If you have any kind of MIDI-controlled prop you should check out this video. It shows you how to create an animation sequence for your prop. The video uses a skull and Reaper software, but you could apply the technique to any MIDI prop.
Archive for the 'Control' Category
Keyboard Hack
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks on Jul 30th, 2009
Hacking a keyboard is a cheap (free?) and easy way to control your computer with external switches and sensors.
Gemmy Skull MIDI Hack
Posted in Animation, Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Oct 28th, 2008
Gemmy Animated Scary Skulls are great for hacking. Their jaws move, their eyes light up (and even move on some models), and best of all they’re cheap. Right out of the box they’re not so impressive though. You trip the motion sensor and garbled noise comes out of the tiny speaker for a few seconds. […]
Motion Sensor Switched Output Hack
Posted in Control, Electronics, Hacks, Haunting on Oct 19th, 2008
Yard-light motion sensors are a cheap and easy way to add some automation to your haunt. Just hook up power to the sensor, hook the output to an outlet, and you can control anything that runs on 120VAC. But what if you want to control something else? It turns out it’s pretty easy to modify […]
DMX512 Tutorial – Part 2
Posted in Control, Electronics on Sep 23rd, 2008
Learn what DMX512 is and how to use it. Part 2 gets into some of the more technical details of the DMX512 protocol.
DMX512 Tutorial – Part 1
Posted in Control, Electronics on Sep 23rd, 2008
DMX512 us used for controlling all kinds of lights and effects. This DMX512 tutorial tells you what it is and how to use it. Part 1 gives a basic overview of the protocol and what it does.