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Import an audio file

Add sound to your animation

Set the audio playback settings

 

User Guide > Animation > Animation > Animation Basics > Add sound to your animation > 

Play an audio file

To play an audio file

1. Import the audio file. See Import an audio file.
2. Verify that the audio node corresponding to the audio file is displayed in the Time Slider.
3. Set the animation playback speed.

   In order to hear sound during the playback of an animation, the playback speed must be set to a constant rate so that Maya can determine how slowly or quickly to play the soundtrack.

4. Select a Playback Speed of Real-time (24 fps) to play the soundtrack (and the animation) in real-time.

   Now when you play your animation, you will here the audio file that you imported.

To scrub sound

1. Drag in the Time Slider. The soundtrack plays as you drag it.

Scrubbing can be useful for locating a specific time at which a particular sound or portion of sound begins. For example, if your soundtrack includes, “Hi Dave,” you may want to locate the exact frame at which the “D” sound begins so you can synchronize the character’s mouth forming a “D” sound with the soundtrack.