aspect26/musicto3d

Installation

Please follow the installation instructions to get started with the plugin.

Dependencies

First of all, we need to install dependencies. Currently the only dependency is librosa library. Blender has a bundled Python, so it needs to be installed inside it.

Locate Blender's Python

It should be in //python/bin directory. From now on, we will use to address this location.

Installing pip for Blender's Python

• Download pip somewhere (e.g. to home directory)
• Run it with Blender's Python

<blender-python>$ ./python3.5m ~/get-pip.py

Installing librosa for Blender's Python

• Locate pip in blender. It should be in //python/lib/python3.5/site-packages directory. Lets call this directory
• Then, from the directory run:

<blender-python>$ ./python3.5m <blender-site-packages>/pip install librosa 

ffmpeg

Librosa library uses audioread package, which in turn requires ffmpeg command to be available. You can install it on Linux with the following command:

apt-get install ffmpeg

The Plugin

1. Clone / Download the source from GitHub
2. Open Blender, and go to File -> User Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install Add-on from File...
3. Choose the plugin's source (main.py)

Usage

NOT FINISHED YET

Known bugs

• The plugin does not work with the Blender renderer, it needs the Cycles renderer,
• The generated terrain does not is not lighted at the beginning, it needs to be touched to get lighted. This means, e.g., moving it a bit, or selecting it from the objects panel,
• The Color Ramp Node in our material is a bit bugged at the beginning, and it needs to be touched to get updated. This means, e.g., setting any of its parameters to the same value.