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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Re: Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 13, 2020, 08:57:39 AM »

Found this video which might be one you were referring to and it helps quite a bit. Now I just have to figure out how to create the model for the Santa with 3 channels, one outline and mouth open/closed.
http://videos.xlights.org/vcs-2020-singing-faces-mike-barsky_1acaff8f5.html

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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Re: Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 13, 2020, 07:24:00 AM »

I'll keep going. I've stumbled on a lot of it on my own. Thanks for the suggestions, it's appreciated 

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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Re: Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 13, 2020, 05:35:01 AM »

Multiple times actually. They all are pretty specific for doing RGB but that will be next year for me. I guess I will just watch them some more. I was hoping there was one that specifically shows how to do it with AC type lighting that I'm using for this year but have not found one.

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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Re: Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 12, 2020, 02:06:53 PM »

Gilrock, that was a preprogrammed sequence that I purchased from HC for a Soldiers Silent Night and it works extremely well actually and does exactly what I am trying to produce, I attached those as an example.

Keith, I sent those screen shots just to show what I see when I zoom in. I have the lyrics for the song I was working on and is in the screen shots now attached and that is the point I am at but I'm clueless how to proceed with creating the settings for the mouth open and mouth closed programming? I guess that's what I'm looking for help with understanding. I don't understand how to set up a model for this action with a single strand of lights I guess. I've read that section of the manual twice but still don't seem to get it   

I'll check out the link you attached in your reply and if there are any other video's etc that anyone can suggest I will be all over it.  Thanks...Todd

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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Re: Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 11, 2020, 03:51:06 PM »

I think maybe I didn't explain what I was looking for well enough. I am attaching an example of a sequence that I purchased from Holiday Coro. This is what I am trying to automatically produce. I don't think I can use the faces because I only have single color strands and have to use the AC tool bar. The RGB tool bar doesn't apply to my strings...or I simply don't understand that yet. When I look at the sequence I don't understand how to produce what I see in this sequence for the open and closed portion so that when one is off the other is on and so forth. I apologize in advance for my ignorance. The first image is unzoomed, and the 2nd is zoomed.

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Nutcracker Autogenerate Sequence / Auto generate mouth movements for 2 channel static AC lights

« on: November 11, 2020, 04:22:38 AM »

I'm a year from RGB (too late for this year) so I'm still with my AC LOR type setup for this year. I am learning xlights. I have a 2 channel singing Santa (one channel static face outline, 1 channel each for mouth open/closed) and I was wondering if there is a way to auto generate the mouth movements for this. I have a song I've been breaking down the lyrics to match the song, but I have no idea how to go about doing the mouth timings to match the lyrics and I'm hoping there is a way for the software to do this for me?

Everything I found in the forum so far if for RGB so I'm looking for help please, video's etc?

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Re: Newbie question - AC light setup like LOR

« on: October 23, 2020, 03:58:22 AM »

Hi Keith and thanks for the reply. Forgive my ignorance but how/where do I "pop into zoom"? Thanks 

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Do You Need Help? Post it here / Newbie question - AC light setup like LOR

« on: October 21, 2020, 03:21:17 PM »

Hi! I am brand new to this world. The past two years I have used a simple controller (Asante Tap-Tap II) and phone app for my light show and this year I stepped into this world with a 16 zone AC controller from Holiday Coro with the HinksPix controller. I have not yet made the foray into RGB but maybe next year.

For now, I am totally confused on how to use xlights to setup and configure my AC LED lights as a simple 16 channel sequence. I have the controller configured and talking with the software but after watching many videos, I feel like I understand some of the RGB stuff but I am getting even more confused as to how to setup my show for the 16 channels single LED channels I will using for this year. I understand in the sequencing that I will only be using the AC toolbar so that's not the issue. It's creating, configuring the channels I don't understand and then the next steps after that. I have my basic layout set up on my house in the software, I have to add a singing santa I bought from Holliday Coro yet to it which I believe is a custom and uses 3 channels.

Please help...I'm stuck!