Christmas music suggestions?

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

"Where a couple of misfits"

I've been looking at the whole Christmas light show thing myself this year but found that it is WAY too expensive to do the way I want to. 469.99 for a basic controller box (16 channel) and a hundred more for the software needed.

Man, I would really like to do this! I wonder what it would cost to do that Deck the Halls one if I hired it done?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

Man, I would really like to do this! I wonder what it would cost to do that Deck the Halls one if I hired it done?

In this video, the basic "under $500" controller would suffice. When I was pricing far more fancier effects, is when I saw the cost really sky rocket.

For instance, part of the stuff being sold is an FM transmitter so you can broadcast the music to people's car stereo's as they drove by.

http://www.wowlights.com/ProductDeta...20&Product=117

[Azzan]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

In this video, the basic "under $500" controller would suffice. When I was pricing far more fancier effects, is when I saw the cost really sky rocket.

For instance, part of the stuff being sold is an FM transmitter so you can broadcast the music to people's car stereo's as they drove by.

http://www.wowlights.com/ProductDeta...20&Product=117

When you say fancier effects, are you referring to dancing arches for example? That stuff is pretty easy to build (and cheap) if you are the least bit handy. I want to build 4 arches for my display this year.

I've already built 2 fans - I was surprised just how easy they were to make. I think each fan cost me about $5 in PVC and $2 for a U bolt. Throw in a few more dollars for some PVC cemet and cleaner plus 800 christmas lights and you've got a pretty fancy effect that can do quite a few neat things.

Check out http://doityourselfchristmas.com/ for ideas.

I bought my FM transmitter as a kit, cheaper that way. I use the FM transmitter year round to broadcast my favorite music without interruption throughtout the entire house and yard.

[Azzan]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

Man, I would really like to do this! I wonder what it would cost to do that Deck the Halls one if I hired it done?

A lot more than doing it yourself of course. There are some indivduals out there who are giving away their sequences for free or are willing to do the sequence for you for a price. All you need to is get the hardware and lights and connect everything up.