I wanted to see how mini trees would look using C7 LED lights, and how many it would take. I took photos of each step and created this Mini Tree Simulator.

Well I finally got one of our Light-O-Rama controllers hooked up for the first time last night and tested a few of the lights! How exciting!!!
I’d heard from several people to make sure I tested the different effects on different lights before using them in sequencing songs…..and they were right! I thought the Shimmer effect [...]

Yes, there is such a person! The Demented Elf is a computerized light show enthusiast himself, but he’s got more talent than just lights…he does awesome voiceovers! The really cool thing is he has his own Christmas Display Show, so he really has a great understanding of what’s needed and what works best. I just [...]

Just took delivery of our two light controllers today! Two of these puppies!

So each controller has two inputs (plug-ins) and 16 outputs. Meaning, each output controls a “channel” which is any kind of light set/decoration. So we will have 32 sets of things that these will be controlling in our display…that will be syncronized to [...]

Cruising around CafePress last night and thought I would share some of my favorites with regards to Christmas and all things related!

Alright! Finally a sense of accomplishment, I got our first sequence done! It took me much longer than anticipated to figure out how to get everything working, but after about 4.5-5 hours of sequencing time I got it finished! Special thanks go out to Tim Dorr and Richard Holdman and the PlanetChristmas Forums for all [...]