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animating phoneme morph targets
johnar:
Hi there exile
I downloaded the .wav file and tried it here. Same result as you. Plays, but doesn't show the wav.
Then i opened it in sound forge 7, saved it as a .wav, same properties, then tried again in anim8or, and this time the .wav file graphic does show.
I checked the properties and both appear to be the same.
I've attached the copy for you to try.
If it shows now, at your end, then, um, not sure where the problem is.
Maybe try opening your original in another sound editor and saving again. ?
If that works then there's something going on with your original sound software or hardware. ?
Not sure
exile:
Johnar, it worked like magic! Not only did your file show up with wave forms, I found a solution for the actual voiceover for the talking head. I had already tried saving the file, created in Tracktion, with Acoustica, my go-to sound editor. What I hadn't tried was opening it in Audacity and exporting it from there. That did the trick.
I wonder: I used the 64-bit editions of Tracktion and Acoustica, but Audacity is a 32-bit program. Could that be the reason? In any case, it really helps to see the wave graphic. I tried to plow ahead by selecting small bits of the time track to isolate words, but I can't do this blind, the morphs were off target (in the attachment, he's saying "Don't laugh at me" - the s is an attempted smile that looks more like a grimace or a stretch-out e sound).
Just so you are forewarned, the head of Peter Punker was made following Ian Ross' book, but the eyes are from a Johnar tutorial.
Steve:
I found the problem with the .wav file that you are using. The second "format" field is set to "JUNK" instead of "fmt " so Anim8or stops trying to read the sound data to display it. But Windows can still play the sound file.
Note: I'm changing Anim8or to use a single combined sound file that it automatically builds instead of playing the original data. This will allow me to add multiple sound tracks but it means that .mp3 files and strangely defiled files like this one won't play.
exile:
It's horrible the way computer programs do things behind the user's back that only an expert can figure out. Tracktion is now free, but it was paid software when I bought it.
I've completed the test run of my first 3D head. Not sure where to post it and where not. If it's ok I'll put a link here and in the thread about Ian's book, since all but the Johnar eyes is based on it. If it's not ok I'll delete it.
Steve:
Nice work! Made me laugh
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