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title: "03 - Quickstart"
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# 03 - Quickstart

Trapcode Sound Keys

### Quickstart

- Place an audio file in the timeline.
- Create a new solid the size of your composition and click Effect > RG Trapcode > Sound Keys.
- In the Audio Layer pop-up, select the audio layer.
- Set the work area duration to something like five seconds.
- Press RAM Preview ("0" on numeric keypad) to see the spectrum move with the audio.
- Now use the green square to select an area of the spectrum that should be captured.
- Press Apply in Sound Keys.
- Press the "u" key to see the keyframes generated.