lucasgarvey2264]

this helped me so much thank you

[@mariedommenget5532]

thanks for the tutorial! I can't me the xpresso work though. Did everything like you said but once I pull the displacer into the xpresso and connect it, the displacement strength goes down to 0 and doesn't go up if I hit play.

[@brettbolton]

I was just having the same problem but found out you have to add a falloff in the sound effector. The newer versions of C4D no longer default to infinite falloff

[@mariedommenget5532]

@@brettbolton Ahh nice, thanks! will see if that works for me

[@antoninleroy3863]

@@brettbolton Thanks a lot !

[@vincent3046]

@@brettbolton Thank You

[@Brandonbraun]

Trying to figure out how to make the sound effector change a certain attribute in my material. In my case i am change the gradient noise amount. Any suggestions?

[@redavis220]

Help please ! How to connect sound and light power without cloner ( without changing size ) ?

[@caitymag1]

Hi there! Did you ever figure this out? I'm doing the same thing as you I believe, but haven't figured it out. I'm using displacement in a material and want the sound to drive the strength of the material's displacement.

[@AakashChhaya]

I wanted to know how can i add joint dynamics react to sound? Is this the same way possible???

[@dariobosnyak1550]

thanks a lot :)

[@Yarg875]

Helps sm

[@DopeBoysProd]

Wassup bro i got a problem ! i can't find the Sample when i right click on xpresso in my options

[@humayan91]

Hi. I was trying to do this with Cinema 4D R19. Can you please tell me why I can't find the "object" in the dropdown list of sound when I click to the right red output node of Sound? Mine shows only Left, Left Mag, Length, Right, Right Mag and samples.

[@patjehuitinga6613]

You need to use the sound effector from the object tab. you used the "sound" in the expresso it self.

[@nlburnr1]

thnx you dude

[@ponkilink]

can you make a tutorial how to use sound effector wirh joints dinamycs?...please

[@yilmazsen]

Can anyone tell me a way to add a delay effector in to the Xpresso composition to smooth the sound effector output? I really need to know.

[@ThriceHermes]

I was about to ask the same thing 4 years after you, but considering you never got an answer I'm assuming I won't either. Unless perhaps in the past 4 years you figured it out and would be so kind as to share your results with me? :)

[@JyakuHD]

What if i used my displacer in a material?

[@seans2k10]

Could u use this effect on text ??

[@RH3D]

simply does not work for me - im following everything 100% the sphere just sits there

[@todddraeger5135]

Same thing for me! This video goes through the same steps with the same problem. Nothing happens. Nikolaus, came up with a workaround he told 1skyline (using Weight instead of strength, and the Weight Transform for the Audio Parameter set to 100%), but that didn't work either. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jofKgnWNnamAfqs

[@luismedranog]

Go to the Sound Effector's Falloff tab and add a solid. Voilá :).

[@egald1]

@@luismedranog THANKS!! i was looking the solution everywhere, i use it to add the effect to a bone for a jaw so i can make a simple lip sync

[@balintbudai5668]

@@luismedranog ah thanks, it worked for me!!! super fast solution. Merci :))