Reactive Lights

So I have a working prototype now, but I don’t love the frequency response of this one. I would prefer an auto balancing circuit and have one in mind. Not sure if I will be able to adapt it to my needs, but I imagine it shouldn’t be too difficult with transistors or triacs. We will have to see. In […]

      Here are some of my latest animaged Gifs of my sound reactive lighting projects.  I will be making more notes about them soon and wrapping up my tutorial on hacking the inverter box for the EL Panels so you can do this as well!

I just realized it. I have not included specific information about the hacked EL panel inverter that I have adapted to make my super cool el costume. It is actually a VU or volume meter that is typically used on EL Panel shirts. You know, those ones with the cheesy displays on them. Some are cool actually, but most are […]

Been working on a bunch of my audio reactive lighting projects lately. I really want to go with the HUGE EQ, but that thing took so much time to make, I couldn’t even imagine how to mass product that thing. A couple things that I have researched and would love to get some materials to test. Electrolumenescent Ink! Oh yeah! […]

Had a really great time and got to party with a few thousand amazing people. Great times, great camp, great music. It was just great. All of my electronics worked perfectly, although I guess I thought I was impervious to poison oak or something, so I put on a jumpsuit and headed off into the canyonside with plenty of dead […]

I think I am ready for the YOUtopia event!  It has been a lot of work, but I think I have 4 color organs – 3 different frequencies lighting up 3 oriental lanterns, 2 VU meters – 1 will be lighting up the tube shaped paper ikea floor lamp (I cut off the base and will be hanging it), and […]

http://www.adafruit.com/?main_page=tutorials So in my research and to avoid making a bunch of new hardware that already exists, I have found that you can easily hack arduino shields and use them without any of the programmable features of the arduino. Yes, I have hacked numerous arduino shields, but still have not purchased an actual arduino yet! There is a shield available […]

Oriental Lanterns: Free Standing VU Meter:

As you can see below, I have decided to change the board that will be driving the large 6’x4′ 5×5 display. On the original board the LM3915 is getting crazy hot with different LEDs in there and I really don’t want to add more components to the mix. There is a current limiter on the LM3915 and without using transistors […]

I hope to bring these to YouTopia in San Diego! Wohoo! Not sure why there was a delay in the audio on the recording, but the light does react to the music immediately. VIDEO – 3 Bands in a box – color organ – sample 1 VIDEO – 3 Bands in a box – color organ – sample 2 VIDEO […]

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I have been working on a number of Audio Reactive Lighting systems that include VU Meters, Color Organs and Graphic Equalizer Displays. Currently I am looking for help on adapting a couple kits to fit my exact needs. This is the parts list and schematic for an 8 band eq with a six 3mm LEDs display for each band. I […]