Cinema 4D Tutorial - Animate With Music Using The Mograph Sound Effector

Animate In Cinema 4D Using The Mograph Sound Effector. Use different music for different results.
In this Cinema 4D tutorial, Nick Campbell from Greyscalegorilla shows you how animate objects in Cinema 4D with Music and sound. Use the mograph sound effector to create animation that moves to the music. This is one of our most popular Cinema 4D tutorials ever.
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[@MortenNormannAlmeland]

I always get so happy to see you... because you look so happy and excited... very happy and friendly appearances

[@MESHQuality]

Great tutorial,awesome outro:)

[@chadj.w.anderson5473]

Nick dude, thank you for all your great tutorials, always a huge help, awesome stuff man

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks, Chad!

[@stevie-jones-music]

Awesome tutorial showing step by step which is really cool as I've only started looking into this programme. Thank you!

[@pablorodriguez7161]

Great tut!!

[@stzlys]

6:32 weeeewoooobbbbb Love your tutorial man! Very helpful.

[@dimpo87]

You are the best guys! Thanks a lot for what you do!

[@33Records]

I was super happy with the tutorial but the end...you just a 10 brother!

Dude, you are amazing. Thank you SO much.

[@amangowalkar1693]

you rock greyscalegorilla !

[@brianmc6566]

A Classic!

[@mmohaa]

Pretty great tutorial, thank you! I learned so much

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks for watching!

[@coletosh3683]

Cool, Thanks for your help

[@groupdesigner]

thanks for taking the time for this tutorial!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.

[@raquelgarcialeyva9682]

Your are the best!

[@eilonhay4812]

you are amazing guys

[@AhmedBehiry]

Hello.. thank you for the great tutorial.. I just have a question.. how long does one minute of this project take to render on an average machine?

[@fluffed_coyote1487]

Define average machine? What render engine?

[@kunalnarula2937]

about an hour or two

[@valentinmeys8289]

08:45 : Lower Cutoff means it only let the lower frequencies of the signal pass . It is why only the cubes on the left are scalling up. 08:00 : Compression effect = decrease dynamics. It smashes the highest part of the audio signal. So the quieter parts, with some kind of "auto-gain", are louder and everything seams louder => visually, the scale is high in every frequency, all the time. 13:00 : The filter seams to be a band-filter. It is at the same time a low cut and a high cut filter. If it is the case and if the settings are "1000 Hz" for the frequency and "500 Hz" for the bandwith, only the frequencies from 750 Hz to 1250 Hz will influence the effector. It seams even that, in with those settings, 750 Hz will influence the first cube on the left and 1250 Hz will influence the last cube. Sorry for my english, I hope I could help with my words ;)

[@chr1st0pher]

this is a classsssic

[@Cartterr.]

Thanks A LOT!

[@funkyguy0]

The clones could go Boommm boomm and these could go cccccckkkcckk haha..this is the best tutorial. Thanks Nick I enjoyed this a lot and learned a lot.

[@DZdiode]

Hi Nick, have you checked the sound effector of xParticles? i loved it.

[@gabrielnemro7684]

Hey! Thank you guys for creating so many tutorials for cinema 4d, you've inspired me to learn it! However, as a lot of your tutorials for beginners were made with earlier versions of c4d I sometimes get stuck on some parts. I have R19 at the moment and it doesn't have an "apply mode" so I couldn't find another way to make clones move in an equalizer fashion. Could you help me out, please? I don't want to leave it unfinished

[@jameschurchill2670]

Change Sampling to Step

[@Micahvandy]

Any tutorial links available for bringing the keyframe data from trapcode sound keys in AE to c4d?

[@SteHWrexham]

Is there a way to use a design like this but in real time with a live mix instead of a single track?

[@xatarrada]

Hi master! Is it possible to do i.e a "Material / Glow / Outer Strengh"

[@klaramuller157]

When I put my .wav file (16 Bit) in the soundeffector and hit play it sounds so weird. like going back an fourth in the song.. can anyone tell me what that is about and how I can fix it?? Would be so great you guys :) Thanks Oh and great Outro @greyscalegorilla !!

[@FofferMS]

Hey there, thanks for the tutorial! One Question: Is it possible to give the animation a time offset? I want my Animation to start for example at frame 100. I allready shifted my sound in the timeline, but the soundeffektor starts working at frame 1. I'm using C4D R19. In R18 there was a "Start-Time" Parameter, wasn't it? Thank you so much for your help!

[@PurpleCityCo]

Hey man, probably a bit late to this one but if you want to start the audio effector working at a specific frame just disable the audio effector with a keyframe at frame 099 and then keyframe the effector as enabled on frame 100. The Enable / Disable button is found in the "basic" tab on most items: always useful if you need to simply force something to start / stop what its doing!

