by pullup·Workflow
Images © pullup. Used for product review; image policy.
Sound Waveform Display earns its place in the superhive library by targeting one specific animation task: keeping a sound waveform visible while you work, without dedicating screen space to the sequencer. It holds a five-star rating across six reviews and has passed 300 sales.
In animation, actions often need to line up with sound, and seeing a waveform gives you visual hints without scrubbing audio over and over. Blender can show waveforms on sequencer strips natively, but that takes screen space and setup time. Sound Waveform Display puts the waveform directly inside the animation editor instead.
The main controls are straightforward: On enables or refreshes the display, Off disables it, and Height offset lets you tweak peak heights when they read too small or too high. You can source waveforms from the sequencer (the default) or from a speaker. With the sequencer, you can limit the view to selected strips, sound listed in the panel, audible strips, or audio within the scene range. Preferences add a customizable waveform color, a detail level ranging from Blocky up to High, and a verbose console option for debugging.
The addon requires FFmpeg, and its preferences explain how to obtain it, including an automatic download and install method. Waveform generation runs slowly, so it suits short ranges from a few seconds up to about a minute. It works with Blender 3.3 through 5.0 under a GPL license, and a demo video is available.
Sound Waveform Display is best for animators who need to sync actions or lip-sync to sound on short shots, from a few seconds up to about a minute.
Sound Waveform Display is completely free to download and use.
Sound Waveform Display supports Blender 3.3 through 5.0, so a 4.2 install falls within that range. The addon draws sound waveforms inside Blender's animation editors, using either the sequencer or a speaker as its source. Because it covers a wide span of releases, you can run it across older and newer projects without switching tools. For the current version and any release notes, check the developer's page before installing.
Sound Waveform Display requires FFmpeg to generate its waveforms. If FFmpeg isn't already on your system path, the addon preferences walk through simple steps to obtain it, including a method to download and install it automatically. Once FFmpeg is in place, you can enable or refresh the display with the On control and adjust settings from preferences. The developer's documentation page covers common setup issues if you run into trouble.
Sound Waveform Display is listed as free here and released under the GPL license. Licensing and pricing can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you download. The addon comes with a documentation page for setup and troubleshooting, and a demo video is available if you want to see more before installing. Ratings on superhive currently sit at five stars across a handful of reviews.
Sound Waveform Display generates waveforms through a process that is slow, so it's meant for short time ranges, from a few seconds up to about one minute, matching usual production shot lengths. For a scene that runs longer, you can narrow what's shown using options like scene range or selected strips. The Height offset control also lets you tweak peak heights when the waveform displays too small or too high.
Also in Workflow for Blender.
by Mattia-Fiorini
360 PhotoLab is an open-source Blender add-on for reframing equirectangular 360° still photos through a camera-based workflow. It supports RET, CIL and CLV projection modes, optional .cube LUT correction and PNG, TIFF or JPEG export.
by Nino
Assetify is a Blender add-on that converts 3D assets into formats ready for game engines, web, VR/AR, and 3D printing. It automates texture baking, UV unwrapping, and asset management across models and procedural setups.
by IliaVerpa
Navigation Puck Addon brings a compact viewport navigation menu to Blender, inspired by Sketchbook Pro's navigation puck. It gives quick access to orbit, pan, zoom, camera flip, and related view actions from the current editor context.
by JamesSnowden
Rbf Drivers is a Blender rigging addon that uses radial-basis functions to interpolate between recorded poses. Set inputs, add driven properties and define poses, and the driver fills in the rest as you animate.
by Claz_Arts
Smart Transform is a Blender add-on from Claz_Arts for selecting objects by size or position. It includes one-click tools to invert selections and apply transforms, working with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer.
by Salt Media
BlenderAe2 by Salt Media transfers 3D data and objects between Blender and After Effects in both directions, covering vertices, 3D layer transforms, camera data and layer synchronization.
by MACHIN3
Machin3Tools is a continuously evolving collection of tools and pie menus for Blender, gathered in a single customizable package. It ships in two base variants, Prime and DeusEx, with the DeusEx variant adding more advanced tools.
by MikhailRachinskiy
3D Print Toolbox is a Blender add-on with utilities for 3D printing. It analyzes mesh volume and surface area, checks and fixes geometry, hollows shapes, aligns models to the print bed, and exports to STL, PLY, and OBJ.
by glukoz
UVPackmaster 4 is a UV packing engine for Blender that packs UV maps on the CPU and GPU, using the Cuda and Vulkan APIs, and can run on the CPU and all system GPUs at once.
by MMD
MMD Tools is a Blender add-on for editing MikuMikuDance (MMD) models. It handles importing and exporting model, motion and pose data, along with chopping and joining parts, plus rigid body, material and motion editing.
by HaughtyGrayAlien
SimpleBake brings PBR and traditional texture baking to Blender from a single panel. Select objects, choose maps, and bake — no special node groups or new workflow, working with whatever materials you've already built.
