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Animating the vertical size of a row of cubes to make them dance like an equalizer display effect, for instance, or even moving a character with the music.

Thanks pumeco for bringing up that topic (again) in another thread!
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Thanks for the link, JJJAM, and absolutely +1 here for this Smile
Actually, make that +100 if itls allowed cause this feature is way overdue!

If I recall, I think it was either Job or PSD once said to me they requested a thread for this many years ago.  Can't find it though.  But yup, all they'd need is what's commonly called a 'Parametric DJ Filter' so that we can isolate any sound frequency of a playing sound file and have it drive a chosen axis, or size, or scale, or colour, or whatever else would be cool to drive by audio.  If you wanted a cube to get taller in time to a beat, for example, you'd just set the EQ to isolate (pick-up on) the bass frequencies, and assign it to the cube's height axis.

Fun stuff w00t






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So there are two supporters of that idea. That should be enough to convince RL! Wink
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The CTS scripts are still going to tranferable to iClone, but that will be upper body only. I would think that things like typing, dancing, and any repetitive motion thing would be fun to control this way.
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I too would like to see this feature added.  There's something like it in a DAZ script someone put together but I haven't played with it yet.


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To make this more versatile, I would like to add MIDI support as well.


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@rampa
So we need lower body as well and don´t forget the props!

@Snarp
There is a DAZ script?! I overlooked that one, I guess. How is it called?

@animagic
Yes! MIDI support would be great!
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@Job

Out of curiosity, what do you envisage being able to do by MIDIfying it?







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pumeco (12/8/2015)

@Job

Out of curiosity, what do you envisage being able to do by MIDIfying it?


Using MIDI files directly as input for the auto-animation, or animate via MIDI controllers. That´s what I was thinking, but maybe there are even more options ...

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pumeco (12/8/2015)

@Job

Out of curiosity, what do you envisage being able to do by MIDIfying it?


http://www.animusic.com/

All animated and controlled via MIDI...  Each 3D instrument is a working copy, so when the note B is played, a specific animation is played.  So take a guitar for example.  The fingering for a G chord is animated with fingers on a guitar fret, then when played via a MIDI controller, the fingers do the animation action, i.e. finger the G chord.  All of the music and animations in these DVDs are wired together this way.  It's pretty freaking amazing to watch when you consider that each fingering, each drum hit is an animation sequence triggered by a specific note within a specific MIDI track.

There's one clip with balls striking drums that is phenomenal.

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