After Effects : Quick Music Visualizer Tutorial

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  • Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
  • A tutorial on creating a music visualizer in After Effects 2019. This is also known as an Audio Visualizer or audio spectrum. This will make music react with waveforms around a circle.
    Expression:
    value + (comp("Song").layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider")) / 4
    Music:
    "Ashes by Eunoia & Sappheiros" is free to use on RUclips as long as you give credits to the artists.
    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: • 'Ashes' by @western186...

Комментарии • 211

  • @Nelward64
    @Nelward64 4 года назад +35

    this is so straight and to the point. thanks for not spending 2 minutes explaining what you are about to explain. you are the real MVP

    • @IndiumInk
      @IndiumInk 4 года назад

      obligatory omg nelward I love your music come to brazil !!

  • @Danielfenner
    @Danielfenner 4 года назад +65

    Love how straight to the point you are, made it really easy to follow. Thanks dude!

  • @iinrgetixx
    @iinrgetixx 4 года назад +23

    DUDE! I've been looking for a tutorial to do this and I found the best one on youtube. Not even kidding! Learnt everything I needed to in only 3 minutes!

  • @redleader2187
    @redleader2187 3 года назад +5

    Possibly the best Adobe tutorial I've ever watched!

  • @StillVegasImages
    @StillVegasImages 2 года назад +6

    You just helped me save so much time. This was amazing. Thank you so much for this channel. You're literally helping me change my life around with these skills you're breaking down for us. Much love from Las Vegas!!!

  • @LightspeedTutorials
    @LightspeedTutorials 2 года назад +19

    2:00 add logo 2 Main comp
    2:15 add "Song" comp - Add audio - Rightclicik audo - Keyframe assitant - Convert audio to keyframes. Delete Left & Right, keep Both channels keyframes
    2:38 Precompose logo in Main comp
    2:57 Effects > Distort - Magnify (Magnification:100, Size: 1000, Blending mode: None)
    _! Make sure your comp names are Case-correct, if you get expression error, read it and try to understand what's said._

    • @robertgiannini4349
      @robertgiannini4349 Год назад +3

      I got expression error. Trying to figure out why. What do you mean by 'Comp names case-correct"?

    • @ck3p189
      @ck3p189 6 месяцев назад

      @@robertgiannini4349 Make sure that the name of the comp is with capital S and not lowercase s

  • @meskisz
    @meskisz 11 месяцев назад

    WOW. And I was struggling with free limited online tools all this time. And results were meh. This is much much quicker and you come up with really unique designs. GREAT. Thank you stranger, who made this tutorial available.

  • @r322cgaming
    @r322cgaming 3 года назад +2

    Some people just go on and on and then they promote ads but you, you get right to the point keep :) thank you so much for this amazing tutorial

  • @chaitanyak8534
    @chaitanyak8534 5 лет назад +10

    clever usage of AE, this is what I have subscribed for, thanks man

  • @SaintsROB
    @SaintsROB 7 дней назад

    you are a life saver,thank you very very much for this tutorial

  • @pathartley119
    @pathartley119 3 года назад +3

    it says - This project contains an expression error : error 1 of 1 ?

  • @mattofficialstudios
    @mattofficialstudios 6 месяцев назад

    wow, so simple!! thank u for making this, i'm SO excited to make more stunning visualizers for my music🎶🎶

  • @LightspeedTutorials
    @LightspeedTutorials 2 года назад

    Now this is how tutorial is supposed to be made! not some 30min garbage with ummms an eeeeems.
    Brilliant!

  • @ginosluxmusic
    @ginosluxmusic 8 месяцев назад

    That expression is killer tho you can make legit anything do anything to music with that

  • @Doitology
    @Doitology 17 дней назад

    Super cool and super easy! thanks! I wanted a linear effect, so I'll just ignore that polar coordinates part. :)

  • @VANTABL4CK
    @VANTABL4CK 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you man! This was a big help and I like your videos so much because you don't waste time like those other 10-minute watch time RUclipsrs and you get straight to the point

  • @KordTaylor
    @KordTaylor 9 месяцев назад

    This is amazing. Thanks. You have skills! I didn't even know this was possible without plugins or something.

  • @CDArnoldMusic
    @CDArnoldMusic 3 года назад +3

    Thanks so much! This was incredibly helpful for a first timer in After Effects!!! You rock!

  • @fraxelvisuals
    @fraxelvisuals 3 года назад +2

    This tutorial is amazing. Kudos to you!

