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@@alfankosh1 Thank you!

@@kathrynforester2676 Thank you! Snowman & his guitar is my new homemade prop. I got a video ready to release soon showing how it's made, there's time lapse footage all the way back to February 2023 when I started designing it. A long time in the making and I'm happy it's finally done.

@@NorthparkLights Wow. I'm a musician and spotted your video right away! Your hard work really paid off- it's exceptional! Now I'm excited to see your build video. I love that the hands move and the strings alternate, matrix with lyrics, singing face- it's all just super amazing!

@@kathrynforester2676 I'm not a musician and have literally zero skills at guitar chords. 😅 In this song it's only going between notes A, C, F, G on the guitar. Something about chords vs strings in xLights software the guitar effect has not been setup to do, so I just did the bare notes. Same lack of knowledge issue trying to separate out the MIDI track of Danger Zone from Top-Gun film. Guitar Pro software looks like it can convert and separate tracks but it's hard to justify spending that much money on software I have no idea how to work 🤣. Strum arm is moving on each beat change, fret arm on each bar change. Singing face is running off a lyric track.

@@NorthparkLights I watched 2 YT videos on the xlights guitar effect. What you did is perfectly fine, working with the beats and bars. I use tabledit which does tab and standard music notation and can save as midi, as well as audacity and other programs which do the same. IMHO I agree that it's not worth the time learning new software as what you did is already well done :)

@@JoseGonzalez-kc8sg My arches are made of HDPE translucent tubing. HDPE - High density polyethylene tubing typically comes in black. I got mine done by a plastics company who was willing to make it without the added black colouring. This tube is commonly used on "air seeder" farming machines. The lights are ws2811 pixel strip, but I want to replace them with ws2811 seed pixel lights soon.

Friend, thank you for taking the time to answer me. Thank you very much for the information. I will take into account the lights that I am going to make for my arches. Because the videos I have seen were ws2811 strip or using the boscoyo arches, but I had that doubt if the ws2811 seed could be used. Thank you very much. Here you have a new subscriber.

@@JoseGonzalez-kc8sg seed pixels can be used, this video by someone else shows bullet pixels, strip pixels and seed pixels: ruclips.net/video/Ccyt5WxUt30/видео.htmlfeature=shared

ok thanks for sharing the video

@@maddmaxxawr Thankyou! Yes, snowman is custom made. I'm working on a video showing it being made. A long project in the making, I've got time-lapse video from Feb 2023 when I started it!

Thank you for liking the tree 🙂. The Mega tree is 2,400 pixels. 30 strands, 80 pixels per strand and about 5cm/2in spacing wired as alternate nodes. Viewing to the footpath (side-walk) is ~10m/33ft. I have two videos on my channel on how I made that tree with seed pixels.

Sounds great! There's plenty of help in the Facebook groups and Zoom if you need it. I'm in Zoom most of the year 12am to 4am central time.

Yes, pixels are 10cm (~4 inch) and with alternate nodes that comes down to 5cm (~2 inch). I have it shown on a table in part 2 video: ruclips.net/video/GfvWu8W_wfA/видео.htmlfeature=shared&t=88

Yes! It's soo expensive buying the store bought stuff. I go through nearly 2.5 gallons (12L) a night.

@NorthparkLights 2.5 gallons a night!!!! Oh yeah I'm mixing this stuff myself.

I got this from the xLights Google drive shared sequences. It is "Candy Cane Lane -- Sia (Logansport Lights)". This is the same shortened version I used in 2021/2022.

There is no difference in connecting alternate nodes pixel to a controller and power supply, The difference is alternate nodes changes the layout position, and xLights software needs to know the change is position.

I have 30 strands on the tree, wired as 3 strands into 3 ports on the smart differential receiver board. The same as seen in the first video I made on this tree.

I made this tree myself. I bought connectors, spool of seed pixels, power supply and controller individually. Software is xLights and I make my own sequences or use freely avaliable ones. It's not an off the shelf product. There is pre-made versions avaliable from Boscoyo designs.

@@NorthparkLights I looked them up and their like $40,000 wow. can I ask what you paid to do it yourself? Im just a home owner looking to up his christmas game but want to stay a home owner.

@@randyogrady have a look into xLights software and the pixel lighting hobby. I paid ~$600usd for the lights and parts of this tree. A spool of seed pixels is around $190usd for 3,000 now.

I have done some write up & images afterwards with the wiring. Doubling it over is doing 'alternate nodes': ruclips.net/video/a7wgHWFVVbQ/видео.html , folding over the string effectively takes spacing from 10cm to 5cm, it also makes the string input & output at the same end. Which is then how the 4-pin connector is wired. Post 3 and 14 in this post on AusChristmasLighting has wiring photos: auschristmaslighting.com/threads/marks-seed-pixel-mega-tree-smaller-and-cheaper.15280/ I ran 3 pixel ports. Simply because I haven't bought another controller. My whole shows runs off a single Falcon F48v3 and 4 receiver differential boards. Power injection is handled by each junction box on the base ring. In the AusChristmasLighting post photos it shows how each strand is 'folded' on itself and power is paralleled at the connector. I bought rolls of 5v seed pixels when that was the only option, now you can buy many voltages. I would highly suggest running 12v or 24v if you were to make this. The programming is done in xLights software.

I made my own. I used a 30cm/12inch frying pan, drilled holes and put hooks in. Pixel Paradise USA sell their "BillyGoat" series of 3D printed seed pixel tree toppers and I see a 3D file on cults3D for a mini tree version.

Yes! I've seen these mentioned on forums and mini trees sold by Bunnings have the first pixel with a hard coded start address. The idea of a hard coded start address can be really useful for icicles and other props. I'm yet to find a supplier of the 'smart t' connectors, which is a hard coded start address but splits the data off two outputs.

