Newer addressable technology has certainly moved these type of setups on, but I have so much respect for how much harder it was before them. The amount of wires and setup that goes into this is staggering.
That's wonderful Marc. Very Vegas! A lot of hard work but, I'm sure the families and especially the kids appreciate it (and it always looks better in real life too) Brilliant!
Your comment about the time it takes to program is much like video editing. That takes about one hour for every minute tape time. I can't tell you the number of times I was asked why it would take a week to edit a videotape 12 minutes long. "You should be able to take it out of the betacam and give it to the customer!" It IS a great feeling to accomplish it to get your final product. One can breathe after (until the next project comes up, then we do it all over again.) Well done, young man!
As a fellow lighting enthusiast, I can really appreciate what goes into these displays. My own displays only have currently have one RGB element. Everything else is done the same way as yours (although at a far smaller scale) with adjacent lights triggered for color changes and effects. Amazing job!! :-D
Super Intéressant Marc, ma troisième hiver dans mon cas mais assez basic. Disons que la neige et le verglas n'aide pas au Québec pour garder un système intact. Bravo encore pour ton système, ça donne des idées.
wow great show of the lights . make me want to drive 1,500 miles to see it in person , must be 1,000 times better. thanks and best for you over the hollidays
4:45 that is so awesome that you have Little Drummer Boy by TobyMac on there!!! One of my favorites. A lot of great song selections on here. Nice display too by the way!
quad color leds ether in strips / boards of appropriate length or you could make or get made into curtains or flexi pads for the palm trees then DMX the hell out of it. It might take like 4 DMX universes and more than 5hours work work for every min of outplay.
I will make the shift all at once and get LED strings, but will not mix the two. I like the uniform look. So when I am ready to pull down all the static lights, I will move everything over to LED strips.
I didn't know I can synchronize music and light. Thanks for the ideas. Can you point us to where to get mo information like what software to use, electric hint ( do & and Don't) or any website to learn the trade. And many thanks for sharing all your videos. I always enjoy the constrictor snake act.
I come by every night to watch you're Christmas lights display and every year I'm always looking forward to see you're Christmas lights display :) And I don't know if you are taking request's for some new songs for next year but if you are then I think you should do SME one direction (:
Superb display..must be well worth the effort to see the pleasure you are giving to the viewers. One question..who sang the Winter wonderland song at 3.25...once again WELL DONE!!!
What software are you using? LOR, xLights, or Vixen? I currently use LOR, and love it, but I have been playing around with xLights recently to see what I think of it.
That is pretty awesome Mark; what a huge amount of work. Really wish you would have played all the full songs for us; still thanks for the video. Hope you had an army of techs helping you! What is up with the coat, did you get a bit of our -40 cold snap? Merry Xmas eh!
Actually it was just a couple of friends and I putting up the lights! Vegas got a bit chilly these past couple of weeks, but definitely not close to -40 ;-)
***** WOW, that is an increadable amount of work for 3 people to do. Come on you miss the -40 don't you? LOL I was just in GP today and the snow is piled 7' high in the sides of the driveways, you need a lift kit to just see a truck parked in a driveway. LOL
Thanks for the "behind the scenes" tour. Could you post the brand/product/product number or other identifier of all of your controllers? And, what software do you use?
Excellent Christmas light display Marc. Thanks for sharing The behind scenes of your home lighting project, that was thoughtful of you. Marc on another note do you have a permanent Las Vegas show and do you ever travel the country doing shows? Thanks and I'll be waiting for an answer. If I need to go to Las Wages to see the show I will but if you come to Phoenix I would like to bring some friends to see the show. Take care and Regards, SteveO
Thank you! Yes, my show is 6 nights a week here at the V Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. Unfortunately I do not have any time to do shows in other cities so you would have to come to Vegas.
WOW!!! Great light and music show! Hope to make it out sometime to see it liveI have a question though...WHY are you wearing winter gear in Las Vegas when you're an Albertan and know what REAL winters are? ;)
What version of winter wonderland is that? I'd like to add it to my show. I'm running 1,431 channels but that's mostly CCRs. Your setup would take insanely long. Props to you and it looks great :)
Last year when I built everything and had to run the initial setup for all of it? About 12 days of 8-hour days, 4 guys in total, this year I was done by myself and 3 other guys in 4 days.
