Whats a good music visualization plugin for Motion (like Trapcode) ?

Red Giant do Trapcode for AE, but whats a comparably good plugin for Motion that would do music visualization stuff ?

Endless tunnels, looping, music EQ graphs, particle emmission stuff, etc - all based on the music amplitude , you know what mean I'm sure...

Posted on Jul 26, 2018 10:17 AM

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Posted on Jul 27, 2018 1:04 AM

I don't believe there is one. There is however, an Audio behavior you can use to control just about any parameter available in all of Motion with which you can build almost anything you can imagine. Here are some examples of the types of "visualizers" I've built (many of the descriptions contain instructions and/or links to project files).


Good beginner project: (instructions in the description/about section)

Yet Another (Ultra Simple) Visualizer - Motion - YouTube


Another fairly simple project (just a matter of adding an Audio behavior to the rotation of the indicator — I'm actually more of an advocate for 3D modeling in Motion):

3D VU - a simple 3D Motion model - YouTube


Not really a visualizer, but Audio behavior all the same

Motion Project: Oscilloscope (Demo with Project files) - YouTube

There's a two part tutorial

Apple Motion Tutorial: Build an Oscilloscope - YouTube

Apple Motion Tutorial: Oscilloscope pt2 (building a logic gate for a parameter) - YouTube



Strange music, strange effect 😉

A Serial Composition: 8812 Overture or If light could dance - YouTube


Some more possibilities:

Soulful Heart — an Apple Motion visualizer project - YouTube

Aleatoric Serial Music: Island Getaway - YouTube

Take Your Meditation! an Apple Motion project - YouTube

N Trance. An Apple Motion/Logic project featuring Native-Instruments Reaktor Spark - YouTube


... whatever you can imagine... really!


It doesn't matter how many Audio behaviors you use in your project, they won't make copies of the original audio - they simply creates keyframes. You can use different audio in each behavior (it has something like a drop zone) and they become even more powerful when you can break down your music to instrument tracks.


Some visualizers only basically match the tempo of a piece and use oscillators to create a visual effect that matches that tempo in the audio. [Motion also has an Oscillate parameter behavior.]


Have a specific project in mind?

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Jul 27, 2018 1:04 AM in response to Bansaw

I don't believe there is one. There is however, an Audio behavior you can use to control just about any parameter available in all of Motion with which you can build almost anything you can imagine. Here are some examples of the types of "visualizers" I've built (many of the descriptions contain instructions and/or links to project files).


Good beginner project: (instructions in the description/about section)

Yet Another (Ultra Simple) Visualizer - Motion - YouTube


Another fairly simple project (just a matter of adding an Audio behavior to the rotation of the indicator — I'm actually more of an advocate for 3D modeling in Motion):

3D VU - a simple 3D Motion model - YouTube


Not really a visualizer, but Audio behavior all the same

Motion Project: Oscilloscope (Demo with Project files) - YouTube

There's a two part tutorial

Apple Motion Tutorial: Build an Oscilloscope - YouTube

Apple Motion Tutorial: Oscilloscope pt2 (building a logic gate for a parameter) - YouTube



Strange music, strange effect 😉

A Serial Composition: 8812 Overture or If light could dance - YouTube


Some more possibilities:

Soulful Heart — an Apple Motion visualizer project - YouTube

Aleatoric Serial Music: Island Getaway - YouTube

Take Your Meditation! an Apple Motion project - YouTube

N Trance. An Apple Motion/Logic project featuring Native-Instruments Reaktor Spark - YouTube


... whatever you can imagine... really!


It doesn't matter how many Audio behaviors you use in your project, they won't make copies of the original audio - they simply creates keyframes. You can use different audio in each behavior (it has something like a drop zone) and they become even more powerful when you can break down your music to instrument tracks.


Some visualizers only basically match the tempo of a piece and use oscillators to create a visual effect that matches that tempo in the audio. [Motion also has an Oscillate parameter behavior.]


Have a specific project in mind?

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