Yes, pixels have a set data input and output. We've all made mistakes as newbies wiring them backwards! 😅 It's even worse accidentality wiring 5v pixels to a 12v power supply!

How would you solder the 2.50 fairy lights together the space between each bulb

Thank you 🙂. Here's hoping this year (2024) I'll get the strobe lights and revolving beacon light installed for this song. I planned for those in 2022 but never got around to wiring them. ruclips.net/video/YywPm8VsIkg/видео.htmlfeature=shared&t=83 I have a bad habit of buying and planning things and a few years later they actually finally done 😅.

Awesome! 😁 I sequenced Flight of the Navigator 'Robot Romp' as a bit of fun with AI music track breakdown. Then that lead to using the sequence as it turned out good. For a non-Christmas song which most people don't know it gets them dancing.

The junction boxes are electrical conduit boxes from my local hardware store (Bunnings). Many electrical stores sell them. I used a conduit plug in each end, then drilled a hole to mount a PG7 wire gland into it. On the front is a much bigger wire gland I drilled and mounted in.

@NorthparkLights thanks for getting back to me something told me u made it lol. Were wanting to use them. To are they easy to wire and put together im assuming.

@@PaulHines1980 easy in my opinion to solder onto. The wire is thinner than bullet nodes. I'll get the camera out and make a video on splicing them.... I see this question a lot :).

@NorthparkLights thanks and its a pleasure to meet u btw

Thank you :). Happy Australia day mate.

I did 10cm and 5v because that was the only type available in March 2022. I have got 5cm spacing and comparing both options I would still do 10cm with alternate nodes wiring. As you have said, it helps for strength. Is also helps when splicing failed pixels because I can use a cable tie align the replaced pixel to be in the correct position.

All mine are down too. I still haven't got them packed into storage yet, maybe they should be put back up 😜.

A great place to start in the pixel lighting hobby is the Official xLights Support group on Facebook, and download xLights program. Forums like AusChristmasLighting is a great place to read up on how a pixel light show works.

Awesome!

Exactly my reasoning for these seed pixels over bullet nodes was weight and cost! My tree is 4m to the top of the lights and another 0.5m for the star (4.5m total). The write up on AusChristmasLighting forum (description) has some extra photos. Stringing the lights up/down is the easiest way to get it done quick, but I would suggest connectors on lights in the future.

Obrigado! Feliz Natal. (Google tradutor).

I bought these when they first got released and 10cm spacing was the only option to purchase, which is why I doubled it over to make 5cm spacing. Doubling over also solved power injection because I could use 'alternate nodes' function (photos in the AusChristmasLighting forum post in description). I have bought 5cm and honesty I would not buy any smaller. Trying to solder 2.5cm and waterproof it would be a pain.

@jasonguy1497 I used 10cm spaced seed pixels and doubled it up to make 5cm. I've bought some 5cm spaced recently; 5cm is the lowest I would recommend to go because soldering & heat shrinking is a lot harder on 5cm! The smaller 2.5cm and 1.5cm sounds like an even bigger challenge to repair!

@@NorthparkLights thanks for the reply! Display looks great!!

@@jasonguy1497 Thankyou :) If you are getting started in this hobby, there is xLights Official Support Group on Facebook, AusChristmasLighting forum, FPP forum and a few Discord groups. There is also xLights Zoom meeting support where many volunteers help issues for free (link is on xLights.org).

@acrixiacelestia There is a tick box in xLights for 'Alternate nodes'. It's covered in these images and the video on ACL forum: auschristmaslighting.com/threads/marks-seed-pixel-mega-tree-smaller-and-cheaper.15280/post-130953 Hope this helps!

​@@NorthparkLights thanks for the information. Still newbie here 😅😉

@@acrixiacelestia7689 All good, we all start somewhere! I'm typically in the xLights Zoom room offering help on setup/troubleshooting most nights NZ timezone. I would also suggest watching Keith's video on getting a show running when it's getting close to Christmas: ruclips.net/video/jf7uLhUObAk/видео.html

Thankyou 🙂.

@@NorthparkLights np 😉

I can't wait but I also feel very under prepared this year.

Awesome, glad it inspired something!

I would compare these at 100% white to be the brightness of a node at 80% white. This tree is running at 50% brightness in the video.

@@NorthparkLights thanks that's good. I just thought they would be much dimmer so no good for indoors, but sounds like they will be fine even behind some frosted perspex. Thinking about a 32*32 matrix for pixel art

@@perfectheatingandplumbingp7747 A matrix sounds awesome! I'm wanting to make a snowman this year and maybe another star with these lights. A person local to me has used these seed pixels zip-tied to chicken wire for a matrix.

Approximately what was the total cost for everything you use on the tree? Well done!!

I have not used anything else to take the strain off the wire. Imagine one string of 80 pixels, folded in half. Now the density has been doubled and power/data is at one end. That is why they appear as two strings of lights together.

@@NorthparkLights Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

@@aguidry1967 I'm usually on Zoom in the evening NZ time (8pm onwards).

​@@NorthparkLights So those are 8m strings at 5V with power at both ends and no other power injection? If so then these seed pixels are definitely the way I want to go!

@@andrewfidel2220 Yes, it is effectively a strand of 8m with power applied at both ends.

I got these from GFLAI lighting, that was after they promoted themselves on AusChristmasLighting forum. You need an account to view this on ACL. auschristmaslighting.com/threads/ws2811-rgb-led-pvc-soft-mini-string-lights-mass-production.14370/ They were $120USD for 1,500 pixels. Ray Wu (AliExpress) also sells these. Ray's come in different spacing and 5v or 12v version. Mattos Designs in the USA also sell these.