Houdini Course: Audio-Reactive Music Visualization

Welcome to the Premium Houdini Course: Audio-Reactive Music Visualization. Unlock the door to the captivating realm of Audio-Reactive Music Visualization through our comprehensive Houdini course. Embark on a transformative journey where you’ll delve deep into the intricacies of channel operators within Houdini, discovering their unparalleled ability to translate sound into captivating visual experiences. Guided by Roland Hartmann, you’ll craft stunning visualizer projects from inception to completion, honing your skills and unleashing your creativity along the way. Join us and immerse yourself in the art of audio-responsive design like never before.

The Course is currently running. New videos will be released every week.

HOW CAN I GET ACCESS?

Supporting me on Patreon allows you to gain access to the course videos and project files. Take advantage of the FULL ACCESS tier and you’ll get instant entry to the course and all the other amazing content on my Patreon page!

IS THIS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR ME?

This series is designed for beginner to intermediate level users of Houdini. It is assumed that you have basic navigation skills in Houdini, but we will cover everything else in a step-by-step manner. However, if you are an advanced user who simply wants to learn more about audio reaction in Houdini, you can skip certain parts and focus on your areas of interest.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

By the time you complete this course, you will have a deep understanding of audio visulization using audio waveforms with CHOP networks. We will focus on “trigger-based” techniques, that use ceratin frequencies to trigger and control different parameters in Houdini.

 

We will use audio to control:

 

  • Noise Displacement
  • Noise Offset
  • Point Grouping
  • Object instancing with Copy to Points
  • Object Rotation
  • Camera Shake
  • Camera Zoom
  • Material Emission
  • Light Intensity

 

Beside Audio Reaction you will also learn a lot of other Houdini techniques like basic procedural modeling, cable simulation with Vellum, Lighting, Shading and Rendering in Solaris using Karma XPU and MaterialX.

WHAT IS REQUIRED?

I recommend having access to Houdini 20 or later versions to fully follow along with this course. While audio reaction techniques work in older versions as well, we will use features exclusive to Houdini 20 and above when working with Solaris.

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