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Paid Sequences / Second Week of Showstopper Sequences Sale

« on: October 01, 2018, 11:23:43 PM »

Showstoppersequences.com is having a 4/4/40% sale.  Starting the last week of September, each week, four different songs will be offered at 40% off the normal price.  The second week we are discounting:

Sarajevo by TSO ($21 instead of $35)
What Child is This by Elle Zamudio ($18 instead of $30)
Let it Go by Idina Menzel ($24 instead of $40)
Christmastime by Michael W. Smith ($24 instead of $40)

Great sequences and great prices. Visit us at http://www.showstoppersequences.com and look for the Sale banner next to the sequence. Have a great lighting season!

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Paid Sequences / Showstopper Sequences Sale

« on: September 26, 2018, 02:22:39 AM »

So everything is built, right?  All you have to do is convince your neighbors those candy canes are for Halloween and then light them up.  Well we can't help you put up your display, but we can help you with what you put on it. 

Showstoppersequences.com is having a 4/4/40% sale.  For the next four weeks, each week, four different songs will be offered at 40% off the normal price.  The first week we are discounting:

Christmas Vacation by Mavis Staples ($21 instead of $35)
Carol of the Bells by Mannheim Steamroller ($18 instead of $30)
Christmas Canon by TSO ($18 instead of $30)
Do You Hear What I Hear by Spiraling ($21 instead of $35)

Great seqeunces and great prices. Visit us at http://www.showstoppersequences.com and look for the Sale banner next to the sequence. Have a great lighting season!

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / Re: 2018.16 Will Not Load

« on: June 19, 2018, 04:29:51 AM »

That fixed it.  Thank you!

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Bugs in xLights/Nutcracker / 2018.16 Will Not Load

« on: June 17, 2018, 03:52:40 AM »

I downloaded the 64 bit version of XLights.  When I attempt to install it, Windows gives me the error message "This App Can't Run on Your Machine".  Download file appears to be about 13 MB short compared to previous versions.

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Paid Sequences / Showstopper Sequences

« on: April 07, 2018, 10:57:08 AM »

My wife and I are proud to announce the launch of Showstopper Sequences.  Visit us at http://www.showstoppersequences.com.  April 7th through the 15th we are offering a free download of Wizards in Winter by TSO.

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The Water Cooler / Have a Sequence You Want to Market?

« on: March 06, 2018, 12:43:00 PM »

I wasn't sure where to post this...so I defaulted to here.

I am preparing to launch a sequence sales web site featuring XLights and Light-O-Rama sequences. The site is moderately priced.  I am about 75% done with my portion of the site and it should be up and running within a month.

I know my sequences are pretty good, but I would be kidding myself if I though they were the best out there.  Maybe one or more of those great sequences belong to you, but you are not interested in setting up a website or maintaining it just to sell a sequence or two.  If there is some interest, I am opening my site up to third party sales.

Here's the overview.  You provide the sequence and any support files, excluding the music.  (Not selling music through the site.)  I will format it and maintain the web site.  You set your price, but I will get $5 per sale.  If it never sells, you aren't out a dime, just the time you put into getting the info for the ad together.

The site is very professional and allows for instant downloads of electronic purchases.  The software framework for the site is through 3dcart, a commercial e-commerce service.  If you are interested and would like to look at the site before making a decision, it's http://www.showstoppersequences.com.  Go to the XLights tab.  DO NOT go through the checkout procedure.  It has not been tested; just consider nothing there is for sale at this time.

If you are interested, please send me a PM here.  I can then provide you more details.  Thanks!

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Shared Effect Presets / Mega Tree Rainbow Sprinkler Effect

« on: January 31, 2018, 10:23:58 AM »

Three layers on this effect.  First layer is a background.

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My Show Setup / Re: What RGB floods are people using

« on: December 28, 2017, 08:14:30 AM »

I use eight of the 10W from RobG and I tried one of Ray Wu's WS2811 10W floods this year.  There's really no difference in performance/light intensity.

Word of advice from experience: Unless you are good at soldering PCBs, buy a couple extra of the RobG floods.  That way if your soldering sucks (and you don't find out until the temperatures are cold and things contract), you have a spare to quickly replace the one you screwed up.

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Show Assets / Re: TSO's Nutrocker

« on: November 10, 2017, 07:46:23 AM »

So I bought the sheet music off of Amazon.  Cheap enough -- under $5 and had my neighbor "translate" it for me.  I did not use the entire song for my sequence, just the two most iconic melodies.  For anyone interested, the opening is as follows, with each chord in parenthesis:  (G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,E)(G,B,E)(B,D,F#)(G,B,D)(G,B,E) and repeat.  The next one I used started around 35 seconds into the song:  (G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,E)(G,B,E)(G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,D)(G,B,E) and repeat.  These basic patterns are repeated throughout the song.

Name the timing mark for the chords, and make an unnamed timing mark gap between the chords to turn the piano keys off since the chords are repeated.  It makes for a very realistic piano display on a matrix.  I will post the video on my vimeo page when things are up and running. (http://www.vimeo.com/stoff)

Thanks again to all those who responded.  Have a great season!

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Show Assets / Re: TSO's Nutrocker

« on: September 16, 2017, 10:22:13 AM »

I have a plan B.  My neighbor is a retired piano teacher.  She owes me a favor because I salvaged her computer files when her computer crashed.  Plus she loves our light show.

When I get it from her, I will share it.  I will share it so hard.

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Show Assets / Re: TSO's Nutrocker

« on: September 16, 2017, 06:50:50 AM »

If no one can supply you the notes, or you can't find them online, you could always create a new timing track using the Polyphonic Transcription. Not perfect but it may be good enough for the effect depending on how accurate you want to be.

I wrote guide for the piano effect a while back, see attached, that may be helpful if you haven't used it before.

I just downloaded and read your guide.  Very nice.  Thank you for sharing. 

I have tried the import notes, but like you, have no musical background and I'm not sure how accurate they are.  It sure seems like alot of notes.  And I mean ALOT. Ha!

I am shocked that no one has done this; it's seems like an obvious thing to do with that song.  Or maybe they have and just don't want to share: "He wants my Precious but he can't have it! He's being tricksy. He can't have my Precious!"   

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Show Assets / TSO's Nutrocker

« on: September 12, 2017, 01:39:06 PM »

I am looking to use the Piano effect on a matrix with TSO's Nutrocker.

Does anyone have the note breakdown for the song; I am not musically adept enough to figure out the notes and chords.  TIA.

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Enhancement Requests / Re: Bar Effect Enhancement

« on: August 07, 2017, 12:09:37 PM »

Kevinp has it right.

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Enhancement Requests / Bar Effect Enhancement

« on: August 05, 2017, 12:55:59 AM »

I would like to see a color picker for the Highlight on the Bars Effect.