WOW. Not much more you can say to that Jeff, simply amazing. Wished you lived in my neighborhood for Halloween!!
Now we know why the watches are taking so long....;-) Cheers, Nick On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Jeff Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Although not nixie, it includes technology and HV bits the neonixie > members may find entertaining. > > Nine months ago I took on a Halloween stage show project for our children > and their friends. > > I began composing the music for their stage performances in January, using > MIDI as the instrument track format. > Afterward, I began building an automated robot orchestra of various > percussion instruments. > > The finalized compositions were put online afterward, assisting the > children in practicing the choreography created for their performances. > > The first was "Danse Macabre" an adaption of Camille Saint-Saen's classic > works. Aside from using synthesized strings, the other instruments were > live. > http://youtu.be/_SrYhGLFemA > > The second was titled "Zombie Ballerina", and was another adaptation. This > time a movie track from Edward Scissorhands, by Danny Elfman. > http://youtu.be/hcg9TlOhSw8 > > The automated instruments are a Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, 21 tubular > chimes, Bass Drum, Floor Tom, Crash Cymbal, Snare Drum, Hi-Hat Cymbal, one > small audio modulated Tesla Coil, and two 7ft tall audio modulated Tesla > Coils. > > The technology items were fully operational by late August. Then came the > props and other items needed for the stage performances. > Our youngest, and five of her friends would wear skeleton morphsuits in > the Danse Macabre stage show. Our middle daughter and one of her friends > would alternate in the Zombie Ballerina show. > > My son began work in programming a repurposed Unimate industrial robot to > deliver candy to children as they entered the show area. Candy was drawn > from a column magazine and delivered to a bowl at front after a button push. > > Halloween arrived. I recorded some daytime videos to show the equipment > setup and the stage configuration. > > Setup: http://youtu.be/GGIb8hHOZvc > > Stage show of Danse Macabre: http://youtu.be/XxhuNlsIp18 > > Stage show of Zombie Ballerina: http://youtu.be/RDAvzkHnrD0 > > I'd also composed a selection of MIDI formatted music, spanning classical > to contemporary, as intermission material performed on the Tesla > Coils/Instruments between the children's shows. > There were 20 tracks in all. > > One is "Secrets": http://youtu.be/SLAAlHcpYNw > > Another is Dueling Banjos: http://youtu.be/hlCQmTd9XnE > > Five friends were instrumental with putting everything together on > Halloween day. It was a huge undertaking we began at dawn. > The city barricaded the streets, and put out trash cans. People began > assembling at dusk. > My wife believes we had ~1800 attending Halloween night. I was running the > 3hr show from the garage console. Fortunately I had a good view of the > children's shows. > Everything went perfectly. No spectator trouble or injuries. > Just a huge amount of trash remained in the streets and the adjoining park. > > > Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the videos. Regards, Jeff > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/M-bA_KbUpnEJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
