Beat Assistant

October 1, 2012 by John Dickinson | 1,767 views | Comments (0)

Mamoworld has released Beat Assistant, a new After Effects tool for detecting and animating to the beats per second of a music track. If you’ve ever done this manually by hitting the period key whilst previewing the music you’ll appreciate just how handy this tool is.

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