The Realistic Color Organ

[majorxlr8n]

Not many know that these were also available in kit form. I built one as a kid back in the mid 1970's. Thanks for showing off yours - its WAY COOL!!!

[jjrakman]

The adjustment might be directly on a small circuit board in the form of small rheostats, or adjustable resistors, that look like small silver discs with a black center. In the black center will be a small slot about the size of a eye glass screw driver. That's where you might be able to adjust it.

[sarcasmosis]

@jjrakman sweet

[throwshoesatobama]

I have 2 just like yours that I bought on ebay . paid way too much for them but I like them

[fr3kn]

man its weird to think that these types of party lights were in the 70s. awesome man!

who was the artist to that drum and bass song and what was the name of the song?

[sarcasmosis]

@fr3kn spor - knock you down

[DAVEDOUGHY]

used to have one of these suckas back in the early 70s'.spent alot of time listening to moody blues & grand funk.the one i had tied in parallel with the speaker leads,that way if someones speaking,it doesnt disrupt the present color patterns.also, there were some potentiometers in the back to adjust the lows(reds),mids(greens),and highs(blues).it seems the one i had alternated more with the music,not all at once.you should see if granpa will honor the warranty.ha,ha!!

[Flashanimator10]

I can do this with a led and a transistor.But it's cool ;)

[odantoro]

I think it's broken. The multi-colored lights are supposed to alternate in different sequences. They shouldn't all be on at once.

[sarcasmosis]

@odantoro Certainly a possibility, but there really isn't much to this thing on the inside.

[dragonettirockstop]

@odantoro The basic light organ just has different lights at different times. It's perfectly fine to wire it up to flash certain parts with certain frequencies.

[slras]

I had two of these that were in kit form from Radio Shack. I loved them a wish still had them but alas I sold them years ago.

[Chonkyfire9]

This thing is fuckin awesome. Cant' by anything that cool for a dollar in this country anymore.

[DJBMan330]

Thats was real classic light effects

[pdmanning67]

so far out...ha. Thanks for bringing some early to mid 70's memories to mind. I need some black light posters for my room as well

[pleasecho2]

Rat own

[rentatrip1]

Yeah man ...hay "US" old Hippies used to have some good times -

we made several versions of these - by setting the lights further back into a deeper box and then using resin gel-blocks the lights will difuss even more -

they make higher quality sensors now -

[falcondan95705]

There should be an adjustment ... Three lights light to different notes... Red for Low notes, Blue for mids and Yellow for highs.... I had two... One on top of each speaker.. Got mine from JC Pennys, 1973...

[sarcasmosis]

Woah cool. Should mine have some sort of adjuster on there? It has no knobs, switches, or buttons, inside or out.

[erikeharmon]

I used to have the same one, no buttons or dials.

[sixtwentysix]

What's funnier to me is the head bobbing involved with the Rollin' and Scratchin'. I need one anyway. A light organ, not a head bob.

[beebenutz1]

WILL SELL MINE!!!!! If anyone's interested.....

[VioletSkies42]

You should post a video of it!

[mctuber77]

@beebenutz1

you still have the color organ? how much will you sell for?

[beebenutz1]

I have the exact same thing only mine is a parallelogram (diamond) shape!

[Runningblind0913]

Holy shit if there's one thing I need to go buy now its that. That's amazing, thanks for the video.

[sarcasmosis]

I wish you luck finding one. It can be quite an adventure to track one down nowadays, if what I hear is true.

[sarcasmosis]

hey thanks for watching

[jpmatth]

oh man my grandma has one of these. it used to be in her basement with the intellivision until i stole the intellivision.

[sarcasmosis]

You just made me realize that my entire Atari 2600 and all games would fit inside this thing.

[radlab0]

Schmitty says, "It's neat to see how much more active the lightbox is with the Bach than with the modern songs which have a smaller dynamic range."

Schmitty is against the internet, so I have to convey this message for him. You know. Something about not wanting to use email.

He also adds, "all this is to say, goddamn modern music!" Then he throws a crushed beer can at those meddling kids and turns the hose on an MP3 player.

[sarcasmosis]

I would've replied sooner, but I was busy outside running children over with my rascal because they were listening to their damned over-compressed music. Then I ate some hard butterscotch candy.

[Sylvisual]

This is awesome, man. =)

[sarcasmosis]

Thanks a lot. I'm just glad it still works.