Make Anything React to Audio in After Effects - Custom Audio Visualizer

[@motionbynick]

👇 clamp expression used in this video 👇 temp = thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider"); temp = clamp(temp, min, max); [temp, temp, temp]

[@user-iw7sv6em5p]

emm... if i have scale kayframes 0, 0, 0 to 120, 120, 120 then 100, 100, 100. How to combine with audio?

[@user-iw7sv6em5p]

I solve this with null object.

[@edwinjoshy1437]

Hey I have a real important question. Can I use my custom made audio visualiser in a live stream

[@poface4827]

hmm.. mine stops reacting to the audio when I add the clamp line. I copied and pasted it too.

[@MicahBuzanMUSIC]

Audio reactive visuals are so fun. It's kinda like seeing the music in real time.

[@homeixgx]

I mean, you can’t see music at all

[@NebMotion]

@@homeixgx laughs in cymatics

[@homeixgx]

@@NebMotion "Cymatics" 😂

[@thisisloveless]

holy crap you just solved so many issues I ran into editing our first lyric video. That time*2+ alone was worth the click. Thanks so much dude!

[@Adi-ed5ly]

This tutorial is amazing! You’ve explained the topic perfectly, step by step. It’s exactly what I was looking for, especially when thinking about creating clean AE music animations. Thank you!

[@alterego62]

Jesus, I saw this on reels and I already lov u, thanks

[@Kriscoart]

This was great! Lots of useful tips

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Well, damn. I'm all out of your videos. Guess I'll have to wait for YT to recommend me more as you make them. Thanks for all the valuable knowledge. You have a really good channel and I like your teaching style.

[@motionbynick]

thank you! I appreciate the love 🙌

[@eddyojeda608]

love how u explain this video not too fast not to slow!

[@BananaBelisa]

I have a crush on you since I watched the spiral tutorial

[@sybrandinmotion]

Couple of cool tricks man! I can see how I can use this. Great that you slowly feed my brain with the Expression Language.

[@LiamBrazier]

Yes to the cube, and anything that makes 3D shape making easier please!

[@ReFlectionsYT]

Thank you for this, I used this in a video on my channel called Halo Heartbeat. I used the method but on a different effect. You're videos are great and I plan on purchasing your class at some point when I have time. Again, awesome content.

[@TrueTexanMC]

This video is going to help me unlock more of my creativity. Thank you so very much!!

[@CatalinGulan]

Simply awesome, so simply thank you much Nick!❤

[@zaneemming7337]

Incredibly helpful tutorial with super good universal concepts, thank you!!

[@avalancheofawsome]

This is great, keep it up please Nick!

[@CreativeDojo]

Good stuff Nick!

[@JuniorJunior-ce3nw]

this is insane

[@insta_725]

Thanks i have learned a lot of new expressions thx ❤

[@kiw33]

Really great video! Thank you for so much useful tips!

[@stephanorstephan]

Very awesome and helpful. Thank you!

[@KyleWoodard]

This was super helpful!! I have a question regarding the clamp idea. Let's say I have my visuals reacting to the kick drum of a track, is there a way to not just clamp the scale min/max but also have it smooth out the decay of each hit? Basically every time the kick hits, the visuals react suddenly. I'm wondering if there's a way of adding some time expression or something to soften the effect so it's not so immediate, or so the scale can gradually reduce back down over the course of ~1 sec instead of being super fast. I thought about adding some reverb to the kick to give the audio some more information as a roundabout way of having it trail off.

[@umershye2931]

did you ever figure this out? wondering the same here

[@KyleWoodard]

@@umershye2931 hey, there may be a more elegant solution with an expression but in a pinch I ended up using an isolated stem of the kick audio with a bunch of extra reverb on the tail of each hit in order to add the taper I needed. Muted that and just had the actual final mix turned on for the export.

[@parm0198]

Thanks Sir.. I needed it a lot ❤️😉😉

[@acidtears]

Coding is everywhere lol loved the video! Great explanation & incredibly useful:)

[@Joshuaraves]

Explained perfectly! Thank you

[@jyotiraj7830]

Thank you so much 👍 You just solved my problem

[@lakajaksin]

Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@wanglin119]

hi i've tried this expression. But shows an error msg which is "one argument to mu(),ust be a scalar". how to solve this issue. temp = thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider"); [temp, temp]/6*[50,50]

[@MrJoeFuego]

Damn, this guy's good

[@shotbyjkru]

Dropping trade secrets on us Nick, thank you

[@youstosmouner9998]

thank you that's very helpfull

[@Colinlutterloah]

3D Space tutorial would be dope!

