In a lot of motion graphics projects at some point you will need to know how create and animate the beat of a sound and more specifically how to create an audio spectrum in After Effects for your music, dialogue, sound effects…

In this After Effects tutorial post I’ll demonstrate a couple of methods on how to make an audio spectrum in After Effects with different waveform style, I will share with you the After Effects audio spectrum template files so you can work with them, and don’t worry you won’t need any third party plug-in.

If you don’t like following my written step by step tutorial you can also watch a couple of video tutorials I have selected on audio spectrum, in one of the tab below.

By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to master and impress your clients or viewers with a kick ass audio spectrum visualizer.

I have organized the sections below so it is easier to browse and get the info you need. Just click on the links below and the expand the tabs.