Today was a fun day, because I got to UPGRADE some components that run the show. When the show runs, the lights flash in harmony with music, which bellows out of 102.1 on your FM radio. Most everyone is amazed that I “have my own radio station”, which in reality is just a little hardware.…
This post is a follow-on to Part 1. Be sure to read through it first. The software makes your job easier, but it’s still your job as the sequence author to make things happen. You’re working with a varying set of possible effects, channels that map to your lights, and a timeline. The LOR show building…
Well, it happens. I’m behind schedule. Technically, I’ve chosen to complete some items on the schedule earlier than projected rather than focusing on current items. Nonetheless, on my color-coded spreadsheet I have several items displaying in red right now, which is bad. Planning for the light show is ultra-important. Schedule slips can certainly happen, but…
This year, I needed to upgrade the display infrastructure. A number of items in the display are getting refreshed for this season. One item on the to-do list can be scratched off: new window frames for lights. There’s a bit of history leading up to these frames.
Putting on a good holiday light show takes a lot of different pieces working in harmony, and the most important one is music/light synchronization. Using the components that make up the show, this is referred to as “sequencing”. Without sequencing, lights and music cannot work together. Sequencing is the process of affecting lights in coordinated…
Just in time for the holiday season, we’re moving! No, not MOVING moving. Just the website. Same address, but a different home. With this post, we’re announcing the old-new www.greenlakechristmas.com. I expect to post more often, as well as grow the site with: More pictures More video More how-to Plus, a few more potential surprises.…