Sharing....

[dkulp]

I personally don't think there are enough people in this section sharing their xLights XML files for the stuff they are sequencing...   :-)

Serious, how are those of us that are WAY behind in their sequencing (partially due to spending so much time enhancing xLights) supposed to catch up if there aren't enough sharers.   If anyone has any of the "common" things (stuff from TSO, etc...) to share, I'd love it.  Particularly if it has a pixel megatree, pixel star, and pixel arches.     

:-)   

Dan
(feeling a bit overwhelmed right now)

[twooly]

Ill play.  Just a mega tree and star.  Thanks for your help on xlights/nutcracker

Carol of Bells
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010563IC/ref=dm_ws_sp_tlw_trk1_B0010563IC

Christmas Sarevjo
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001237DT0/ref=dm_ws_sp_tlw_trk1_B001237DT0

Wizards in Winter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00123B3S2/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk4?ie=UTF8&qid=1415819976&sr=8-1

Winter Palace
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009WJ7GQQ/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415820112&sr=8-1

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[jnealand]

i almost hate to admit it, but for me it is clicking the random effects button on my whole house preview.  I then go thru each time increment and either protect it  because it looks ok or leave unprotected.  After looking at them all I click random again to get new effects for those I didn't like and go thru the process again.  Repeat as necessary.  I will start the year out with more songs than I usually have and then will keep going back and tweaking one song at a time until SWMBO is happy.  That's my process so far for this year.  And that really does not give anything unique worth sharing.  Most of the stuff I have seen shared is for songs I would never play in my show. but I like traditional Christmas music.

[JonB256]

twooly, Looking at some of your Star effects, I put a "Pinwheel" on my star. Very easy chase effect around the perimeter.
If your star is atop a pixel tree, paste the same code into both cells.

Code: [Select]

Pinwheel,None,Effect 1,ID_CHECKBOX_LayerMorph=0,ID_SLIDER_SparkleFrequency=101,ID_SLIDER_Brightness=355,ID_SLIDER_Contrast=0,ID_SLIDER_EffectLayerMix=0,E1_SLIDER_Speed=6,E1_TEXTCTRL_Fadein=0.00,E1_TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=0.00,E1_CHECKBOX_FitToTime=0,E1_CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Arms=8,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_ArmSize=175,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Twist=6,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Thickness=46,E1_CHECKBOX_Pinwheel_Rotation=1,E1_CHOICE_Pinwheel_3D=None,E1_SLIDER_PinwheelXC=0,E1_SLIDER_PinwheelYC=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette1=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette1=1,E1_BUTTON_Palette2=#00FF00,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette2=1,E1_BUTTON_Palette3=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette3=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette4=#00FF00,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette4=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette5=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette5=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette6=#000000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette6=0,E2_SLIDER_Speed=9,E2_TEXTCTRL_Fadein=0.00,E2_TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=0.00,E2_CHECKBOX_FitToTime=0,E2_CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,E2_BUTTON_Palette1=#FF0000,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette1=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette2=#00FF00,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette2=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette3=#0000FF,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette3=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette4=#FFFF00,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette4=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette5=#FFFFFF,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette5=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette6=#000000,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette6=1

[danj]

Jim---that is AWESOME.   I love your approach!!!!!!

[twooly]

twooly, Looking at some of your Star effects, I put a "Pinwheel" on my star. Very easy chase effect around the perimeter.
If your star is atop a pixel tree, paste the same code into both cells.

