Man! You guys are quick!
The main thing seems to be with the strings. The idea was that the strings were to be pinched at one point like you would on a guitar, and that point changes with the pitch. The tension was constant. However, the due date for the contest was coming up fast (To quote Douglas Adams: "I love deadlines, I love the wooshing noise they make as they go by") and so I kinda improvised by using that moving cylinder, not realizing it looked like it was stretching the string.
For Bill Hancoc: It took about a month to make.
For KenWittlief: It would be easy to change the camera view, the problem is the render time. I'll probably get around to it eventually.
For Fimmel: I used The trial version of acid xpress 5 to make the music, And plain old 3dsmax6 for the actual animation. Everything you see was keyframed, no plug-ins or anything.
P.S. Have you guys ever seen animusic? Its really awesome and it was made on 3dsmax too. (that's where I got the idea for this)
Thanks for your opinions on this, it really means a lot to me.
