http://www.5min.com/Video/After-Effects—Audio-to-Animation-21791431

http://motiongraphicslab.com/lessons/free-glowing-line-tutorial.html

The 2 links above are the most helpful tutorials I could find so far on syncing audio to animation and making glowing streaks. I’ve figured out how to make the simple horizontal waveform that I wanted and have it sync to audio. So far, still no luck on turning it into streaks or controlling the particles to follow the waveform.