martyk Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hi All.This is my first attempt at this sort of thing also, as I've noticed others are saying.I presented the idea of putting lights to music on the houses of our community Safety Town to our mayor and he supported me fully, even tho others didn't seem too thrilled. I had to keep costs minimal this year or we both may have been toasted.I used a single 16 chanel controler, and ran the show with a mini director. There are 12 houses and 9 street lamps. One chanel per house and I split up the poles with the remaining 4 chanels. I used 100 count strings of mini lights with a total of 35 strings. Not quite as many lights as most shows I've seen.I sequenced 11 songs to group as a show that ran continually between 4:30 and 10:00 pm every night. After the 11th song I inserted a 30 second static break with the houses flashing just before starting again. Some of the songs I did from scratch and some were premades that I did some extreme modifications to. The way the houses are laid out I had to or it didn't work too well. There were speakers in the trees for the adventurous interactive type, my preference, and I also put together an FM transmitter for the parking lot type of viewers.Hopefully there will be some good feed back and I'll be able to do it bigger and better next season. I had a lot of fun with this project. Lots of programing (300-400 hours at least) but worth the fun.Marty,Independence, OhioHere are a couple of links, and you can also search YouTube, Independence Safety Town.Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Joy to the World - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny M. Carter Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Very creative with just 16 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasmuse Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Neat idea! And welcome to the LOR Club! Nice to have more NE Ohioans around too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Wow - that IS a lot of mileage out of 16 channels! Welcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvin Stoddard Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Job well done. Maybe next year you can get two controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don Gillespie Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Pretty cool to do both sides of the street nice job and welcome aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks. I apreciate your kind comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks. I'm pretty new, but I haven't noticed Ohioans either.Always nice to notice someone close to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks for your comment and your welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks. I'm hoping the right people here will allow to do more. That's the plan anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaskiewicz christian Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Sure next year's show will be impressive but what you've been able to do with 16 channels is already awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyk Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 miaskiewicz christian wrote: Sure next year's show will be impressive but what you've been able to do with 16 channels is already awesome.Thanks. I viewed yours last week sometime, it's nice you were recognized with the contest win. Maybe some type of animation for me next season, the children might like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve synek Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Marty Nice work with 16 channels. My family told me about your work, other wise I wouldn't have known there was another show in town. I never saw a community announcement. I even walked the site checking out your wiring!!!!!!!Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rock Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Very nice, good job.-Brock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Linburg Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 steve synek wrote:Marty Nice work with 16 channels. My family told me about your work, other wise I wouldn't have known there was another show in town. I never saw a community announcement. I even walked the site checking out your wiring!!!!!!! SteveDon't come check my wiring you would be really scared.:shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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