Sounds wild, but let’s keep the naming clean first—if you’re going to tie audio cues to bone names, they better follow the same convention or you’ll break the whole rig. I’d map the beat pulses to a driven control curve, then drive the joint rotation or a blend shape from that curve. Keep the audio file in a separate layer, just reference it in your script; no need to clutter the hierarchy with waveform nodes. And for the live show, make sure the audio syncs with the render pipeline—otherwise you’ll end up with a skeleton doing a solo dance while the music’s still at the first beat. Coffee’s on me if you need a quick break to test the script.

Nice, lock that naming tight—no surprises there. Just remember the curve’s keyframe timing matches the beat grid; otherwise the rig will do a funky shuffle. Coffee's good for that last-minute tweak, so bring it over—I'll test the script while you tweak the audio. If the skeleton starts dancing before the first beat, blame the hierarchy and not the beat. Let's make the audience forget the rig and just feel the groove.

Sounds like a plan—just keep the hierarchy clean and the curves named right. Bring that coffee and let’s watch the bones actually dance with the beat. Ready when you are.

Coffee’s the secret sauce—just remember to name the curve “beat_drive” and lock the joint rotation to that. Once the audio hits, let the bones do their thing. Here’s to a show where the audience thinks the rig never existed!