[@shapalag]

Nick or somebody please, how exactly to connect the Blur Length to the Sound Keys, to what parameter of it? The rest part of your expression isn't visible unfortunately. I have done this great tutorial and pretty happy about the result! Thank you, Nick and GSG!

[@sully36r]

You only have to pig whip the expression of "blur lenght" and "opacity" of your directional blur to the output1 that is in "range 1"

[@terrence830]

i think the musician`s name is pronounced "Ku Ba Sai dtuo", I like his work a lot :P

[@FhernandoP]

Thanks for the tutorial! Everything works, except that the black spheres don't render in any chosen frame prior to duplicating the sound effector... I have tried many options but it still renders flat with no reflection like the other orange spheres... I cannot figure this glitch out! Thanks again!

[@conorashcroft8525]

When he changes the sound copy to white try using a different colour. For some reason it only works for me if i dont use white

[@E-Stoia]

i love you guys #nohomo

[@kamalkhedira3647]

greyscalegorilla tnx for this tutorial. but didn't work for me i have R15 version. i used m4a and wav but no result. :/ what i can do !

[@josiahoman]

Does anyone know how to apply a sound effector when you've got an object which has a jiggle bend on it. I was to create a 'blob' effect which reacts to a song in a similar way to this! Any help would be great! :)

[@aalc24]

I'm having trouble when I duplicate the Sound Effector. When I add it to the Cloner's Effectors in the same order that you do, it turns all of my objects black. I even change the color as you instruct, but it still stays black. I have tried re-arranging the order the effectors are listed under the Cloner, but nothing happens. HELP?

[@conorashcroft8525]

this doesnt work either, they just stay white and blending modes dont effect it properly

[@brandongrail9419]

Does anyone know of a way to stop the objects from turning black?

[@ez8effect]

I have a questions! Can i use sound effector or anything else for: Material (intensity of color) react to music? Light intensity react to music? Do anyone knows?

[@jeremys457]

Does anyone have a good tutorial on how to incorporate this into After Effects to add the sound?

[@samsonfrancis2920]

Please help me the option to (include sound) in render settings is greyed out ,I am not able to turn the check box on . What should I do ? I am using a .wav audio file.

[@stzlys]

Can anyone tell me where to get the Light Kit that he mentions at 32:25 ? Is there somewhere that I can download?

[@coleaguirre2597]

Is it possible to set the low end to affect the center of the meter, and the high frequency affect the left and right edges?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Yes. Try using Fields and remapping to reverse the animation.

[@alimantado373]

Will this work with Displacement maps? Just before i start :)

[@Greyscalegorilla]

You may be able to use Xpresso to drive displacement parameters with the Sound parameters.

[@frankhoogma5621]

nice one ! but after rendering i hear no sound wen played in the quick time player.......

[@Rick_Sanchez_1337]

I just found the easter egg, hahahaha, gj

[@davekeehl]

if you bring up the compression you reduce the dynamics, don't increase it ;)

[@valentinmeys8289]

Exactly !

[@Gireshahid33]

i will use your song dude for spheres!! 44:37

[@user-nb3vs2mc4e]

The trouble I'm having is that I use R19 and the adjustments you're referring to, specifically, the Sound / Effector menu, have changed in recent releases making this hard to follow step-by-step.

[@olgakim7163]

have you found Apply mode - step? i can't really find it, even after reading instructions in C4D :(

[@zaknorris5727]

@@olgakim7163 It's under "Effector" > "Probe Properties" > Sampling "Step"

[@B4BOL]

Dam I can't find filter shape to compress out lowe frequencies. Where is it now?

[@elhamreisi3247]

supper

[@NathanaelXavier]

Do you know if there is a way to make this happen in real time? For example, if I play a MIDI keyboard, I'd like to be able to see the particles react accordingly (I guess without rendering it?)

[@Greyscalegorilla]

I would use different software if the goal is realtime graphics.

[@NathanaelXavier]

did you have any specific software in mind that is capable of real time graphics?

[@collinhassler7094]

my cloner keeps getting deformed to something elongated, cubes spheres are what ever I put in there, any way to fix this so the shapes stay preserved ?

[@collin.f4299]

Can you have lights react to sound files as well with animation?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Yes

[@prismalglue]

Hello. When will we start seeing tutorials in 4K? I love what you do by the way. Thank you so much :)

[@cj.blackedits3289]

the sound effector isn't animating the cubes for me 3:05 Any chance this can be amended or does it not work in certain versions? Update: fixed it and I'm dumb XD

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Glad it’s working.

[@cj.blackedits3289]

Saw someone ask me how it worked but deleted the comment so in case anyone else does, I forgot to drag the sound and delay effector into the 'effectors' section of the Cloner object. Hope that helps.

[@NothinsM]

@@cj.blackedits3289 trying to relearn all of this for some reason, and i completely forgot all about the effector tab

[@MaxiCrows]

its possible to apply sound effect to light intensity?