  • @GhostRyder-yq9zh
    @GhostRyder-yq9zh 2 года назад +3

    Hey, bro, before i start I just wanna say thanks for all of your videos. Super good and straight to the point.
    Ok, now here's my question...
    How do I make the audio spectrum more sensitve? Or do I just make the music louder?

  • @ginosluxmusic
    @ginosluxmusic 8 месяцев назад

    I watch this video like at least 3 times a year because i forget the expression, so thanks hell yeah

  • @musicocean9889
    @musicocean9889 4 года назад +8

    I am having a problem and I hope you can assist. The audio that I am trying to do is couple of minutes, is there a way to extend this? Additionally, the spectrum is not very sensitive and it is bearly showing movement but audio is high and lastly the sound is getting slow or chewy after couple of seconds. I hope you can just explain each setting on your video is for what so we can be able to adjust to our requirement.

    • @daolpuer6593
      @daolpuer6593 2 года назад +4

      At the beginning when making the "main" composition, set the duration to however long your video/audio is.

    • @xanderlurks
      @xanderlurks 2 года назад +1

      You can click the project render window to select all go to composition then composition settings and then change the end time to the length of the song add a little bit extra and cut in later in premiere pro

    • @AndrewJeffersonCotter
      @AndrewJeffersonCotter Год назад

      @@daolpuer6593 Thanks. This needs to be in the video

  • @prod.screamaholic6153
    @prod.screamaholic6153 4 года назад +4

    Is there any way to do it so the screen shakes when lower frequencies hit?

  • @exarhus
    @exarhus 3 года назад +1

    many thanks man, excellent content! keep it up.

  • @noelangellodezilva6329
    @noelangellodezilva6329 3 года назад

    OMG! THANKS! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR A MIRROR ONE!

  • @KingofGamingAndTrains456
    @KingofGamingAndTrains456 Год назад

    Thank you so much!
    I've been using this visualizer on my mashup channel!

  • @VisualBeatLab
    @VisualBeatLab 2 года назад +1

    exactly what I was looking for. Do you know how to add the particles?

  • @dinoplaysgames
    @dinoplaysgames Год назад

    Lifesaver, coming in clutch every time, thank you :)

  • @logantonkin1091
    @logantonkin1091 4 года назад +1

    Awesome man keep up the great work

  • @StickyFusion
    @StickyFusion Год назад +1

    I played with it and expanded the composition to 1 hour and the background and the visualizer to 1 hour as well. The only thing that seems to have stopped working is the magnify distort effect and I can't figure how where to put that back or modify it.

  • @LLAWREN
    @LLAWREN 8 месяцев назад

    I'm confused about what the pre-comp does. Could we not just add the song (with convert keyframes) into the main composition and whip/reference the magnification to the audio keyframe slider?
    EDIT: ah wait, the magnify effect comes afterwards.. nvmd

  • @martinsmith0752
    @martinsmith0752 4 года назад +3

    Hi there, when inputting all these settings can I change music tracks while keeping the visuals? If there is, could you share please or anyone reading this post.

  • @juniormorin3283
    @juniormorin3283 4 года назад

    Subscribed and will be looking at more of your tutorials.

  • @GamingSwapnodip
    @GamingSwapnodip 4 месяца назад

    Man I love this tutorial!

  • @king696661
    @king696661 Год назад +1

    Very awesome, extremally helpful, really appreciate it :D The tutorial still fits with the latest versions in 2023.

  • @RanivusCh
    @RanivusCh 2 года назад +1

    Its funny how a formal after effects class would turn this into a week long lesson.

  • @DooritoJames
    @DooritoJames 2 года назад

    this guys voice love it

  • @abhishekshingan6130
    @abhishekshingan6130 3 года назад +1

    Expression error coming...Help please

  • @rawfikra
    @rawfikra 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks man, that's so helpful ♥️👍

  • @karl.alkbrenner
    @karl.alkbrenner 7 месяцев назад

    damn good and easy video tutorial. thank you

  • @LayzLizard
    @LayzLizard Год назад +40

    To save EVERYONE time, when you create your new composition, make sure that the clip length isnt set to 30 seconds. There is no way to change it after.

    • @alex9play
      @alex9play Год назад +14

      ofc there is. Just go to Composition - Composition Settings & change the Length

    • @biggyjoseph3535
      @biggyjoseph3535 Год назад +1

      @@alex9play Thank you!

