chewy79 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Hello brand new to this....i have a little light system now that is just a box of set music and i plug all the lights into it. Its alright but i would love to take it to another level. I love the singing faces and would like to do a couple of those and incorporate the strings of lights i have already. Any thoughts of best without going way overboard? My wife is always on me i spend too much at halloween...LOL Any help would be great i just need help what to get and what to do thank you everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james morris Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Look at a 16 channel starter package you can get some of it from WOW lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deweyii Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 yeah, i had the show box last year. took the plunge this year. Bought the 16 channel starter from WOW.. Haven't got toplay with it.. out of town.. i'll be testing it this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy79 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 ok the lights the run along a lot of these house like the roof top peaks and down the sides of house what are they? they change so many colors and do so many things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deweyii Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 They are using smart pixels.. RGB in other words LOR calls the comsic color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy79 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 deweyii any way i could send you a picture of my house and get some ideas of what i need/want to do? thank you so much for the help. I own a two story home and kinda want to put a singing pumpkin face or something upstairs and then the rest of the lights and stuff around and downstairs. But i can show you and tell me what your think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deweyii Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 deweyii any way i could send you a picture of my house and get some ideas of what i need/want to do? thank you so much for the help. I own a two story home and kinda want to put a singing pumpkin face or something upstairs and then the rest of the lights and stuff around and downstairs. But i can show you and tell me what your think you can if you want.. but I'm still new at this also.. The best thing I can suggest is look at youtube and look at a lot of videos of houses that kinda fit your ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianchristmas Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 If you need help with RGB pixels I can help you as I have outlined my house in the past and will be doing it again for this halloween. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james morris Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Take him up on his offer his show is great you need to see the vids wow is all I can say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpageler Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Last season was my first with LoR and I started wtih 2 AC controllers to run 4 faces. Ised my existing incandescent strings to do some outlining around the garage and porch. I had 7 channels faces so had a few extra channels for the strings. Didn't get too fancy with the outline strings but somehting that went along with the beat of the music. I thought it gave me a very nice start to a LOR setup. Allowed me to learn while not going overboard. IMO, going smart pixels/strips right away for newbies is maybe asking for headaches.So for cost and simplicity, you could go with 1 AC controler for 2 faces and if you don't do face outline channels, would have several channels for the strings.This year, I'm expanding by adding 3 cmb24d's and exchanging the incandescent strings with RGB strips floods and modules. So you can definately start small, but still have a nice impact and then be able to start expanding the following years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad2275 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 like Mpageler said, i also started last year, but bought 1 controler, was able to make 3 singing monster faces, each with 5 channels, made all the sign with incandescent mini lights. is a nice start to go in slowly and build ever year, going for another controller this year and another face will see what else gets added still got time left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box on Rails Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I have a very low budget set up. I have a small house and started putting this together in 2013.I run 4 singing faces using 2 16 channel AC LOR controllers,an additional 16 channel AC LOR controller for the tombstones, spider webs and pumpkin garden.1 CMB 24 DC LOR controller controls 8 RGB channels on the house walls and windows,and 4 Cosmic color pixels sets on the roof line.Pretty simple and affordable. It's a small set up with a lot spunk. here is how the Halloween converts to christmas. just a few element changes and Santa is in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box on Rails Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 here is what 2013 looked like only 3 LOR 16 channel controllers you could do this with 1 contoller if you only had one singing face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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