How did you manufacture the mini trees? I'm just starting my journey to build a light display a little each year. I've got three LOR controllers coming, for 48 channels total.
You should go into RGB lights. I use Smart String controllers from DIYlightanimation com. It is a really cool setup as you can make a lot more colors and the RGB lights are waterproof. Plus, this setup sends power and data through a Cat 5e cable reducing the wire count! I am slowly phasing out old strands for RGB. Grant it I am not running 416 channels ;-) I think I am at 227 channels myself.
And the money you spend on your monthly internet connection to be able to post this comment could feed homeless people too, but I don't see you doing it.
Newer addressable technology has certainly moved these type of setups on, but I have so much respect for how much harder it was before them. The amount of wires and setup that goes into this is staggering.
I really do miss the look of Light-O-Rama shows
Wow! I wanna see a metal version of this. Absolutely beautiful.
Hypnotic, absolutely hypnotic...you are a serious mind. What a great Christmas display, simply amazing as was the show.
Thank you so much for the support! :)
Thanks for explaining what goes into your light show. Wow!
That's wonderful Marc. Very Vegas! A lot of hard work but, I'm sure the families and especially the kids appreciate it (and it always looks better in real life too) Brilliant!
Thank you so much! I love doing stuff like this, and from what I can tell everyone else loves it too which makes it completely worth it :)
I am over the moon, crazy for this. My daughter and Husband and I will see you this weekend. Happy Holidays, Neighbor!
Thank you! Glad you guys all enjoyed this :)
Your comment about the time it takes to program is much like video editing. That takes about one hour for every minute tape time. I can't tell you the number of times I was asked why it would take a week to edit a videotape 12 minutes long. "You should be able to take it out of the betacam and give it to the customer!"
It IS a great feeling to accomplish it to get your final product. One can breathe after (until the next project comes up, then we do it all over again.)
Well done, young man!
People don't realize the amount of time it takes to do anything electronically in the editing world! 3D graphics are even more insane....
Thanks for sharing your love of christmas, the kids and the community. Spectacular, I wish I could see it in person someday.
Thank you for the support! It’s my pleasure to put stuff like this up, hopefully you come to Vegas and check it out sometime :)
As a fellow lighting enthusiast, I can really appreciate what goes into these displays. My own displays only have currently have one RGB element. Everything else is done the same way as yours (although at a far smaller scale) with adjacent lights triggered for color changes and effects. Amazing job!! :-D
Thanks for such an amazing show! We've been to see it three times already this year. It's a tradition for us and my kids LOVE it! Thank you!
Thank YOU for coming to see it! Can't wait to see you guys out there next year :)
So cool Marc!
Thank you so much!
Fantastic job. Great talent.
Thank you!
32 channels takes me almost an hour to program and quite a bit of frustration too! I can’t imagine it in this scale!
This is amazing, I loved the video you put up last year, so glad you went into more detail about how you do this.
That is awesome and I LOVE your hypnotized shows or whatever! I wish i could be a contestant. That would be sooooo awesome plz do more!!!!!
Thank you! Well, come to the show and just volunteer. I take anybody and everybody to come up on stage and be hypnotized!
I'd love to see you put all that back up NEXT winter!!!
The first year was tough but the set up only takes like 3 days now!
Super Intéressant Marc, ma troisième hiver dans mon cas mais assez basic. Disons que la neige et le verglas n'aide pas au Québec pour garder un système intact. Bravo encore pour ton système, ça donne des idées.
Great display and I really like the way you synce (especially the drummer boy).
I like this
Wow...bad ass!
Thank you so much!
Very Nice Marc...Your ratio of minutes to hours of programming time is extraordinary...Keep up the good work...!!!
Thank you so much! It takes quite a long time but is totally worth it :)
Marc- love your passion for this! BTW, those little trees in the front remind me of backup dancers!
