Making a visual polyrhythm using animation and sound in Blender!
In this tutorial we'll use Blender's NLA editor to make the same animation repeat at different speeds, then use the Video Sequencer to create matching sound effects for every repetition. We'll also take the final sound into openDAW for some quick audio processing before bringing everything back into Blender for the final render.
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00:00 Lightswitch polyrhythm
01:06 What is a polyrhythym?
02:27 How the rig and drivers work
04:22 Converting the animation to NLA strips and setting loops
08:56 Duplicating the arms and adjusting speeds
14:07 Mirroring the rows with collection instances
15:26 Adding and syncing sound effects in the sequencer
22:37 Adjusting audio speed, pitch, and volume
31:40 Adding reverb and EQ in OpenDAW
36:15 Rendering and putting the final video together
40:00 Final result