The importance of synchronisation

As far as the visual is concerned, it is critical to mention the importance of synchronisation of music and the performance. There would be nothing more dreadful than seeing a singer whose lips move differently with his voice on live stage. Such asynchrony unconsciously disturbs the viewers to experience bad feelings that would cause negative evaluation of the material. However, when the image and sound are put together in synchronous form, it could bring up the positive side of the contents by maximising its feature and quality. Below is one of the clips from the Animusic DVD, the Pipe Dream. The computer-generated animations that perfectly match with the sound and on-screen action make the most of its rhythmic features and one can notice how the simultaneously driven actions of the metal balls make such an amazing effects out of simple midi-based percussion sound.



It is also interesting to see how it brings other instruments into the ongoing music each by each with the use of lighting and camera works, giving emphasis on the innovative robotic-instrument. This would add more fun to the video and therefore entertain the viewers by introducing such fictional musical instruments that could not possibly exist in the physical world. Also note that every time when the new instrument comes in to the harmony, the sound becomes more ambient; and it is the accelerated sequence of the visuals as well as the sound that build up the music towards its climax.

Overall, one can say that the synchronisation does affect the mode of gratification of the audience in terms of audio-visual sense and the Pipe Dream seems to be a good example of achieving it.

Here are some extra Animusic clips for extra fun!!