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i remember that time “Anamanaguchi” opened up for someone I was seeing and it was literally the worst thing I’ve ever heard like I had to sit down in the middle of the concert floor and just try to forget it was happening I was so disturbed oh my god it was terrible
Some build photos from the lighting design George and I created for Ra Ra Riot’s 2013 US tour. The set up consists of 12 LED poles, 3 LED boxes, and 8 DMX colorblast fixtures. LEDs are mounted behind frosted acrylic to diffuse the light evenly.
Each unit is operating from it’s own dedicated Arduino. The boxes needed more RAM and faster clock speed to drive all 576 LEDs, so I went with the Teensy 3.0. For the poles, an Arduino Micro could handle the amount of LEDs with no problem. At the helm of the Arduinos is an Adafruit FTDI Friend that communicates one way to all 16 at once. Each Arduino has its own internal address and receives 14 byte packets of data telling it what to do (rate, pattern, color, brightness).
All patterns are baked into the Arduino code- that way if there’s ever a serial disconnect, the lights will continue to run. In addition to the pattern data, the computer sends a heartbeat 10 times a second, insuring they stay in sync for patterns like color fading and strobing.
A processing sketch running on the computer controls everything, and is extended further to use an iPad for wireless control via touchOSC and oscP5. We are working on an update for a Lemur sketch to offer even more control.
They’ll be touring around with them for the next couple months:
All code available here:
https://github.com/jmzjmzjmz/ufo
The code is expanded from these previous projects, also collaborated on with George Brower:
about as in depth as I want to get typing this out for now :) follow me here for more projects i’m working on
here’s a little tutorial i put together
http://learn.adafruit.com/sitcom-sfx-door-trigger
the futureeeeee
jstn:
I still can’t believe Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb & Dumber came out the same year.
We’re doing a lil mini tour thing with Hot Sugar on the way to Chicago and on the way back from Chicago!
- Wed. Aug. 1st - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
- Thu. Aug. 2nd - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
- Tue. Aug. 7th - Columbus, OH - The Basement
- Wed. Aug. 8th - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
See y’all there ^_^
Poster by our bff Maré
George & Jonathan footage from blip, featuring the LED headbands I made with George
Adafruit Industries hopes to inspire future engineers with a Lego version of its workshop
Not everyone can hang out at DIY electronics company Adafruit Industries, so founder Limor Fried decided to create a Lego version to show children, particularly girls, how much fun engineering can be
hay james
The verge likes my friends apparently
support support support! 10,000 supporters, and it becomes the real deal
trevorgirard asked: do you make light installations?
ya! made some lights that Ra Ra Riot used on their last tour. been working on some new stuff i’m super excited about… not ready for prime time yet but i’ll definitely post some pics/vids… eventually when i get my shit together i’ll put it all up on a website