Code: [Select]

Pinwheel,None,Effect 1,ID_CHECKBOX_LayerMorph=0,ID_SLIDER_SparkleFrequency=101,ID_SLIDER_Brightness=355,ID_SLIDER_Contrast=0,ID_SLIDER_EffectLayerMix=0,E1_SLIDER_Speed=6,E1_TEXTCTRL_Fadein=0.00,E1_TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=0.00,E1_CHECKBOX_FitToTime=0,E1_CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Arms=8,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_ArmSize=175,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Twist=6,E1_SLIDER_Pinwheel_Thickness=46,E1_CHECKBOX_Pinwheel_Rotation=1,E1_CHOICE_Pinwheel_3D=None,E1_SLIDER_PinwheelXC=0,E1_SLIDER_PinwheelYC=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette1=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette1=1,E1_BUTTON_Palette2=#00FF00,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette2=1,E1_BUTTON_Palette3=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette3=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette4=#00FF00,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette4=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette5=#FF0000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette5=0,E1_BUTTON_Palette6=#000000,E1_CHECKBOX_Palette6=0,E2_SLIDER_Speed=9,E2_TEXTCTRL_Fadein=0.00,E2_TEXTCTRL_Fadeout=0.00,E2_CHECKBOX_FitToTime=0,E2_CHECKBOX_OverlayBkg=0,E2_BUTTON_Palette1=#FF0000,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette1=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette2=#00FF00,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette2=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette3=#0000FF,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette3=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette4=#FFFF00,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette4=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette5=#FFFFFF,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette5=1,E2_BUTTON_Palette6=#000000,E2_CHECKBOX_Palette6=1

I'll have to give that a try, thanks.  Created those before we had the pinwheel and never thought to try it on the star to be honest.

[flyinverted]

Here is how I sequence

I set Audacity to Bars, 4 beats to a bar. Create the sequence in NC and then mark the timing grids to denote the Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Solo, etc.

I do not do the LOR type of sequencing where folks like to sequence to the syllables. I sequence to the beats. I'm not trying to create Light Induced Strokes in my viewers.

Once I have a good set of 8 effects, I can use them via cut paste in different sections of the song. I'll just go back and change the colors.

That's how I do it and this works for most songs. 

      


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[neil]

flyinverted, I like your approach. I too hate to see a display flashing around (because they can) and would much rather see the lighting help tell the story in the music. quite often with our new RGB displays we can have great effects playing for a number of bars/ phases in the music without have to result in too many flashes of light that make the audience wonder what the display was trying to tell in the musics storyline.


And the added benefit of our new approach to sequencing using Nutcracker makes it so much faster to sequence a song. Yes there are some effects that you can do in a grid sequencer,  but generally with a RGB display you don't need to do that anyway.


Now for those that still have strings of lights to worry about then yes the sequencer grid works well.

[danj]

Fly--do you cut/paste/export into excel or something then import back into XL/NC?

[ahb2ukeith]

2 mega tress 120 x 20 flex strips
2 mini trees     60 x 10 flex strips
4 fire sticks    60 x 1 flex strip

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
http://www.amazon.com/Songs-Know-What-Dark-Light/dp/B00C7D3UJQ



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[ahb2ukeith]

Missed the singing trees

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[flyinverted]

Fly--do you cut/paste/export into excel or something then import back into XL/NC?

I have 2 methods to my madness.  If I have a really good set of 8 bars of effects, I will sometimes cut/paste into Excel or Google docs.   I will do that only if I have a set of effects that I want to use in a different song.

When working within a song, I copy/paste 8 cells at a time within NC.

Here is a quick sample of getting 8 bars done in a song.   Note how simple this is, looks very basic to us Nutcrackers but people love this. I got cars stopping in the street when I had my megatree partially assembled in the garage last weekend. Neighbors whom I've never talked to stopped to say "THAT LOOKS COOL"

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LG7LucoeSjj0aqOo7qygb5PHrn4Em0IzLtDrXIkcFxA/edit?usp=sharing

[Lights On Fifth]

What is the name of song you used?

[flyinverted]

I used the audio from this mashup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8JDFHtBA8M

The set of effects I shared start at 23.591 seconds.

My show runs on my boat in a 4 hour long parade for 2 days in a row.  The parade runs a 10 mile course with 30-40 boats. The folks watching the parade do not want to hear 40 boats worth of cheesy Christmas songs.  When my boat goes by I see people get up and start dancing and that's good enough for me.

[Lights On Fifth]

LOL I thought you had sent the video of your display, I was waiting to see the effect, duh! my bad.