Using SoX audio utility in 3ds Max

SoX is a cross-platform command-line audio utility (more info, docs, downloads), mostly used for audio file format conversion but it also armed with enough effects for quick composing. SoX is a very welcome tool to all batch script lovers, its free, still in development, and can be used with any program that can dump data to text file.

This blog article show nice introduction on how to use SoX in 3ds Max for quick audio sync composition to our animation, also show how to add some additional audio effects.

Free music resources sheet

Large list of online places where you can get royalty-free music for audiovisual media production is posted on Vimeo forum.

Audioflow SplineSync

Recently I become a part of Ian Clemmer V-MOTION team. First two scripts programmed by me for him are Superflow Elements and Audioflow SplineSync, and both are ready to be released.

Ian currently work on his new web site, but Audioflow SplineSync is already available for download at V-MOTION web site. All demos and tutorials are in progress too. Now you can watch two short videos he made with this script and upload on FaceBook (video 1, video 2).

Sound Alarm

I recently wrote a script for a friend. The idea was simply count-down counter which to play sound when the time expires. The script required VLC media player. Maybe it's beneficial to someone else so I decided to upload the script to my site. You can find it at the bottom of my scripts page.