Keith,
If you had to do this tree again would you use the flat pixels on the string? Can you post the string that you used or location you got them from.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Login I did consider them; however, if I remember, the cost was going to be about double what the nodes would be for the same height tree. I use these for all my RGB stuff: You are not allowed to view links.
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While the horizontal resolution of the tree would have been about 3X what the nodes gave, I didn't feel that I needed that..especially for the extra cost involved. The nodes to me had a more uniform look with the vertical resolution being what it was with the 1/2 tree. I am one of the cheapest people I know so the nodes gave the best "bang for the buck" in my opinion for me and my layout. That is also, however, why I did 1/2 a tree this year though. I doubled the vertical resolution from last years whole tree for the same cost. I am toying with adding a few more strings...maybe 4 more for a total of 20 or so, but that would mean that I would need to redo this year's sequences to use them again. Not the end of the world, but I am ready to settle on a layout and stick with it. This year's is close, but I may still want to bring back my 2nd megatree.
Ironically enough, I actually have 3 songs picked out for 2013 already. I wasn't for sure what songs I was doing this last year until around the end of October and didn't start sequencing until November 2nd or 3rd. Actually, if I had a memory and Winter palace had not come out at the end of October, I'm not sure what I would of done. I might still be trying to decide.
The first time I listened to those songs, I was like....I gotta use them!! I was so focused on getting elements built and strings built and burned in that I got behind...which may have been a blessing after all...but being able to re-use sequences would help me out in situations like that. I don't like to make this a year around thing so that my wife doesn't disown me so I try and limit Christmas to the last 6 months or so of the year.
That was probably way more info than you needed, but hopefully I managed to answer your question.
Thanks,
-Keith