Introduction

Open / PCM Wave : Loading audio files

Use the Open / PVM Wave menu to open your audio file

mcjAudioMation only accepts to load very standard .wav files.

meaning, 8bit or 16 bit PCM (uncompressed ) .wav files ,

mp3-encoded wav files wont load

once loaded the display will look like this

Save / Das Script : Creating an animation file for Daz Studio

Use the Save / Das Script menu to export the animation as a Das Studio script.

Specify the location and name for the daz-script file.

for example i save it as softcell_Left.dsa

you may want to save it in one of daz studio's content folders

for example, on my PC, i could save it in c:\program files\daz\studio\content\scripts\mcasual\mcjAudioMationData

Done! you can exit mcjAudioMation.

in Daz studio, select the object you want to animate.

for example, i selected the speaker, which is part of the free prop named mcjSpeaker

available here: https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts2/mcjspeaker

Then i either

- drag and drop the softcell_Left.dsa file on the speaker

- do a File / Merge / Daz Studio Files ....... and browse to your softcell_Left.dsa file

- Click on softcell_Left.dsa if it's in one of daz studio's content folders

Once that's done the following panel should appear

The speaker happens to have a morph channel named "Push-Pull"

In Daz Studio's Parameters panel, when this morph is at -100% strength,

the speaker moves back and when it's at 100 % it moves front

mcjAutomation's data is not expressed as percents, so

-100% corresponds to "Key Value for Silent ( 0 ) = -1

100% corresponds to "Key Value for Silent ( 1 ) = 1

Animating a VU Meter needle in daz studio

The needle in the prop shown below is simply a Daz Studio primitive-cylinder

when the YRotate parameter of the cylinder is at 42 degrees, the needle points to the left

when the YRotate parameter of the cylinder is at -42 degrees, the needle points to the right

so in this case we need to set :

"Key Value for Silent ( 0 ) = 42

"Key Value for Silent ( 1 ) = -42

Save / Poser Pose : Creating an animation file for Poser, Carrara and Daz Studio

Use the Save / Poser Pose menu to export the animation as a Poser Pose file

A dialog window should pop up

in the Source audio channel list, select which audio channel ( left or right ) will "drive" the animation

in the Target Type list, select the type of target for this animation, choices are "Prop" and "Actor"

if the Target Type selected is "Actor" ( figure), then in the Target Name field, type the name of the target body part, for example: "head"

Be careful and use exactly the body part name else the pose file wont be usable

if the Target Type selected is "Prop" then the name can be anything, for example, type the word "anything"

in the Target Channel list, select if the animation will be applied to a morph channel or to one of the 10 standard transforms.

if you did select "morph >>>" in the Target Channel list, then you must type a morph name in the "morph" field

this morph name must be exactly the name the target prop or figure uses. else the pose file wont be usable

for example, Aiko 3's morph named "OpenMouth"

when this morph is at 100%, the Aiko mouth is fully open, when it's at 0% the mouth is closed.

mcjAudioMation doesnt use percents, so, we set "Value for silent" to 0 and "value for loudest" to 1.

Animating a VU Meter needle in Poser

In the VU Meter prop shown here,

when the YRotate parameter of the needle is at 42 degrees, the needle points to the left

when the YRotate parameter of the needle is at -42 degrees, the needle points to the right

so in this case we need to set :

Target Type = Prop

Target Channel = rotateY yrot

Value for silent = 42

Value for loudest = -42

Save / Sonogram : Creating a sonogram (spectrogram) image

Use the Save / Sonogram menu to export a sonogram of the audio clip.

Note : the sonograms produced by mcjAudioMation are in uncompressed .bmp format.

A sonogram for a 30 seconds audio clip occupies about 1MB.

if the sampling rate of your .wav file is 48000 Hz, then the vertical axis of the sonogram covers the frequencies between 0 and 24000Hz

on the horizontal axis, 1 pixel covers a 1/30th second of audio

The intent of this feature is to make it a tool to help synchronizing events in an animation with a soundtrack.

This sonogram lets you "see" the sounds through time

License

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