How to make a 3D Audio Visualizer

[@mayitriggeryou]

Thanks for this, Joe!

[@Workbenchtv]

You're welcome! Thanks for asking! I should've added you to the video. But, for now, take a pin.

[@RobertMatlock]

Kind of new to after effects and all this is going over my head. From the project file, can I just replace the audio file and have the visualizer do it's thing? How can I go about that? I have trapcode and all of that. Thanks!

[@Workbenchtv]

We're a channel aimed at advanced users so it makes sense that it's hard to follow. ;) Using Trapcode SoundKeys would get you the best results. I don't have a tutorial on how to use it, so you'd probably want to check out RedGiant's site for that. After that, you need to add two slider controls and rename them Amplitude Multiplier and Frequency Multiplier. Then you'd need to add the expressions I added to the Wave World effect. Hold opt/alt and click on the stopwatch to add expressions. The expressions can be copied from our site and it explains which one goes where -> workbench.tv/tutorials/2020-02-20_3DVisualizer

[@TheNewton]

Speaking of sound, audio for this is high quality even in a loud cafe with dollar store earbuds. Or all the other channels have gotten me used to scuffed audio.

[@Workbenchtv]

Haha, thanks! I use Accusonus plugins for sweetening, although my on cam mic clipped on me for some odd reason. But their de-clipper is nice.

[@saadshah7857]

@@Workbenchtv Hey look who's here! Hey Paul. Shader dude! how you been man? How's Fusion treating you lately?

[@hunternoahmartinez9701]

just stumbled upon your channel, quality stuff man love it

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks, Hunter!

[@JonathanWinbush]

I always forget about wave world I think I've used it once for a project years ago.

[@Workbenchtv]

It's a pretty complicated effect, so I don't blame you. I avoided it for years.

[@elissitdesign]

Wow something useful for Waveworld. Bravo 👏🏻

[@Workbenchtv]

Haha, thanks!

[@mstram]

Just curious: how accurate (if at all) are the units of the "height of the wave" in your animation related to real world data ? I've been trying to find out "how tall is 1db / 10b/ 100db etc sine wave at xxx #amplitude# (or whatever the correct parameter is). No real application. Just a kind of "why is the sky blue" question :)

[@Workbenchtv]

Not at my computer at the moment, but most effects in AE don’t relate to real world units (unless they list them in the controls). That said, you can make your own by just using the height as your own scale. The decibel scale is logarithmic and I think each value doubles the next. So if you pick a random value to represent 1db you can then double it to show 2db, and so on to compare.

[@oliverbrooks9967]

Hi, is there any way to change the shape for this effect?

[@Workbenchtv]

Not really. You might be able to rig something using the ground settings but it would probably be weird.

[@imjustdade3917]

i have a few questions, dose this react to my desktop audio, do i need music files? is it already prerendered so i cant add new files? is it a video file?

[@Workbenchtv]

Sorry I missed your comment. You need to put a sound/music file in After Effects and convert the audio to keyframes as shown in the tutorial.

[@imjustdade3917]

@@Workbenchtv cool thanks

[@Workbenchtv]

@@imjustdade3917 You're welcome.

[@idancecrewchannel]

hi , plz is the layer boundaries shape is editable to another layout other than rectangular

[@Workbenchtv]

No, but you might be able to make a map for the ground so that it's too high to have water/wireframe around the edges.

[@saadshah7857]

Look effect and look. The glows and textured embellishments give it a nice polished look. Very nice. By the way, what's the deal with the LUT? You have a LUT pack that you used here?

[@Workbenchtv]

Yeah, we have one I made a year or two ago. I'm planning on making a more mograph-centric one. Thanks man!

[@saadshah7857]

@@Workbenchtv I meant "nice effect and look" lol. Cant type and walk at the same time. Hey... super interested in this LUT you used here. How do I get my hands on it?

[@Workbenchtv]

@@saadshah7857 Haha, I gathered. elementsupply.co/products/packs/wb_lutsv1/

[@beMOTIONdESIGN]

Nice! Cool idea!!

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks!

[@pinscher123]

can you do a tutorial to put the music in? :(

[@Workbenchtv]

As I said at 1:15, there are other tutorials linked in the description that cover that topic. ;)

[@baharacont7224]

what should i open

[@Workbenchtv]

I don't know what you mean.

[@adammurphy8630]

such a clever visuliser :DD the design are the best but the best for me were the visual effects :D did you design it yourself? Where did you get the visuals from??? :))

[@Workbenchtv]

Thanks. Everything on this channel, unless otherwise mentioned, is our original content, designs, and ideas.

[@caueeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

ohhh i wanted to see the low poly version with the effects too :(((

[@Workbenchtv]

I don't know what you mean, but you can change the Grid Resolution under Simulation in the Wave World effect settings.

[@vesto6864]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Workbenchtv]

🙏🏽

[@kodyshatto1670]

I feel as if this is only 2D, but a 3D version. You have X and Y axis but no depth.

[@Workbenchtv]

I don’t know how you figure that, but it’s 3D. It’s a plane and the sound affects it on the perpendicular plane.

[@alphavideo330]

how to add my own music in this ?

[@Workbenchtv]

Check out the links in the description.

[@alphavideo330]

@@Workbenchtv There are many link, can you please tell me which one ?

[@Workbenchtv]

@@alphavideo330 In this section -> While this can be done in vanilla AE by following our other tutorials, Tutorial 70: Pump up the Jam... the two tutorials listed there show more of that process.

[@Workbenchtv]

@Peter If you're using SoundKeys as I have it set up, you'll need to modify the ranges to fit your song (Range 1 Corner 1, Range 1 Corner 2, etc.). Then you have to go to the bottom of the effect where it has Commands and hit the Apply button. Soundkeys needs to calculate to set it's Output values which is what we're looking at. Without doing that, you're still using the data I set up.

[@Workbenchtv]

@Peter You're welcome! Good luck with it!