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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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My house this Xmas.....way to much time on our hands............The middle two links will probably be the best. Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm5KwI2Soc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtFrvlGmZI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yG3sFisVig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asRSeOWtcRo
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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repost! but cool stuff
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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wow. how can it be a repost.....we just got it up on the net no more then last week. It hasnt gotten that many hits for it to circulate already.

Are you sure ur not thinkin of someone else that may have done the wizards song (third link, it is the most popular). U will know its us by the Pink Floyd/adult show/non xmas music, that plays after 10 at night. Welcome to the Machine (second link) is part of it.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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repost or not, its in the wrong forum...moving...
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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would you mind PMing me your address? I would love to check it out on my families anual Christmas eve light drive.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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Clark W. Griswold... you have met your match!
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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wow, thats pretty intense.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by S2000GT,Dec 20 2006, 03:57 PM
repost or not, its in the wrong forum...moving...
and still in the wrong forum... moving to off-topic.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 03:30 PM
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How do you get the lights to do that, is there some kind of computer program or something?
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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Yes we were shooting at the Clark Griswald amount of lights.

The lights are controlled via a series of computer run and programmed controllers. We have 4 controllers, each with 16 channels. Each channel can get programmed independantly of the others to create the effects. its just a PITA to get everything to line up properly. For every 30 seconds of music its about 2 hours worth of programming but i guess that comes with the 30XXX lights on the house.

The videos are good but they dont do much justice as many of the lights are overlapped with different colors that kick on at different times.
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