BWTR: thanks for the tips, I will apply them to the animation and see what results I get, the shader area of Carrara is a bit scary for me, I'll have to dig deep and try and wrap my head around it.

Hoofdcommissaris:  It would be neat if there was sort of builtin feature that would make it easy to time things to sounds.  Maybe Carrara version 9 or 10 :)