Moho Forum

I'd say fix the bridge on the banjo, then shift the entire audio track 1-2 frames later relative to the picture and you'll be in good shape.

ie: just scoot the audio track a little to the right, and leave the picture track where it is on the timeline. The reason for this is that I think you've got audio peaks matching visual action (mouth and banjo). That's not how it works in 'real life'. You see lightning before you hear the thunder, right? Same with everything else. Animation lip sync is typically two frames out. Sometimes one frame or three is better. Just depends on the subject matter.

I wouldn't fuss with the hands. Go for making his face sell it. Look at Roy Clark or Steve Martin (doing comedy, not his serious music) playing banjo. Not a lot of hand action going on, but they do good animated faces to sell the music. If you watch most banjo players, there's a blizzard of music, but not much physical action with it. It's hard to pick or frail fast if you're moving your hands around a lot. What you've added with the arm motion works.

What you've got is fresh. Keep it that way. It's working. The more you mess with the little things, the more likely it is that you'll overwork it, and lose that sparkle. It's not much fun to watch animation that's not moving. I like where it's going. Lanterns sounds interesting.

for me (i'm a bass player, not a banjo player) the strumming hand looks fine sync wise... but the other hand moves sort of randomly... it moves when there's no change in the chord that's being played. I realise you're not a musician, as you say you have no rhythm, but you just have to listen to where the changes in chord are... is it different to the last sound? if yes, move the hand before the other strums, if not, leave it where it is - the left hand shouldn't sync to the sound on the stummy parts as they need to be fingered before the right hand strums. Most of the strums hit fine for me though, despite strumming upwards instead of down - i dont see this as a problem at all though, i think it's quite cool.

Therefore, i personally wouldn't move the sound in relation to the picture, just rework the left hand animation and it will be fine...

I also really like the song, and the character - and the headturns and hand turns really look good imo. You might want to have him move his head left and right to the beat even when he's not singing? just an idea.