[XCSSA] Christmas Lights Display

Tue Dec 29 09:39:07 CST 2009

I am not aware of a Linux version but I did look at using DMX lighting, which can be setup to talk MIDI. That means you could use any MIDI sequencer to sequence your lights, which are indeed available in Linux. In fact, you could use a full DAW-like solution (Cubase, Reaper, or for Linux Ardour I think) to handle both your MIDI and audio so you can make sure the two are synced to each other.

That said, I think moving to that would solve some issues and cause others and I haven't done that myself so I can't really speak to how it might be different. Since I'm already a MIDI guy, I may go the way of the DMX stuff once there are more tools for it (via the MidiBox project - sensing a pattern from me? :). If I do, I'll let you know. Alas, my house is not very conducive to amazing displays of music-synchronized lights...maybe for the next house...

Tim

On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:29 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:

> I will do a demo of the RGB tree lights.  I think I can carry all three controllers and the lights to the meeting.  I will know once I take it down and put it in the box.  If I can't carry it all, then I will take one controller and the RGB strings.  I will be taking the lights down this weekend.  If you or anyone is interested in taking a look at the setup, you are more than welcome to come by.  I will be starting on Saturday morning at around 9 or 10AM.  I will leave the mega tree for last (some time in the afternoon of Saturday.)  Help with the teardown is not required nor necessary.  It will probably take me about 8 hours to finish the tare-down, but I will always have Sunday to finish, if required.
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> What pauses are you referring to?  The show runs on a custom scheduling program written by the same people that developed the sequencing program.  The scheduler does not use the windows scheduler.  Regretfully there is no Linux version of the lightshow scheduler or sequencer.  If anyone is aware of one, please let me know...
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> Charles S.
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> Subject: Re: [XCSSA] Christmas Lights Display
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> BTW.. For those who are too lazy to find his stuff on YouTube.. Here it is:
>       http://www.youtube.com/user/CSTRANG70
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> I found this guy's display interesting:
>       http://www.youtube.com/user/CSTRANG70#p/a/f/0/rmgf60CI_ks
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> Although those pauses are very obviously illustrating the weaknesses of the Windows scheduler.  Do they not have this software that will run on a Linux/UN*(X based OS yet?  Seems like it would run much smoother.
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> Tweeks
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> On Monday 21 December 2009, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> > I will be posting videos of the display on youtube around the 24th. 
> > Do a youtube search for cstrang70 and you should find the 2009 videos
> > then. You can currently see a few of the songs from last year's display.
> > 
> > Later
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> > Charles S.
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> > X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> > > Just went by Charles's house and it was sweet! That tree is hypnotic...
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> > Any chance of getting a pic posted on line, or a link to some video,
> > for those of us who live WAYYYYY out of town?  Thanks, Dennis Myhand
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