The neighbors are at it again with their Halloween light show set to music. Different lights shine at different times while set to a tune.
The light show linked below is one that’s set to the glorious sounds of Enter Sandman by Metallica, giving you one of the most Halloween of light shows to admire and enjoy.
Can You Get Your Own Light Show?
Whether you choose to have your own light show for Halloween or for Christmas, you can do it and it’s actually pretty simple. Yes, it takes a lot of lights, but if you’re committed to having the best show in the neighborhood for spooky frights or when the joy of the winter season arrives, you’ll want to follow these tips.
Decide your Light Show Scale
You’ll need to know the details of how large your light show is going to be and how many channels you need to flash the lights the way you want. For an entire house set up, you need up to 64 channels at the most. If you need more than that, it might be time to call in a professional for your Halloween light show.
Prepare the Equipment
You need lights, a light control system, a software system, and a sound system to show off a serious light show like the one linked below. You’ll want to commit to the cost of LED lights because you can string more of them together than traditional strands. This means more lights, a bigger show, and much more fun for you and your neighbors when they drive by to see what you’ve done.
Purchase your Light Show Control System
There are three options when choosing a light show control system, all based on your budget and knowledge. You can have a fully built system, a kit, or a DIY control system. The DIY system is only suggested if you have a lot of experience with electricity, computerization, and technology. Otherwise, stick with a fully built system or a kit and show off your holiday lights.
Get the Right Light Show Software
The light show software breaks the song into segments, allowing you to program each channel of light to either fade, twinkle, or turn on and off in each section. Finding the right software is essential to the viewing you want to offer your friends and neighbors. Some software options you can consider are Vixen, xLights, and Light-O-Rama to name a few. Find the one that’s right for you and put on a great show.
Design Your Display
Now it’s time to put your display together and have different areas of your home covered in lights. If you do it like the video below, you’re going to have lights in every area of your home and on all the bushes and plants in the yard. Figure out where you want to put lights and plan how each set of lights will appear during the songs you have playing during the light show.
Program the Show
It’s going to be a bit time-consuming for you to program your show, but it will be worth it. If you’re doing all the programming on your own, you’ll want to start several months before the time you want to show off your display. Otherwise, use the software and choose the music that will play during your show and how the lights will perform to appear to be set to the music.
Add Speaker Options if You Desire
Your Halloween Light Show can be found by broadcasting over an FM frequency, but if you want to set up some outdoor speakers to play the music, you can do so. It might be a good idea to check with your neighbors to see how bothered they might be by the music, considering you’re already showing off lights they aren’t used to seeing. Halloween night will be a lot of fun if you have the speakers and enjoy your display while handing out candy.
A Bit About the Linked Show
The Halloween light show linked below is set to the sounds of Enter Sandman by Metallica and is made as a free event for the citizens of Tracy, California to raise money for the McHenry House. The McHenry House is a local family shelter and is in need of money and support. You can donate to the cause and help a family in need while enjoying the amazing show this group put together.
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