cs00bren Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hello! I'm starting a new project and need some pointers on where to start? I want to input some music and convert it in to some animation. I've been looking around and i think i know the idea but what to know how i input music in to the chop part og houdini. also what file format does the music have to be in is .wav fine also what sort of op do i need to input it. and some general advise would be very handy too. cheers bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma.snyder Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hey cs00bren check the audiopanel and the file chop. Best will be to visit derivativeinc.com, read their tutorials for touch designer (its based on houdini), and grab a copy of touch designer/mixer/player and some of the synth project files, this will get you more than started. Achim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 andrew lyons has done a lot of work with sound on Houdini. see PAN 5.1 here: odforce :: Codex > Tools | other and so has mark story. see dumpMidi here: odforce :: Codex > Tools | scripts and CSound plugins for Houdini here: CSound and Houdini on Mark Story's website Hope this stuff helps! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs00bren Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 cheers puma.snyder that was a really good Link One question what renderer do would i have to use to use houdini for a live perform, that if it possible! Jason cheese for the links i though i had already looked around here. cheers bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma.snyder Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 for a live performance you will just display your viewport on a tv/beamer, if you can afford a scan converter you will also be able to crop away the parts of the interface you cant hide (maybe your beamer has this option as well). Be sure to use some record chops to record your performance, so you could later have it render with mantra/prman... Another thing to play around with is "pure data" by Miller Puckette. You can get this and houdini to work together via midi, but a better communication for those two would be great. As far as I know, the derivative guys are working on a better connection, maybe it will also find its way to houdini.This would give us hundrets of "plugins" for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs00bren Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 a stupid question when i have my Chop network how can i use it to modify my sop level, e.g. in a twist sop how can i use my channel to change the strenght. i know it's a stupid question but it's so long since i have used channels i can't remember how cheers puma.snyder i think my projecter does have a clipping function i will just have to find the manual! bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puma.snyder Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 just set the export parameters for your chop and enable the orange export flag, or drag and drop your channel from the chop viewer to the target and choose "export chop" or use the export chop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs00bren Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 cheers for that I had been playing around with it but made the mistract thinking that i would been to drag something in to the sop parameter and not just over right it in the chops level. also how do i make houdini play the .wav file i have the audio flag on and can see the wave form in the channel viewer but i can't seem to make houdini produce the music, any ideas now that i have a basic network set up it's time to start making some call effects and having a look at the derivativeinc.com. one question that some one might know, can i use houdini as a synth builder for designer/mixer/player as i don't have 2,000 for a copy of designer tool cheers hopefully by the end of the week i will have my first music video. bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs00bren Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 i found the answer to the audio question e.g. the audio panel, why is there so many buttons in houdini to find , i learn new things every day then a month later just forget anywhy back to the music vid bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs00bren Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 just thought of a small point, if i'm using chops with the .wav file can i still lock the export chop sp that it's faster. bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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