    • @mpbMKE
      @mpbMKE Год назад +1

      First time user? Changing the comp length is super simple, just extend it in the comp settings.

    • @mark14invaderep52
      @mark14invaderep52 11 месяцев назад

      Wtf...im using ae for 1week and i know how to change the settings 😂

    • @Todesking69
      @Todesking69 6 месяцев назад

      LOL. You’re just spreading lies. Comp settings big dog 😂

  • @amiralimm234
    @amiralimm234 9 месяцев назад

    You know to do magic wowwww thank youuuuu😍😍😍😍😍

  • @StickyFusion
    @StickyFusion Год назад +1

    I actually had an additional question, how easy is it and what is the process of swapping out the mp3 and processing another one and another one, etc etc? I am trying to improve the workflow to do many of these. What steps are absolutely required to accomplish this?

  • @GamerKittyEuphoric
    @GamerKittyEuphoric 2 года назад

    wow this is crazy hard lol but you make it seem so easy.

  • @ikmaliqbal1733
    @ikmaliqbal1733 4 года назад

    Im your new Subscriber!!!!! Thank you for all the tutorials!

  • @mariomarinov9306
    @mariomarinov9306 3 года назад +2

    Will this work for voice, not music? Great tutorial - straight to the porint. thank you so much!

  • @zay2rizz
    @zay2rizz 4 года назад

    so easy love the way he made.

  • @jasona150
    @jasona150 4 года назад +1

    I can't set the magnification to 100. The letters turn red and its always writes 103,5. What should I do?

  • @TRxh98
    @TRxh98 7 месяцев назад

    It works but I'm not sure why it slowes down hella at some parts and the pitch of the voice audio changes to very low.... I followed all the instructions correctly.... not sure what the issue is

  • @CGMatsu
    @CGMatsu 4 года назад

    Big subscribe your videos are quick and to the point i love it.. I wish I had found you like a year earlier

  • @Muntasir007
    @Muntasir007 3 месяца назад

    Can you please show how to make visualizer like rising wave?

  • @FriendlyPCGamers
    @FriendlyPCGamers 4 месяца назад

    Hi, is there any scrip to do some steps on a key press? I used this method and tuned it for my like but i wanted to process more files, but cant find any solution to batch them anywhere.

  • @SDConsulting
    @SDConsulting Год назад +1

    New composition
    Name it main - ok
    Add song and background to project
    Right click in composition
    go new solid.
    Name it audio spectrum
    Make sure it is black
    Go to effects and choose audio spectrum
    Drag in on the audio spectrum layer
    Under audio spectrum on left change the layer to the song.
    Set Start point to 0
    Set End point to 960
    End Freq 125
    Freq Band 500
    Max H 1250
    Audio Duration 180
    Audio offset -20
    Thickness 7
    Side option B
    Go to effects and search for Polar Coords
    Drag to spectrum layer
    On left set type to Rect to polar and interpolation to 100
    Go to effects search for mirror and drag on spectrum layer
    Set reflection centre to 960
    Top menu select effect, generate, 4-color gradient
    Choose your colors
    Drag logo in the middle of spectrum.
    Next top menu, composition, new composition
    Name it song, click ok.
    Drag the same music and drop it on new composition
    Right click the song, go to keyframe assistant, then convert audio to keyframes
    Under audio amplitude, click effects and delete the left and right channels
    Go back to main, make sure your background image is last in the list.
    Holding Shift, select the top 3 items
    Right click, select precompose
    Make sure move all attributes is selected
    Go to effects and search for magnify
    Drag it on precomposition
    In the setting above change magnification to 100
    Then size to 1100
    Set blend mode to none
    Hold ALT key click the stop watch beside Magnification
    In the bottom paste the following exression
    value + (comp("Song").layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider")) / 4

  • @michaniewiarowski3921
    @michaniewiarowski3921 2 года назад

    Super useful! Thanks!!

  • @lifepath3energy
    @lifepath3energy 4 года назад

    thanks man this helped so much

  • @HubertDSouza
    @HubertDSouza 4 года назад

    Thanks, it worked very well

  • @Naveendeminda7
    @Naveendeminda7 4 года назад

    Thankz Brother.Love from Srilanka❤️

  • @music.crescendo
    @music.crescendo 3 года назад

    Damn straight! Thanks man!

  • @JaTara
    @JaTara 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for the tutorial!! I'm having an issue though where my magnify feature stops after 30 seconds, but my composition is 1:56. Do you have any idea how I could fix this? Thanks in advance! :)

    • @AnomNum
      @AnomNum 4 года назад +1

      Having this same issue, if anyone knows a fix, I'd like to hear it too.

