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Offline NOTW Lights

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« on: April 19, 2018, 02:42:53 PM »
This is Michael, creator of the NOTW Lights show in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

My first completed show was in 2017. I spent the previous 2 years preparing, building, troubleshooting, creating 10 songs and even fundraising in Kickstarter to finish my show.



Here are 4 of my favorite sequences:



All 11 of my sequences can be seen in my Vimeo channel here.
Everything is DIY and since I don't own a welder, I used JB Weld Epoxy on the snowflake wireframes.
I currently only use a humble 1,963 lights in my show and it all runs off one e682 controller.
I sequence all songs in Xlights and play off a raspberry pi running FPP.
I only use 2 power supplies and showcase how I made everything in my website including links to supplies used!

www.notwlights.com
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Offline RandyS

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Re: NOTW Lights Show Setup
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2018, 02:49:41 PM »
Very nice job!  Your tune to sign is awesome.  Can you elaborate a bit more on how you made it?

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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2018, 02:57:56 PM »
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Very nice job!  Your tune to sign is awesome.  Can you elaborate a bit more on how you made it? -RandyS

Thank you Randy!
Here is the link to exactly how I made my Tune To sign:
It's hand engraved plexiglass with a Dremel Tool. I put some addressable strip lights in the base so I can sequence my Tune To sign with the show lights.

 
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2018, 09:58:30 AM »
Vimeo started removing some of my videos due to copyright song issues. I had to set most of them to private so use the password "notofthisworld" to view videos.

That said, check out my newest sequence addition this year 2018! Took over a month to sequence!
The Greatest Show - The Greatest Showman Soundtrack
https://vimeo.com/301989144
« Last Edit: November 21, 2018, 10:00:15 AM by notw22 »
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Re: NOTW Lights Show Setup
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2018, 03:07:02 PM »
Looks great. Love the up and down movements of the lights - fits nicely with the swells of voice in the song. Great job.

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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2018, 09:19:43 AM »
Your Tune To sign is pretty sweet.  Hopefully you don't have new stations popping up on your channel like I have for the past 3 years.  I have had to change channels every year.

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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2019, 08:28:35 AM »
My apologies if this is a duplicate reply/question (from someone ignorant to Dremel etching).  How deep was your etching or is it just scratching the surface?  Thanks in advance.

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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2019, 11:02:15 PM »
The 45 degree angle outlines were probably less than 1/8".
The fill was just scratching the surface, not deep at all.
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