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Jon and Suzanne Back - 2011 Season
Welcome to our 6th year of synchronized music and lighting. Our 2011 Christmas Light display is synchronized to the music of nine different songs (but we may add more at any time). You can "Listen to the Lights" by tuning your car's FM Radio to 95.5 and listen to my personal transmitter. If you forget the number, don't worry; there is a sign in the yard to remind you.
We have approximately 60,000 lights (they are so much trouble to actually count) on the house and in the yard. I had to use part of my neighbor's yard to make it fit. Many of the lights (on the arches and on the roof) can be any color by changing their Red, Green and Blue values, just like your TV picture.
The lights are computer controlled on 962 independent channels spread across 41 different controllers. Most of my controllers are made and sold by the D-Light company, located in Magnolia, TX, near Houston. The computer software driving the display is called Light-O-Rama. Think of it as a computer controlled Player Piano (if you remember such things).
For the "technical detail" lovers out there, I have switched over to the industry standard DMX512 protocol this year. The display is divided into 3 DMX Universes (that's 392, 153 and 413 channels in each, respectively). It took a lot of planning and updates, but my display has never been more precise and dependable. Worth the effort, for sure.
