AudioRead

You can use this node to read in an audio file and view it in the Curve Editor and Dope Sheet in order to line up keyframes of your composition with the waveform of the sound. You can then flipbook the audio with your footage to preview your comp with sound.

Inputs and Controls

Control (UI)

Knob (Scripting)

Default Value

Function

AudioRead Tab

file

file

N/A

Sets the file path of the audio file you’re reading in. This can be an uncompressed WAV or AIFF file.

time range

begintime

0, 0

Sets the start and end times for the audio in Nuke.

file time range

filebegintime

0, 0

Sets the start and end times of the audio file read in. These are automatically set to the values in the file, but you can change them to trim the data used in Nuke.

reload

reload

N/A

Click to refresh the read buffer.

ratesource

ratesource

file

Sets the source for the sample rate. File reads the rate from the audio file, custom lets you specify a custom rate in the rate field.

rate

rate

 

Sets the sample rate of the audio clip.

curves

left

left

0

Adjusts the left level on the current frame.

right

right

0

Adjusts the right level on the current frame.

key interval

keyinterval

0

Sets the key interval you want to use when creating the curves.

generate

generate

N/A

Click to generate the audio data as a curve that you can use in the Curve Editor and Dope Sheet.

Step-by-Step Guides

Audio in Nuke