How Do You Setup Christmas Lights To Music?

Question

I Was Planning On Seting Up A Light Display This Christmas. I Am Planing On Spending Under $100.

Answer 1

I think there is a Mr. Christmas Box that will allow you to set up your lights to music. It does not have many channels, but will be under the $100 you seek - and it will look very good.

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/12/06/ogcc-day-6-christmas-music-motion-light-show

Some people use pre-assembled boards to control lights. There are 3 leading manufacturers of this equipment in the USA. If you are a technical person, you could design your own equipment to do this.

The manufacturers are http://www.Lightorama.com (moderate price - but more than $100).

http://d-light.us (lowest price, but still more than $100)

http://www.animatedlighting.com (highest price and much more than $100).

If you went with any of the above companies, you could reasonably expect to pay $100-$200 for a controller, and about $75-$100 for the software. If you want to broadcast your music on the radio, you can buy an inexpensive Belkin for under $15 and modify it to increase the range.

The hardest part of this isn't building the systems, but sequencing your music. Each song has to be broken down to about 0.1 second intervals and you tell which lights to turn on and off.

Answer 2

There is software and dedicated hardway to do what you're trying to do, but for a hundred bucks? Limited budgets get limited light shows. Good luck.

Answer 3

not sure maybe with alot of wires and cords