Agree
Husbands around the world will be trying to delete this video so their wives won't see it! Glad you shared, Merry Christmas!
Great work Marc. Your choice of music makes it work.
Thank you.
Wow! What a display! I programmed some lights last year too, but nothing like this.
Thank you! It took a lot of time to program all of the songs, but was totally worth it.
I thought I recognized you! Not only are you a talented Hypnotist but, a Christmas nut too!!! So cool!!!
wow great show of the lights . make me want to drive 1,500 miles to see it in person ,
must be 1,000 times better. thanks and best for you over the hollidays
It is SO worth it. Video does not do it justice It is SO bright!
That is lit your Haber is going to be mad at you and it is pretty
They never sleep, muahahaha!
4:45 that is so awesome that you have Little Drummer Boy by TobyMac on there!!! One of my favorites. A lot of great song selections on here. Nice display too by the way!
Glad you enjoyed :)
Bravo sir!
Thank you!!!
quad color leds ether in strips / boards of appropriate length or you could make or get made into curtains or flexi pads for the palm trees then DMX the hell out of it. It might take like 4 DMX universes and more than 5hours work work for every min of outplay.
I will make the shift all at once and get LED strings, but will not mix the two. I like the uniform look. So when I am ready to pull down all the static lights, I will move everything over to LED strips.
That's really cool of you to take up that much of your time =]
Thank you! It was definitely worth it to see all those families parked in front of the house watching the lights :)
legend
Thanks!
Yeah I hear ya, I don't use LOR, I use a couple alphapix16 boards for the pixels, along with my static display..have fun!
I didn't know I can synchronize music and light. Thanks for the ideas. Can you point us to where to get mo information like what software to use, electric hint ( do & and Don't) or any website to learn the trade.
And many thanks for sharing all your videos. I always enjoy the constrictor snake act.
I use Light-O-Rama to program everything. Check out their website, there is tons of resources and videos that.
ever thought about changing over to smart pixels? Could reduce the number of cables used, etc..
+Jeff F That's what I was thinking! I thought it was pixels, then I saw those LOR boxes and said... WHYYYYyyy
Amen
Awesome Marc...i just dont think theres enough electric in the UK to power that lol
I come by every night to watch you're Christmas lights display and every year I'm always looking forward to see you're Christmas lights display :)
And I don't know if you are taking request's for some new songs for next year but if you are then I think you should do SME one direction (:
Wow, thank you! One Direction huh? I’ll definitely keep it in mind :)
Super I like this one too
I use my tomato trellises for my mini trees . At night can't tell at all 👍
Haha that's awesome!
Hey Marc... Do you still put up a display?
Ladies And Gentlemen Here Is The Definition Of Rich Your Lights Are Amazing.
Well....if rich means selling all my furniture to keep this light show running, then hell yeah!
lol
btw your show is probably the best I've seen
Superb display..must be well worth the effort to see the pleasure you are giving to the viewers. One question..who sang the Winter wonderland song at 3.25...once again WELL DONE!!!
Thank you so much!
What software are you using? LOR, xLights, or Vixen? I currently use LOR, and love it, but I have been playing around with xLights recently to see what I think of it.
How do I split my trees into sections I got 9 trees and 2 sections top and bottom would I use 1 output for each?
Im new to las vegas , can someone please tell if this is still happening..im excited for my son to see this .thank you in advance.happy holidays!
That is pretty awesome Mark; what a huge amount of work. Really wish you would have played all the full songs for us; still thanks for the video. Hope you had an army of techs helping you!
What is up with the coat, did you get a bit of our -40 cold snap?
Merry Xmas eh!
Actually it was just a couple of friends and I putting up the lights! Vegas got a bit chilly these past couple of weeks, but definitely not close to -40 ;-)
***** WOW, that is an increadable amount of work for 3 people to do.
Come on you miss the -40 don't you? LOL
I was just in GP today and the snow is piled 7' high in the sides of the driveways, you need a lift kit to just see a truck parked in a driveway. LOL
sickjohnson Haha. You’re right, the thought of frostbite is making me totally nostalgic ;-)
Thanks for the "behind the scenes" tour. Could you post the brand/product/product number or other identifier of all of your controllers? And, what software do you use?
