<p>Assuming that you're using AE...</p>

<p>The old fashioned way: </p>

<ul>
<li>Select your layer, hit 0 (on the numeric keypad) to do a ram preview</li>
<li>Wait till the preview is loaded into the ram</li>
<li>When the preview begins to playback, hit * (on the numeric key pad) at each beat</li>
<li>As soon as you stop playback, you'll have a marker at each beat</li>
<li>now you're ready to begin key framing according  to the beats</li>
</ul>

<p>Red Giant's - Trapcode Sound Keys is probably the best plugin out there for automating it.
<a href="http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/trapcode-sound-keys/" rel="nofollow">http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/trapcode-sound-keys/</a></p>

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Circle B
<p>What's one way to get a strobe flash effect in video (you know, virtually, in software) that's synchronized to the beat of a music track?</p>

<p>Or for that matter, how do I synchronize ANY effect with music?</p>

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there are many tools and plugins which will identify beats and output a trigger - some are configurable to only search for beats in particular frequency ranges, others auto-tune themselves.
Dr Mayhem
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@DrMayhem Could you maybe name a few? Wouldn't that be sufficient as an answer?
Saaru Lindestøkke
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Once I hunt down named ones -yes, but I can't do a useful search at work ;-P
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Music-sync'd Strobe effect in video
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# Music-sync'd Strobe effect in video

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-25)

What's one way to get a strobe flash effect in video (you know, virtually, in software) that's synchronized to the beat of a music track?

Or for that matter, how do I synchronize ANY effect with music?

**Tags:** video

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: there are many tools and plugins which will identify beats and output a trigger - some are configurable to only search for beats in particular frequency ranges, others auto-tune themselves.  
> **username_2**: @DrMayhem Could you maybe name a few? Wouldn't that be sufficient as an answer?  
> **username_1**: Once I hunt down named ones -yes, but I can't do a useful search at work ;-P  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-01-26. Score: 2

Assuming that you're using AE...

The old fashioned way:

* Select your layer, hit 0 (on the numeric keypad) to do a ram preview
* Wait till the preview is loaded into the ram
* When the preview begins to playback, hit \* (on the numeric key pad) at each beat
* As soon as you stop playback, you'll have a marker at each beat
* now you're ready to begin key framing according to the beats

Red Giant's - Trapcode Sound Keys is probably the best plugin out there for automating it.
<http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/trapcode-sound-keys/>


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