First scanner build (eventual tutorial)

[paulzimm]

All the shows are done with Spaghetti. LFI player is really just a way to play ILDA frames, spin them around and add effects to them. Spaghetti is a full featured editor that supports synching to music, multiple laser tracks, etc...

 

[chipdouglas]

crap!!! there goes another hundo... =(

 

[ElektroFreak]

Better get used to that.. this stuff will lighten your wallet as a matter of course.

 

[chipdouglas]

LoL and DOH!!!

 

[paulzimm]

I probably have close to $1000 invested in my RRGB rig so far. That includes software, galvos, lasers, heatsinks, optics, controller and not to mention I have ordered a few items that I didn't need or were not up to the job...

 

[chipdouglas]

i'm at about 500 right now and i don't have software, housing, or second loc.

 

[ped]

YouTube - Laser Projector - Mr. Vain
* Watch past the 1 minute marker

you made that?

Kudos to you, the bit where the rapper comes in and the animation shows the guy on the phone talking is genius. Well done.

 

[KGB_Productions]

you made that?

Kudos to you, the bit where the rapper comes in and the animation shows the guy on the phone talking is genius. Well done.

He made the video, not the show. That show, along with many others are from here..... ftp://ftp.photonlexicon.com/

 

[chipdouglas]

he made the scanner though

 

[KGB_Productions]

he made the scanner though

Yes, But the quote I quoted was "animation shows the guy on the phone talking is genius" talking about the show, not the scanner. Obviously He made the scanner

Looks good BTW Your hooked now.

 

[paulzimm]

i'm at about 500 right now and i don't have software, housing, or second loc.

Go to StoneTek Electronics, Your Laser Parts Store for the LOC's. He has a special where you order 2 get one free (for a total of three).

 

[chipdouglas]

thanks for that stonetek link. i'm gonna get it from daguin. i owe him still for the first one so when i pay him i am going to pick up the second.

michael

 

[paulzimm]

are there free programs that let you make beam shows and graphics?
- michael

I posted the following question on the PhotonLexicon.com website:

Besides Spaghetti and LFI Player, what other software can I run? I am just now finishing my RGB rig and I purchased Spaghetti last week. What else is out there?

RESPONSE:

LaserBoy (ilda editing and wav output)
LaserWave (abstract generator)
HE-Laserscan (laser show software, music synchronization)
LFI player (live spontaneous shows)
OLA (laser art creation)
Monkeytools (laser art creation)
Heathcliff (laser art creation)
Sergy's tools (see on the PL forum)

All are compatible!

 

[carmangary]

I will be adding some more programs to that list in the future. One of them will be strictly for the sound card folks.

 

[chipdouglas]

what is the first glavo i want to hit. the higher or lower. and speaking of.... which is the x and which is the y?


michael

 

[ElektroFreak]

what is the first glavo i want to hit. the higher or lower. and speaking of.... which is the x and which is the y?


michael

In my systems I bounce the beam off the lower and on to the upper mirrors.

The X axis is the horizontal axis, and the Y is vertical, so which ever mirror corresponds accordingly. Usually the lower mirror is the X axis, and the upper is the Y axis.