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title: "Sound"
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description: "This page covers the Sound Effector in Cinema 4D's MoGraph system. It analyzes frequency ranges of an audio file and translates them into clone …"
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# Sound

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page covers the **Sound Effector** in **Cinema 4D**'s MoGraph system. It analyzes frequency ranges of an audio file and translates them into clone transformations — the classic tool for audio-reactive visualizers and music-driven animation.

> **Tip:** Note:Please also note the [Sound Field](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/FSOUND.html.md), which does a similar thing within the field functionality.

[Video: 2025-2_MoG_22_.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2025-2_MoG_22_.mp4)

A small frequency range is selected from the frequency spectrum, which then controls the effector.

[![Image: halvar.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/halvar.png)](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Scenes/2025-2_MoG_22_.c4d)

You can use the sound effector to transform clones using sound files and their evaluated frequency spectra. Several frequency ranges ("sampling ranges") can be evaluated simultaneously.

# How to use it

See [Frequency Graph](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/OESOUND-ID_MG_BASEEFFECTOR_GROUPEFFECTOR.html.md).