Haunted House in a Box for 2008

The Haunted House In A Box is the ideal way to take a boring Halloween display and give it plenty of action.  Most people don't realize this is really our Christmas In A Box with a Halloween personality. Have the scary sounds for the kids and the songs for the older set for the end of October and use the same hardware to delight the community in December.. 

Ready for your own Haunted House in a Box?  Find out more information about the Haunted House In A Box at the Animated Lighting website.

32 Channel Synchronized Shows for 2008

Animated Lighting already has over 100 light shows synchronized to music.  They're all based on 16 lighting channels but now we're seeing people asking for 32 channels and up.  No problem.  The show programming staff has been hard at work to help you out.  See the latest of what's available by going to the Animated Lighting lighting shows webpage.

If you want to add any synchronized shows to your 2008 Halloween or Christmas display
(including the new ones above), we will be happy to do this for $35.00 per lighting show/song.  Call us now at 816-941-0400 to order this product!

Maestro Version 2

The next generation of Maestro, our show sequencing software, is now in testing.  This is the version allowing you to compile shows and download them to our Monster Brain for standalone operation.  Don't worry though.  Shows your working on now with the current Maestro will work fine on Maestro 2. 

Enough of the Dangles! A New Controller

Paul had a meeting with the Installations department to talk about how we can make things easier for our customers this holiday season.  There was the typical grousing about where to place the light control units, bad weather challenges and "I would have never done it that way" stories.  Suddenly Rick blurted out "Get rid of the darn dangles!"  There was silence in the room then everyone started talking at once how awful it could be at times finding cord number nine hanging out of the bottom of an ELC-16 controller.  Seems when it's really dark outside fumbling through 16 possible connectors and then discovering you're folding a six instead of a nine can be frustrating.

The engineering department loves a challenge and pretty soon they redesigned the trusty old LC-16 and gave it onboard Edison plugs.  While they were in there they made the fuses easier to replace, grouped the indicator lights together and simplified the layout.  They even redesigned the entire enclosure so you can lay your cords inside without worrying about fishing them through access holes in the bottom.  This seems so obvious but it took one of those eureka moments to get on the right track.  Say hello to the new LC-16, version 7!  Find out more by going to the Animated Lighting Standard Light Controller webpage.

New versions of DMX Controllers

While our engineers were doing their magic redesigning theLC-16, they figured out a way to make our four and 16 channel light controllers understand the DMX-512 protocol.  We've actually had a native DMX board since 2003, but now with some behind-the-scenes magic, we can make our standard controllers DMX-centric.  If you're a light designer you know buying dimmer packs are expensive and they rely on the lighting console for any intelligence.  In the Animated Lighting DMX controller world, our on-board intelligence takes over most of the workload from the light console.  Even better, our controllers are considerably smaller and cheaper than what you're paying for now.  Interested?  You should be.  Find out more by reading the Animated Lighting DMX Controller webpage.

Megashows for 2008

You've seen the houses where the lights dance to the music.  You know you can buy off-the-shelf, pre-sequenced show tunes directly from Animated Lighting but you want more so you can really impress your viewers. We hear you loud and clear.

Putting up a big display in a public venue or have an over-the-top residential display?  Can't figure out how to run the data cables between the light controllers without creating trip hazards on sidewalks and in parking lots?  Think all-in-one wireless light controllers.

We've beefed up our support options for 2008.  Check out our dedicated support website to make it easier for you to ask questions and get answers.  You must register at the site and be approved before you have access to all the information.  This is a safeguard to protect your privacy and keep out the spammers.  Why don't you go ahead and begin the registration process so you can gain immediate access when you have a question?  Go to:  http://support.animatedlighting.com

We've just scratched the surface with what you can do with Animated Lighting products.  Be sure and roam around our website and keep an eye out for our next newsletter. 

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