Music and Animation Timing

A few articles on timing animation to music, these are more to do with drawn animation and cartoons, however the theory should be useful.

http://www.animatorisland.com/animating-to-music/

This post discusses the bar sheets used to time the music for an old cartoon;

http://animationresources.org/?p=637

Another post on cartoon timing, this is also reference in the post above;

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/milt-gray-on-cartoon-timing-past-and.html


There is also a chapter 'Working with Sound' in The Animation Book by Kit Laybourne which has some interesting stuff in it. A copy is available on the 4th floor.  

Sound advice 

Animation Bar Sheet Template