Great to see individuals still sequencing songs.
xLights has endless options when it comes to effects, and at first can be a little daunting.
You may want to add some single stand effects to your arches to get home bouncing back and forth during a few sections of the song to add some movement...
Great to hear you got a display up and running in your short time frame.
This will be a great platform to grow on for this year.
Regarding your arch bases, I would recommend looking at using some simple 25mm PVC Tee 3 Way T Conduit and a cross bar rather than the 3D printed bases.
There a...
Considering Moving Heads in Your Light Display?
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Hello fellow light enthusiasts!
Dreaming of a light display that dazzles with Moving Heads? Here are some things to ponder as you embark on your luminous journey:
Budget Check : Moving Heads can bring the wow factor, but they...
I would keep everything very simply.
I would build as you have pictured, plus some house verticals, maybe leave the large garage matrix until next year.
Falcon Pixel Controller https://aus.pixelcontroller.com/store/featured/88-f16v5.html
plus some smart receivers...
Depends a lot on your show and what music you like.
Song choice can impact the type of audience for example kids type songs will attract family and techno type songs will attract the the doof doof base audience.
Generally used to keep the popular / favourite songs from precious year and tweak...
Yes HP server PSU do provide a alternative
I did a little write up a couple of years ago about them
https://auschristmaslighting.com/threads/hp-server-12v-100-amp-power-supply.12272/#post-107529
Maybe some downsides are
12v only and maybe to large for a given application for example if you...
How are you powering the F48?
From memory they require 3 amps.
Are you also running pixels directly from the controller? If so maybe try running the board without any pixels to try and eliminate any possible issues from voltage drop.
Does the onboard power indicator LED stay on?
Alec,
Tyler J. Gunn a member Holiday Lighting Think Tank Facebook group made a smaller snowman search that group for snowman and it will show up
He used a wire frame with 3D painted connectors and bullet pixels