Audio Anim Notify Tool

• Quick and easy to use
• More reliable and efficient than runtime movement detection methods, and more feature-rich than Anim Modifiers
• Surprisingly accurate!

** Please note that the base Anim Notify Class ("Skeleton Notify") only provides a notify event from which you can trigger further AnimBP logic from through Blueprint nodes. Direct sound event placement onto notify tracks is currently only in combination with the FMOD Studio Integration **

• Add audio notifies for all animations linked to a skeleton, in one go
• Advanced detection for footsteps, hand and arm movements, and even melee weapons attached to sockets
• Dynamic ground detection
• Base Anim Notify Class to trigger logic from (e.g. in an Animation BP)
• OR Custom FMOD Anim Notify class with advanced features ("FMODAutoAnimNotifyPlay")
• Detailed logging

This plugin automates the time-consuming process of manually adding audio animation notifies to animations, in bulk or on a per-animation basis. It handles the automatic generation of movement notifies in the animation editor. It is optimised with advanced features for FMOD workflows, but FMOD is not required for the basic functionality of adding a notify event.

View the quick demo video here

View the overview and operation video here

For any help setting up, please email james@jmaud.io

Footsteps are detected by monitoring the proximity of the bones to the ground, and footstep strength is measured through motion velocity. Dynamic ground detection can be used as an alternative to manually setting the ground height threshold.

Hand / arm movements are detected through a weighting algorithm that takes into account velocity and positional distance comparisons to a defined reference bone (e.g. pelvis). The likelihood of an upper body limb generating a sound when it moves is linked to both the proximity to the center of the body (as it is likely to make audible contact with other surfaces), as well as the velocity of that movement. The user can define the weighting of these factors in deriving a notify event. The hand section can also be used with melee weapons and combat.

There is a custom FMOD Anim Notify class included in this plugin that can handle surface physical material detection (through line tracing), movement strength, footstep angle (upward / downward slope) and more, providing a lot of potential for highly adaptive sound.

UPDATES:

06/24 - v1.3 - Changed FMOD Studio detection from compile-time to runtime to avoid having to manually recompile the plugin.

06/24 - v1.2 - Added Dynamic Ground Detection; UI visual changes. 4.27 no longer supported due to marketplace limitations.

05/24 - v1.1 - UE5.4 version added, plugin re-written to support updated APIs