[@minusnine5036]

This is perfect thank you.

[@Freyerx]

Sounds like a Longshot, but I wish someone would make a video of these for multiple different kinds of songs, but also I should just learn more codes and how to manipulate after effects better, just some songs need extra editing

[@jerredjones9900]

Cube secrets would be awesome!

[@ishant2963]

Thanks bro

[@unfoldlab]

awesome tutorial

[@akashadreams4145]

Amazing class, thank you! I cannot access the project files though.

[@gangstermusicmix]

cool stuff !

[@feelthemusicwithyoureyes8015]

Thanks for tutorial :)

[@CelestiaLOL]

Thank You

[@salvaravens]

Hi, great tutorial!! im doing it with opacity instead of scale but it only goes from 0 to 15, how can i change it to 0-100?

[@Tangomango1720]

Your the man 🙏

[@Rossski]

You're*

[@samkhpak]

CUBE!

[@martinbartos81]

Hi Nick, thank you for this tutorial :) I'm wondering, if you would know or give me a hint, how to accomplish a custom "stroboscope" effect, reacting to music. All clear to me with "Convert audio to keyframes" and linking to a value. But is it possible (with AE expressions) to play custom clip at certain waveform peaks at certain timeline positions? That clip would be lets say "white solid" with a "fade in - fade out effect", but custom length and nonlinear speed. Thank you ;)

[@ragibnoor7882]

I am your 1000th like

[@motionbynick]

thank you!!

[@adriancisco101]

Great tutorial Nick! Just one dumb question... Can I make this a part of OBS so that I can have this graphic active when I'm speaking or playing any other music during a live stream?

[@allexrain]

Yeah, I want to know about cube!

[@Joshh.K]

you had PEMDAS the UK had BIDMAS brackets, indecests, multiplication, addition, subtraction

[@obadashammout]

enjoyed it!

[@RadFyah]

is it posible to use this reacting to a live music instead of prerecorded track?...somehow hookig up a mic to a program and using it for live concert visuals, or you would recommend other software for that?

[@ohoiifilmmotiondesign4822]

looooooove it !! thank you

[@rajdcoolest]

Can't find the pickwhip button for time remapping ("@") in After Effects CC 2018! Please help!

[@elarmuzik]

somebody please help!why my logo goes beyond canvas when reacting to audio?how to scale it properly after i set expression to scale!please help!thanks

[@itskyledavid2826]

I have 2 objects and 2 audios, I want to make them react only to one audio but they are reacting to bought of them, renaming the audios layers didn't work...does anybody know what to do?

[@gawrysiak100]

enjoying

[@iamvulgar8188]

Please help, expressions stopped working for me and I can't figure out why. NO ERRORS, they've just stopped working.

[@anorinifx]

this sht useful fr

[@user-tb6ch1qq5b]

thanks mate

[@ReFlectionsYT]

Thanks!

[@lioxel.official]

Is it possible to draw any squiggly line drawing and have it react to it like an audio visualizer?

[@motionbynick]

you could use a wave warp effect or zig zag

[@TonyDGunner]

I get uknown bib error after connecting the tunnel scale to both channels

[@206Parth]

CLAMP! :o

[@muhammedmajdi5027]

How did you make the 3d anchor point like that 😅 is it plugin??

[@jaytang5991]

Wow cooooool!!

[@erwinsmith4586]

niCe

[@JonassaintStudios]

Letssssssss goooooooo!!!

[@xfauthoux]

what is the link to buy the plugin Aescript ?

[@iniciativafenix]

I tryed to do the warp speed effect but my pc its going down... I have no remedy, i will download a youtube video and fckt it up xD

[@iniciativafenix]

PS: THANKS 4 YOUR TUTORIAL

[@vickydaniel9532]

In the end, I thought Steve Aoki came to say the subscribe note😅

[@achrefbettaieb5110]

hey does this work with real raw footage ?

[@edwinjoshy1437]

Hey I have a real important question. Can I use my custom made audio visualiser in live streams

[@motionbynick]

Why not? The only issue would be streaming the music (DMCA rules)

[@elarmuzik]

@@motionbynick Hi Nick!can you help?why my logo goes beyond canvas when reacting to audio?how to scale it properly after i set expression to scale!please help!thanks

[@2infamouz475]

lit

[@RintorikiEdit]

yessssssssssss

[@Bensetter82]

n1!

[@noobicorn_gamer]

Gotta hate all these "If you don't know then go watch this video" crap but then again, if you're a total beginner maybe this vid isn't for you. But still, hate it because it's so lazy.

[@wandererradio9751]

Great tutorial! Thank you!!