shfr26 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I am in the process on figuring out my 2010 setup. I am adding 4 arch's and am wondering in anyone has staggered them instead of placing them end to end ? I am thinking 4 arch's, "A" and" B" end to end and "C" and "D" end to end but start "C" in the middle of "A". If I can get my camera to work I will post a pic of what I mean, Cause I don't think I explained this very well and will totally understand if you do not get what I mean. If you do, any thoughts??I will be using either 7 or 14 channels for this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa-LF Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I do 8 channel arches, 16 if I use 2 colors. Your layout would look nice.I am a firm believer that the layout is only half the display, the sequencing is the other half. The best shows IMHO ramp in and out rather than flashy flashy.Solder On Dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Here is a pic, thinking about either 7 channels for A and B and 7 for C and D or just 7 all together. Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldavis1969 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Just so that it is more evened out how about three arches in the back A,B,C and two more in the front offset like you already have consisting of D,E.A,B,C could all be linked together like you want having three arches bounce at the same time. Then D,E could do the same. Using 14 channels total.If you want each to do it's own thing then you will need 35 channels for 5 arches consisting of 7 segments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 I like the idea of 3 and 2, much better than mine idea. Keep the thoughts coming please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 shfr26 wrote: I like the idea of 3 and 2, much better than mine idea. Keep the thoughts coming please.I am actually doing 4 "Mega" arches and then within each of the 4 "Mega" Arches I will have 2 "Mini" Arches (for a total of 8 "Mini" Arches).But I also like the 3/2 concept..could be very interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 One thing you could do with 4 arches, especially if you are on a slope, is to lay them out in a diamond. Then you can bounce them around in a loop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The diamond suggested by KLB is a neat idea. Still I think I like the 3-behind-2 (or vice-versa) approach. Might lend itself toward looking like waves/water if sequenced right. [Just use a few segments at the the tops as George does, and flow (ramping/fading) left to right, or ramp up the fronts while fading the backs. Lotsa possibilities. You could always do "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In" this year (perhaps Nat King Cole).Cray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwertz Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I'm looking at doing something similar this year. My current plan is to do 7 mini arches (~7' long) with 5 channels per arch. I'll have a row of 3 in front and a row of 4 in back.I'm going to start with them at the front of our display. But if the arches take too much away from our rope light trees, we might end up moving the arches closer to the house.We got the idea from looking at this person's fence: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusCarnathan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 here is my arch idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitusCarnathan Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 have 3 arches arch 1 and 2 are next to each other and arch 3 feeds off of arch one and two with a few extra channels of its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 T110431 wrote: here is my arch ideathat is similar to mine when I said "I am actually doing 4 "Mega" arches and then within each of the 4 "Mega" Arches I will have 2 "Mini" Arches (for a total of 8 "Mini" Arches), but my two "mini arches" inside my "mega arch" have independent channels from the "mega Arch". Minis have 5 channels each and the Mega has 9 channels. My arches are also between my 5 Mini Trees... Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 jimswinder wrote: T110431 wrote: here is my arch ideathat is similar to mine when I said "I am actually doing 4 "Mega" arches and then within each of the 4 "Mega" Arches I will have 2 "Mini" Arches (for a total of 8 "Mini" Arches), but my two "mini arches" inside my "mega arch" have independent channels from the "mega Arch". Minis have 5 channels each and the Mega has 9 channels. My arches are also between my 5 Mini Trees...I count 6 & 10 to make a small and large arch. Am I mistaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I like the 3 - 2 idea also. I'd vote for seven channels per arch. Should make for some interesting patterns and effects. I'm looking forward to seeing a video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Dennis Cherry wrote:I count 6 & 10 to make a small and large arch. Am I mistaken?If you are counting the arches that T110431 posted, then I think you are correct, but when I said "Minis have 5 channels each and the Mega has 9 channels" I was referring to my Arch layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shfr26 Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Thanks for all the replies. All I have to do is make them and do about 20 new song, and redo all my old songs due to the added elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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