Audio Visualizer Tutorial PART I: Linear | Blender | Animation Nodes

#Blender3D #AnimationNodes #Procedural #AudioVisualizer
In this video I guide through the process of creating the linear visualizer shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypiuWsq4Db8&t=7s
It is designed to be highly procedural and will work with any audio file that Blender supports.

The pack of audio visualizer presets can now be found on my Gumroad store for free, but any contribution is very welcome :)
https://gum.co/qnrlB

IMPORTANT:
If you are having trouble rendering with animation nodes the normal way (CTRL+F12), check out the python script that can be found in the visualizer presets bundle on Gumroad.


What you need:

Blender 3D 2.91.2 (2.92 should work as well)
https://www.blender.org/download/

Animation Nodes Addon 2.2.2
This Addon is still under heavy development and I would advise to always use the newest version and to expect some crashes, so save often!!! You can grab the newest version for your OS from the GraphicAll community.
https://blender.community/c/graphicall/0hbbbc/
EDIT: The version on GraphicAll does now come fully bundled with Blender 2.93 alpha. If you're only interested of grabbing AN for Blender 2.92 and below, you can do so on the official website.
https://animation-nodes.com/#download

Any mp3 or other audio file that blender supports. I'll be using the following:
Song: Aero Chord feat. DDARK - Shootin Stars [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds
Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/shootinstars
Watch: http://youtu.be/PTF5xgT-pm8


For resources about the Animation Nodes Addon check the following sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiVhvYU2mk&list=PLJSCK4DjIWhk-JIGOIJKLUB1bGXfDBgzZ
While it is getting a bit dated, most of what is explained and shown is still valid. But some nodes will have changed slightly.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_nzt1RorASIuRuthHkYLZA
A lot of the newer and extra nodes will be shown on this channel. Most of this is probably not (yet) in the official AN documentation.

https://docs.animation-nodes.com/


Thank you for watching (and reading ;))
For more of my art check my regular channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXTIiR-bpQDVBb86OaN9nRA

or my website
https://www.manfredpichler.com/

Gumroad Store
https://gumroad.com/manfredpichler

Thank you for your support and see you soon.