Most ridiculous home Christmas lighting

[texasmom]

Yeah mom. No doubt they time code the music like we do with video. From there all you have to do is match the light sequence to the music. You really dont have to either listen to the music or look at the lights to do it. I would like to get a look at the digital sequence software used for this particular piece. No doubt what happens is that each frame of audio is time coded and specific lights are assigned, on or off, to each frame of time code. It looks far to accurate to have been sequenced by ear alone.

Meh ~ I was lost at "time code." Sounds like man's work to me. 

[indy007]

Yeah mom. No doubt they time code the music like we do with video. From there all you have to do is match the light sequence to the music. You really dont have to either listen to the music or look at the lights to do it. I would like to get a look at the digital sequence software used for this particular piece. No doubt what happens is that each frame of audio is time coded and specific lights are assigned, on or off, to each frame of time code. It looks far to accurate to have been sequenced by ear alone.

That depends on the hardware used. If they're using X-10 or Z-Wave, there's really no sequencer for it. It has to be hard coded by hand & ear.

[VonMessa]

Any DMX controlling software is capable of doing it.  Especially hooked up in a daisy chain.

I do it at weddings a lot with my DJ company, but obviously on a much smaller scale.

Just start with changes matching up with the BPM (beats per minute) of the song, and tweak it from there.  The possibilities are endless.

Not an arduous task if one is already familiar with the software, but very time consuming.