    • @hexedhero
      @hexedhero 3 года назад +2

      Go to your Song comp and do the convert audio to keyframes again so re-make the "beat map" for the Magnify.

    • @beatdropsisae
      @beatdropsisae 2 года назад

      bro go to etid tab then conposition edit then change end time to 4 min

  • @liveprestigious6079
    @liveprestigious6079 3 года назад +1

    I have done everything exactly how you did it twice now. The logo and audio visualizer are pulsing to the music but no sound is playing at all. Any ideas?

    • @koudatv
      @koudatv 3 года назад

      I’m having the same problem

    • @donniemp3
      @donniemp3 3 года назад

      if anyone else is having this issue, make sure the song is in the main comp as well. So you will have the song in 2 different comps - the main one, and it's own one with keyframes

  • @mercurious6699
    @mercurious6699 5 лет назад +1

    amazing, thanks so much :)

  • @Hyfrwellduhh
    @Hyfrwellduhh 4 года назад +2

    the finish audio is coming out wonky and its going fast then slow..

    • @Trainhead
      @Trainhead 3 года назад +1

      I know this is a late reply, but:
      That's just AE previewing it.
      It won't be like that when you export.

  • @FTF96
    @FTF96 3 года назад +1

    Is it possible to specify the expression to react to certain frequencies of the song?

  • @nicoluminous4363
    @nicoluminous4363 4 года назад

    That tutorial was fire

  • @potatoproductions852
    @potatoproductions852 Год назад +1

    Im French and I can’t fin de the French traduction to « slider » can anyone help ?

  • @StickyFusion
    @StickyFusion Год назад

    I love this tutorial but I have an issue. I am doing this for an hour long mix set and the problem I am having is the logo and the visualizer disappear after about 30 seconds.

  • @Vobo-Ghure
    @Vobo-Ghure Год назад +1

    mine is not working, it says "this project contains expression errors error 1 of 1"... can anyone help...

    • @mikal
      @mikal Год назад

      Usually, this means you have the wrong name in your expression. If you copied the expression exactly, but didn't name your elements exactly as they are in the expression, it will have an error. For example, make sure the 2nd composition with the song in it is called "Song", or else the expression is looking for something that isn't there.

  • @RolandYamahaOctapadTraining
    @RolandYamahaOctapadTraining 5 лет назад

    great thank you

  • @xchip6000
    @xchip6000 4 месяца назад

    when i followed this, my song is only 30 seconds long. When i open the song file in a mediaplayer, it says its 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

  • @anyapetpim9894
    @anyapetpim9894 4 года назад

    wow..that's cool! thanks.

  • @slade_burz
    @slade_burz 11 месяцев назад

    i really like the background image that you used in the visualizer, where can i find images similar to that?

  • @ytc-music
    @ytc-music 4 года назад +3

    Is there any way to increase the sensitivity of the spectrum? Sort of like a threshold value I guess. So lower volume sounds still display some change? Awesome tutorial btw.

    • @PatrickMurphy2
      @PatrickMurphy2 2 года назад +2

      Tweak around with your max height, start frequency, and end frequency

  • @nigeek7262
    @nigeek7262 4 месяца назад

    why does slider isn't accepted in the expression?

  • @moppypuppy781
    @moppypuppy781 6 месяцев назад

    The effect stops after 30 seconds for me and I don't understand why.

  • @JamishioASMR
    @JamishioASMR 5 лет назад

    thank you!!!

  • @ZidentZ
    @ZidentZ 3 года назад

    Good for making outro! Thanks

  • @tralfmusic
    @tralfmusic 10 месяцев назад +1

    Every time I try this, it just makes a solid clean circle - nothing pops out past the circle

    • @ADHDologia
      @ADHDologia 9 месяцев назад

      Did you manage to solve this? I'm having the same issue. Any thoughts @Adobeinaminute?

    • @tralfmusic
      @tralfmusic 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ADHDologia I did, but I honestly can't replicate how. I just re-opened AE and it randomly worked lol. good luck

    • @ADHDologia
      @ADHDologia 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@tralfmusic thanks mate! I did the same and it didn't work, so I tried messing with the values of the audio visualizer effect until I saw something move. Turns out I had to increase the maximum height by a LOT. 😅
      Also there's another effect in AE2020 called Audio Waveform and I prefer that one!

