Videos from first year

[dsz071]

I have a couple more songs in my show this year but these four are my favorites. It's probably fairly easy for you veterans to tell which were sequenced first. Next year I plan on getting 2 more controllers and adding lights to the upper part of the house as well as doing a mega tree and some arches. But for first try I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. Any suggestions and tips are welcome as always.

 

https://vimeo.com/82816753 - Christmas Eve - Sarajevo

https://vimeo.com/82816808 - Wish Liszt

https://vimeo.com/82816752 - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark

https://vimeo.com/82816751 - Do You See What I See

 

[Ken Benedict]

Excellent job for your first year.

 

Your house has terrific potential, being white and open and tall and such.

Consider turning your four columns into Firesticks; divide each column into 8 equal spaces vertically (I'm guessing 12-14 inches each) then wrapping with lights and plugging into two 16 channel controllers. Then see what others are doing with them.

Frame the left and right corners of your house with 5 floodlights each side, spaced 2 feet apart starting from the second story roofline; use them sparingly for accents.

Sample video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MZR9PitDOto

 

Since the porch seems to be out of the weather, consider mounting some RGB floodlights under the eave and lighting up the lower wall.

Second story wall could be lit with some outdoor floods (LOR will be announcing a 50 watt RGB flood soon).

 

Front edge of your yard could be some RGB "trees" made by Holidaycoro: http://www.holidaycoro.com/HexaTree-p/115.htm

 

Keep up the good work.

[dsz071]

Thanks for the advice. I totally missed out on using the pillars for firesticks. Actually, I never knew what a firestick was until I looked up the sample you posted plus a few others. I've seen them, just didn't know what they were called. It's an awesome idea but if I converted the pillars to 8 channels each for that, it would use every channel I have available right now. Right now I have 32 channels, here's my channel breakdown for this year.

 

4 pillars x2 = 8

2 porch railing sections x2 = 4

3 bushes x2 = 6

2 yard outlines x2 = 4

wreath = 2

lamp post = 1

small spiral tree = 1

roof = 2

 

So that gets me where I am right now, using 28 of my 32 available channels. Here is what I was thinking for next year, like I said, I'm planning on adding 2 controllers.

 

4 pillars x2 = 8

2 porch railing sections x2 = 4

3 bushes x2 = 6

wreath = 2

roof = 2

lamp post = 1

4 arches x4 = 16

3 windows above porch roof x2 = 6

top roof outline = 2

2 color mega tree = 16

 

That setup uses 63 of 64 channels. Without adding even more controllers (not an option, on a budget) is there anyway I can get maximum coverage for the stuff you were talking about? I do like how the firesticks and flood lights look, and yes, the porch is out of the weather except when it rains/snows sideways. I could maybe go with 4 channels per pillar. Maybe combine the railing sections to save a couple channels. Possibly even combine the bushes to save another 4 channels? I'm open to any/all suggestions. This is too much fun to stay status quo.