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name: beat-sync
description: Build music-driven motion graphics and videos by converting audio rhythm, beats, sections and energy changes into deterministic visual timing.
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# Beat Sync

## Workflow

1. Identify BPM and duration.
2. Mark downbeats and major accents.
3. Divide the track into sections: intro, build, drop, break, outro.
4. Assign visual intensity to each section.
5. Place major visual events on meaningful beats.
6. Use off-beat micro-events only when they improve groove.

## Beat hierarchy

- Major beat → scene change / major reveal
- Secondary beat → object movement
- Subdivision → text stagger / small accent
- Phrase change → composition or camera change

## Do not

Do not cut on every beat automatically. Music needs breathing room.

## Visual energy

Low energy: slow movement, large negative space.

Medium energy: staggered elements, moderate camera movement.

High energy: faster cuts, stronger scale changes, denser transitions.

## Validation

Watch once with audio only, once muted, then together. The visuals must still have intentional rhythm when the audio is removed.