You know you've been over sequencing when...

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   Late the other night and I mean late, I was sequencing a song and I wanted to see if the W2E effect would look good.  Since my office is in the front of the house, I can just look through the window to see some of the lights.  The effect actually didn't do anything, so I decided to program a W2E on every single channel to see if that made a difference.  I then  checked to make sure no cars were coming as I didn't want to spoil the surprise for any of our neighbors, and hit play.  

Well, I didn't see the pedestrian walking their dog (who walks their dog at midnight anyway?) until the entire display illuminated their body.  All I saw was their startled head turn towards the house just as the poor dog who until that moment had been enjoying a peaceful, quiet walk took off running, yanking their owner behind them.  The lights went out just as quickly as they went on, and I can only imagine what that person must have been thinking after that!  

After that, I decided not to test any effects until show time.

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Jonathan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Location: SoCal Online Status: Offline Posts: 1237	Quote Reply Topic: You know you've been over sequencing when... Posted: 28 Nov 2008 at 11:33am
	Late the other night and I mean late, I was sequencing a song and I wanted to see if the W2E effect would look good. Since my office is in the front of the house, I can just look through the window to see some of the lights. The effect actually didn't do anything, so I decided to program a W2E on every single channel to see if that made a difference. I then checked to make sure no cars were coming as I didn't want to spoil the surprise for any of our neighbors, and hit play. Well, I didn't see the pedestrian walking their dog (who walks their dog at midnight anyway?) until the entire display illuminated their body. All I saw was their startled head turn towards the house just as the poor dog who until that moment had been enjoying a peaceful, quiet walk took off running, yanking their owner behind them. The lights went out just as quickly as they went on, and I can only imagine what that person must have been thinking after that! After that, I decided not to test any effects until show time.
	~Jonathan

LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Nov 2008 at 10:56am
	While not exactly on topic, we ususally start on Thanksgiving but due to technical glitches (broken controller) and work (Aurora) we're a little late with the sequences this year. That didn't stop the visitors though... we must have had 20 people turn around in our driveway last night while the lights were out. Some didn't even wait until then... I was running a chase pattern through HWUtility while testing things on Tuesday and had 3 cars stop in front of the house to see if we were running yet.


Jonathan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 07 Sep 2008 Location: SoCal Online Status: Offline Posts: 1237	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2008 at 11:08pm
	At least now people don't look at me strangely when I play Christmas music like they did back in July.
	~Jonathan

bdkeen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Location: Easton,PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 380	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2008 at 4:29pm
	You hear the songs in your dreams at night Can tell what sequence is playing without the sound


LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2008 at 3:52pm
	When you're heading to work and the radio starts playing WIW; you want to drive into a big tree at 100mph. Or.... You get IMs asking to try the latest Beta on a clean Vista machine! Edited by LightChristmas - 27 Nov 2008 at 5:27pm


BigDPS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Nov 2008 at 3:31pm
	I don't know about you guys but right now, I've been sequencing so much, that my brain is starting to play games on me. Hence this post. I'd like to see if you have the same feeling or worse than I am/have. You know you've been over sequencing when: You hear a song you've sequenced lately and know exactly which tree lights up according to the beat you hear. You hear a TV commercial and wouldn't mind trying to sequence it just for the kicks