[XCSSA] Controlling Christmas Lights

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

So I got pretty excited about the Christmas lights - big thanks to  
Charles for showing us his setup! I haven't completely decided  
(assuming I have the time) if I should opt for the tried and true  
approach that Charles showed or try to make something happen with  
MIDI. I thought I would share some tidbits for those interested:

http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=midiboxdmx
http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,12866.0.html

So basically, the pieces are there, and someone is working on a  
MidiBox / MIOS setup to talk to DMX relays and there's code that looks  
pretty easy to modify for a purely homebrew solution. Of course, all  
this doesn't solve the problem of choreographing all the lights - and  
a MIDI sequencer won't have the cool picture of the house like  
Charles' software does. But for musicians, it might be a bit easier to  
work with. Worst case, you could grab the General MIDI files of some  
popular tunes from the Interwebz (though I would plan on making my own  
stuff).

Just some food for thought!

Tim S.