[@domminney]

I’m doing the same. Use a field, control that with the sound effector and then use xpresso to tie the intensity to the field value. That’s how I’m planning on doing it.

[@albertsitoe7340]

Love this channel :D I cant get MP3 to work :(

[@fishandham1]

use flac

[@heyyoitsdatboii8623]

or .wav

[@alesander_aydin]

haven't you done something almost exactly like this before? Saw this on vimeo i think?

[@alesander_aydin]

Never mind.. This is exactly the same video as before. Do you guys upload things double more often?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

We are posting a few of our favorites to youtube. This is a Throwback Thursday Tutorial! :)

[@tricky.pixels]

Great tutorial...thank you :-)

[@MattRodyMedia]

Greyscalegorilla yeah this was one of my first tutorials I watched of yours! It got me hooked on GSG and Cinema4D

[@conorashcroft8525]

at 23 minutes when you change the colour to a white channel, all of my objects go black and the scaling stays the exact same. as far as i can see everything ive done is the same as you but for whatever reason they stay black. i can force them to be white by putting the colour mode on the second sounder to manual but then they just stay white and blending modes dont do anything. Any idea what causes this? Tried turning off openGL too

[@conorashcroft8525]

ok, weird but for some reason it decides to work if i use any colour that isnt white

[@heyyoitsdatboii8623]

Nick, I don't like the way you put the sound effector on, your method isn't always convenient especially with lipsync I wanna ask you if this will work if I put my sound like this: 1. Create a null 2. Open the dope sheet 3. Drag the null to the dope sheet 4. Right click, click Add Special Tracks and select sound 5. Add the sound from there

[@fedoragfx3110]

hey look a roblox designer who doesnt just watch roblox tutorials!1!!1!

[@heyyoitsdatboii8623]

FedoraGFX I don't watch them because most of the people don't even know what they are doing

[@fedoragfx3110]

yeah once you get past the beginner stage they are useless

[@nseriously2704]

HI! I am very new to Cinema 4d! I can not find the "apply mode". I have Cinema 4D R19. Plz help meee! Thank u!

[@austinbvi]

Same but for R20! Anyone have a solution?

[@austinbvi]

Never mind; found it. While in the effector tab, find and expand the 'Probe Properties' drop down, then select 'Step' under 'Sampling.'

[@antioedipus2333]

@@austinbvi thanks for the tip!

[@nazar_seit]

sound effector doesnt work in R18? can you help me please.

[@InBoundIce]

I cant hear my sound when i play the music unless i actually press "play" in the "effectors" tab under "sound".

[@jekkedy]

what type of sound file are you using? It won't work with mp3

[@ABrighterDayTV]

For some reason I can't see my clones. Please help!

[@jamesmhango2619]

Can i animate a drummer then?

[@floodtube]

I am picturing Chad freaking out because none of you adjustment layers in AE are named. great tutorial though. thanks!

[@omid5689]

could you please update these videos with new c4d version these adjusts not working the same anymore thanks

[@Greyscalegorilla]

I will look into that. I have been thinking of updating some of the older tutorials.

[@OficialLuisFelipe]

bro in mi version "R19" the interface is different

[@zenfald1997]

I can't draw in the filter shape!? pls someone help

[@Stormmovie]

Ctrl+Left Click

[@jreamworks]

song keeps skipping when it plays. Any ideas how to fix?

[@vmikalauskaite]

im having same problem during animation, still have to check if its skipping after the render

[@vmikalauskaite]

and also how the hell can i lower the volume? my ears :(

[@Estebinchy]

how can i do motion tracking with this?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

First, 3D motion track your scene. Then bring in this effect into the motion tracked scene and place it where you want it. Hope that helps.

[@Estebinchy]

@@Greyscalegorilla wow i never touught you will reply this after 3 years! TY TY but if i want to follow the motion from a person runing and left behind some of the balls? while he runs?

[@randomtopology]

still relevant today btw dudes :)) i was playing today with the comp cause they kind of updated the efector and regarding the slow return of the peaks you can get a similar return if you lower the follow position. Too be honest is possible that you have mentioned it but yeah.. it just strucked me :)) shameless plug: to any 3d artist that doesn't know thoses guys website if there are any... just try that plus sub.. is a f life changer.. and if so.. whatch those tutorials. If you think their assets are cool, whait until you understand those tehniques.. MC everyone!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks!! Glad it is still a useful trick.

[@cgworm6111]

where the hell is that ,, apply mode ,, in R19

[@IIIlllBravo]

my MacBook Pro keeps crashing when trying this

[@heikopaju1602]

Bum khhhhh

[@ivannbarrow4655]

hur hyot\=

[@bioticrecords1229]

This tutorial totally helped us produce our first video for one of our tracks on our channel. Check it out here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5Cnk4KEiadrqq8 Thanks GSG !!

[@senchi9363]

Sound and C4D dont really work that well. I tried it and I cant say I am amazed.