Are you going to do light show this year
you ar right I am gonna donate to the homeless
Excellent Christmas light display Marc. Thanks for sharing
The behind scenes of your home lighting project, that was thoughtful of you. Marc on another note do you have a permanent Las Vegas show and do you ever travel the country doing shows? Thanks and I'll be waiting for an answer. If I need to go to Las Wages to see the show I will but if you come to Phoenix I would like to bring some friends to see the show.
Take care and Regards, SteveO
Thank you! Yes, my show is 6 nights a week here at the V Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood. Unfortunately I do not have any time to do shows in other cities so you would have to come to Vegas.
just wanted to know if this can be done on LED lights so we have one type of light bulbs that changes colors and how many channals i will need
that right there I effert
Thanks for watching!
yup works on a mobile
WOW!!! Great light and music show! Hope to make it out sometime to see it liveI have a question though...WHY are you wearing winter gear in Las Vegas when you're an Albertan and know what REAL winters are? ;)
Shh…I’m trying to blend in over here! People in Vegas start putting on winter clothes when the weather hits 70, haha!
What version of winter wonderland is that? I'd like to add it to my show. I'm running 1,431 channels but that's mostly CCRs. Your setup would take insanely long. Props to you and it looks great :)
great show! Have you switched over to smart pixels yet? It could reduce the cords.
Not yet, I need to :)
Are you doing this for 2018 also?
How long does it take to do the physical labor of setting the lights up? Or do you leave most of them up year-round?
Last year when I built everything and had to run the initial setup for all of it? About 12 days of 8-hour days, 4 guys in total, this year I was done by myself and 3 other guys in 4 days.
Very nice - but I wonder how your elec bill is but you an afford it : )
Back before pixels were a thing
What’s the name of the first song?
man that takes ALOT of time and ALOT of money!!!
***** Haha you have no idea just how much time and money it really takes!
how much did it cost to do this amazing job
+Justin Henry Well I'm eating bread and water for a month, but it was totally worth it!
How did you manufacture the mini trees? I'm just starting my journey to build a light display a little each year. I've got three LOR controllers coming, for 48 channels total.
Stephen Postier He used tomato cages, and wrapped them with lights.
just imagine how his nabors feel with their regular lights
The neighbors all had their retinas burned out, so it doesn't bother them anymore :P
3 loosers who disliked the video attempted to do this but realized they didnt have working christmas lights and the talent.
Haha, it's not for everyone!
So where did you buy your controller at
Light O Rama
What model dimmer box, and what interface do you use for control? Thanks!
Mike Rodriguez google light o rama
OMG
where do you buy the lights
Lego_Pile idk Walmart...
Marc, if you don't mind... Could you tell me what type of computer do you use to run your show?
Technically, the show is programmed onto a USB stick and run from there!
So you do the sequences on a computer, transfer them onto a USB stick and run your show directly from the controllers?
Do some
You should go into RGB lights. I use Smart String controllers from DIYlightanimation com. It is a really cool setup as you can make a lot more colors and the RGB lights are waterproof. Plus, this setup sends power and data through a Cat 5e cable reducing the wire count! I am slowly phasing out old strands for RGB. Grant it I am not running 416 channels ;-) I think I am at 227 channels myself.
I would love to learn more about them. Maybe you can private message me your email and we could discuss?
I have a headache just thinking about the whole thing. That's a lot to organize and think about.
My wife did say I’ve been paranoid and not the same since I set this light show up. Well, not out loud, but I know she’s thinking it.
So Marc is a mind reader too lol I sure wish I could read my wife's mind, I would patent it and become a trillionaire. lol
$10,800 dollars in controllers omg!
cool man luv the lights, but.........the amount of money you spend for on your electric bill could feed 25 homeless people for 6 months.
And the money you spend on your monthly internet connection to be able to post this comment could feed homeless people too, but I don't see you doing it.
***** Because the lights are LEDs, it doesn't use much power at all.
Wow...bad ass!