Need 2 songs..
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Topic: Need 2 songs..
Posted By: xxkasperxx
Subject: Need 2 songs..
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2011 at 11:48am
| Can someone please sugest two songs to add to my show? So far i only have "Carol of the Bells" |
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Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2011 at 6:19pm
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If you are in this biddness of making light show, you can't be out without the Wizards in Winter !!!
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Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2011 at 3:20pm
| i like thw song, however i think it will be kinda hard with 16 channels.. |
Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2011 at 4:35pm
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Not really. When my brother in law saw my display, he fell in love with it. He has only 16 channels and it looks just as impressive as 4000 IMHO. It all depends how you sequence and then place your lights. With imagination and trust me, for light shows, you need lots of it, you can accomplish pretty big and amazing displays. I started out with 16 channels as well in the first year. You and all of us, start somewhere....16 channels most of the time. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2011 at 8:58pm
| alright thanks man |
Posted By: ChrisL1976
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 8:06am
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Actually WIW is one of the easiest songs to do to 16 channels in my opinion ------------- Chris www.lightsonsixth.com |
Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 7:23pm
| hmm.. okay i guess ill give it a shot :) |
Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 7:55pm
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Wasn't WIW given out with one version of Aurora? If you want it I think I could find if for you. It would be a good template to start from. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
Holding breath for DMX. |
Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 8:10pm
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that would be AWESOME! If you dont mind finding it :) my email is leviwurtz2622@yahoo.com if you dont mind emailing it there. And i need one for song for my show! 1.) Carol of the bells 2.) WIW 3.) UNDECIDED :( |
Posted By: deweycooter
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2011 at 8:36pm
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Have you checked out the Aurora file swapping group on Yahoo? ------------- http://www.deweycooter.com/wiki/index.php/Aurora - Aurora Lights Wiki http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: bdkeen
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 6:52am
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You're welcome to any of my sequences if you want them - http://www.keenlights.info/ - http://www.keenlights.info
May not be all that difficult to adapty them to a lower channel count.
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Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 8:35am
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I could only find my modified version and a 600ch sequence is probably a little more than a beginner needs to learn from. I checked over at the Aurora Fileswappers yahoo board and the cleaned up original version is located there: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Aurorafileswappers/ - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Aurorafileswappers/ as well as a lot of other sequences that can help you get started. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
Holding breath for DMX. |
Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 2:59pm
| i have check it out, and they are all ment for more channels and it seems hard to "downgrade" them. I am willing to make the 2 more shows i just need 1 more song |
Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 8:39pm
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I think I put a high channel count WIW on the swapping forum some years ago (if it is not there then PM me and I will send it to you). Although it is set up for 200+ channels, it was originally written for 64 and expanded throughout the years. In reality the essential elements (tree sweep - 5 channels, house drum line - 4 channels, most mini effects are in groups of 6) could easily be reduced to 16 channels. You could just about renumber the useful channels to your controller ID and ignore the rest. The rest is just icing on the cake (nonessential fluff that looks cool). I'm mixed in opinion of WIW. It has been done so much that it really feels unoriginal, but it is the one song everyone looks forward to in the display every year and cheers on. People come just to see that one song! So, I leave it in there every year. Michael ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2011 at 10:15pm
| so for my last song, is there anything that would draw more attention than others? |
Posted By: MrChristmas2000
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 6:01am
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I also like Music Box Dancer. Lots of action. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
Holding breath for DMX. |
Posted By: Jonathan
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 9:28am
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I have purposely never done WIW for the very reasons LightsOnLogan describes. That's what everyone else does, and well, I'm not everyone else. I do have a few other TSO songs. I'm adding Nutrocker this year, and hopefully the Beethoven's Requiem as well. TSO lends itself quite well for what we do. I agree about Music Box Dancer (by DJ Swede - you can get it from Amazon Music). I may bring that one back this year. ------------- ~Jonathan |
Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 2:16pm
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I had done DJ Santa from scratch and it always is a crowd favorite. Right now this year, I'm adding Santa Claus is Back in Town by Elvis. It has a few booms and bams here and there and should prove to be interesting. Basically, it all comes down to this: Create a sequence that will have lots of flashes, beats, twirls and so on. That's what people like. Last year, people just loved seeing the way the mega trees gave the impression they were turning on the spot. I had done White Christmas from Bing one year and never put in on ever after. It was a slow death just to sequence and worst in looking/listening to it. One more thing: Try to get a song that no one has ever done. Yes it is a lot of work to sequence from scratch since you have no idea where the beats are but the originality of your song will prove to be something out of this world. Nobody had ever heard the song "Wouldn't it be fun to be Santa Claus's Son" from Spike Jones. I never saw it done until I did it myself. This year, if time permits, I'd like to do "The Sombrero that I got for Christmas is too beeeg" from Mel Blanc... 
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Posted By: xxkasperxx
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2011 at 7:22pm
| okay, quick question how do you make the mega trees look like they are spinning? |
Posted By: Nightowlz1966
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 6:30am
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Sandstorm is a good song to sequence I will be doing it this year myself. ------------- Brian FlandersI thought I had More Extension Cords http://www.christmasonthecreek.com - Christmas On The Creek |
Posted By: Jonathan
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 1:28pm
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Spinning mega trees require a decent amount of channels, but it can be done with less. My display uses 4 colors (red, white, green, and multi), and each color currently gets 4 channels (or 16 channels for the whole tree). In my case, I actually only have half of a mega tree, so I split the tree into quarters and have three strands or so per quarter. The strands are placed vertically from the base to the top. Think of the strands as the hypotenuse of a triangle. To spin, you turn on one channel, fade out while the next one fades in, and so on. When you get to the end you repeat. You can also start with all the lights on and turn one channel off at a time. Obviously the more channels you dedicate for this, the better the effect. ------------- ~Jonathan |
Posted By: BigDPS
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 3:07pm
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On my mega tree, I have 32 string of 70 lights. They are on 16 channels so 2 set share a channel. On 16 channels, I would dedicate maybe 6 channels and put 12 strings of lights. I know it won't be a big mega more like a mini mega but you can achieve good results. Like Jon said, to give the illusion of spinning, you program it so one channel at a time is lit up. You can do it 2 ways: light one channel at a time or turn on all you lights and then turn one channel at a time. If this is your first time sequencing, don't be afraid to experiment. With 6 channels in a mega tree (I did one with 9 sets of 100 mini-lights one year and people were impressed at the look. It's not the size that counts but how you use it.  ) and then 10 channels for other flashing lights, you can have a decent lightshow. If you use LED instead of normal lights, you can have just as many lights as you wish since they barely take any juice at all. 15000 lights all on, will be only 498watts. My Halloween display has 150 feet of rope light the normal incandescent type, 40 mini sets of 35 normal lights, 4- 50 watt floodlight and when all turned on, they take 1255watts!!!! Let me tell you we are NOT going that route next year. LED it will be for HAlloween as well.To recap, don't be afraid to try anything. It is by trial and error that you will learn. We all went through that phase, trust me. And one thing that I noticed, every hobbyist that shares our passion, will be more than happy to help you if you need help. It is a family like no others.  ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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