    • @tralfmusic
      @tralfmusic 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ADHDologia Haha, glad to hear it! We'll need to show each others' visualizers when we've completed a good one 😅

    • @ADHDologia
      @ADHDologia 9 месяцев назад

      @@tralfmusic love that. I'll let you know when I'm done with mine 😂

  • @skandalist
    @skandalist 2 года назад

    Wow!!! U R THE BEST!💥 Could you please tell us 1100px is the size of what? You specify it in Magnify

  • @jbgaludhimself
    @jbgaludhimself 3 года назад

    Thank you mate :)

  • @jaydenraynor391
    @jaydenraynor391 2 месяца назад

    Anybody know how to fix the fact that my song is now randomly pitch shifting every few seconds? Everything else is working fine except for that.

  • @Kudzai_KC
    @Kudzai_KC 5 месяцев назад

    I made a visual bt its more than 15Gb hw to i save it with small space

  • @randandy31
    @randandy31 4 года назад

    very helpful thanks!

  • @StickyFusion
    @StickyFusion Год назад +1

    I have been looking for something like this for a very long time but for my DJ mix sets that are 1 hour or longer. I realize that a lot of the very intricate visualizers aren't designed for sets that long as it makes the export time extremely long and the file size very large in some cases. I have been able to successfully export this visualizer in about 4-5 hours for a 1 hour long mix set at 720p with a file size of around 4.5 GB which isn't terrible. If there is any way to make it smaller, export faster and still look good, anyone please let me know.

  • @unique_brand17
    @unique_brand17 8 месяцев назад

    what i should to do my probleam is caming audio aplitudo

  • @GauravKumar-wq7lg
    @GauravKumar-wq7lg 4 года назад

    Really Helpful 😍😍

  • @bulbul-
    @bulbul- 11 месяцев назад

    thanks dude

  • @Adrielgames1
    @Adrielgames1 4 года назад

    Great video!!!

    • @Adrielgames1
      @Adrielgames1 4 года назад

      I was wondering if there was a way to use this with my OBS (for streaming) so that it would work with any music play.

  • @mymentoracademy
    @mymentoracademy Год назад

    a mistake here the ''s'' of song in the code is must in small latter's

  • @etherkeither
    @etherkeither Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @djbron3official
    @djbron3official 4 года назад

    Followed all steps there, thank you, but tell me, is my laptop to slow or did i do something wrong, because when i start to listen to it, per spacebar, it only looks like 20 frames per seconds or so..

  • @omarasfari4974
    @omarasfari4974 4 года назад

    Im trying to make a horizontal one at the bottom of my screen but it keeps moving up and down what do I do?

  • @NotValkTCG
    @NotValkTCG 2 года назад

    Wonderful tutorial thank you! Question. After following all the steps I can only get 30 seconds of video and audio. how do I get to view the whole song?

    • @LayzLizard
      @LayzLizard Год назад +1

      Have you figured it out?

    • @NotValkTCG
      @NotValkTCG Год назад

      @@LayzLizard I did thank you!

  • @patrickduquesne2909
    @patrickduquesne2909 Год назад

    I followed every step to a T and its not working at all.... Whats going on??

  • @EG13Music
    @EG13Music Год назад

    whenever I use the magnify, it only lasts for like 2 minutes, then my logo stops moving, is there a way to fix that?

  • @pjbvfx22
    @pjbvfx22 3 года назад +1

    Whenever i do this my song gets really slow any help? the farther you go the slower it gets is it supposed to be like this

    • @LukeFlavel
      @LukeFlavel 2 года назад +1

      perhaps that's just After Effects running slowly. Unless I'm mistaken it shouldn't render at that speed

  • @gstnmusicofficial
    @gstnmusicofficial Год назад

    It only works for 30 seconds, (the movement of the logo) then stays still, anyone have a fix to this for more than that?

  • @daneshathinathan8672
    @daneshathinathan8672 3 года назад

    After doing this i can render it out right or I have to do something else before rendering it?

  • @RvfzyMP
    @RvfzyMP 2 года назад

    1:30 saving my part

  • @ChilledRam
    @ChilledRam 3 года назад +1

    can i save it as a template?

    • @candidcook-up8865
      @candidcook-up8865 3 года назад

      Yeah, you will just have to do the last step (pre-compose / magnify) again and relink your audio.

  • @DwensterDixon
    @DwensterDixon 3 года назад

    after I go to change it to 960 I does not let me go over to effect