StageLights
Description
DIY stage LED for the lightshow of the concert of the FIXME metal band, the Tendinites!
Goal
- Cool light effects
- Synced precisely to the music (not auto generated)
Hardware
- Tube: 2x 1 meters d:12mm aluminum with a PVC 10cm tube to join two tubes together
- Tube foot: table leg with 3d printed inserts for the 12mm tube
- Tube holder: 6x 3D printed. A velcro is taped between the tube holder and the led profile for easy removal.
- Led profile: 6x 0.5m angle diffuser
- Led: 2x 1.5m 12v WS2814WW (individually addressed (by group of 3) 60led/ strip RGBW (warm white 3000k))
- PowerSupply: 100w 12v Meanwell
- Controller: Athom music esp32
- All of this x4 as I built 4 fixtures
Software
Wled 0.14 installed on the 4 esp32 and around 30 presets created using the built-in effects. Using Art-net as an interface with a different universe for each of the units and set the channel to brightness + effect. On the computer, QLC+ 4.12 installed. I created a new Fixture using the editor with 2 channels (dimmer, effect), then created the same number of scenes as presets. Then I created virtual buttons calling each scene, linked with a MIDI trigger. In Ableton live, I created a set made out of all the songs in midi format. I created a new track that was firing MIDI notes using a midi loopback software to trigger QLC+. Finally, I used the markers in ableton with a novation midi keyboard to quickly navigate to the beginning of a song and trigger a stop at the end of it. The sound engineer manually triggered the button at the beginning of each song.
V2 ideas
Questions:
- Is it ok to have 230v go to each light or is it better to have a large distribution box to convert to 12v and then use large 16AWG cable to distribute? Probably much heavier…
- LED: use RGB ultra bright (if only for lightshows?) What Digital 5v/12v/24v RGB(W) LED Strip to buy - quinled.info
- Controller: Use custom esp32 with ethernet ? Use PCB with Fuse + switch + level control + 5v
- Holder:
- use 1m angle diffuser? (less holder, tube 1.5m,...)
- Get rid of tube? -> how to hold the diffuser together?
- Replace the diffuser with own alu and own diffuser
- Base:
Foldable feet Think about setting the stage with power and ethernet, and quick install of fixture (as in inspiration video) Software: Use geopixel, madmapper, or other DJ software for more control instead of QLC+
