FireFly Lightning Box Speaker Test

Tested out the new Behringer EuroLive speaker (B212D) with the 501 FireFly Lightning box and luuuved it! Much better sounding when it was compared to what was used last year (Fender amp). The lights are from Minion's Web (120 LED Cool White).

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Halloween
• FireFly lightning
• lightning storm
• Terra
• Behringer B212D

[ChrisKueppers]

Is that hiss from the speaker? Fireflys disk has 4 tracks, 2 for incandescent and 2 for LED. 1 with wind/rain, the other without. The rain track sounds like a hiss I noticed

[Scaryladyvideos]

@ChrisKueppers Ooooh, I'll check that out. Would be great if I could get rid of that! Thanks :)

[Scaryladyvideos]

@ChrisKueppers Just checked it out. I have been using the track without the rain. That hiss is part of the thunder only soundtrack. The Thunder + rain + wind track's sound is very obvious.

[ChrisKueppers]

@Scaryladyvideos I noticed the hiss more this year--its all your fault!! - actually, its the recording, probably not the greatest. Have you tried another storm soundtrack? I also agree the dimming is not the greatest, I used a 65 watt flood light directed on a sheet and it was noticible but could be better. Next year I'm gonna try to fade the storm sound out and fade in a power outage buzzing. This way maybe the outside will be dark and the windows will be flickering.

[Scaryladyvideos]

@ChrisKueppers No, I haven't tried another storm track because I like the mono one that has the delay reaction for the thunder sound. Luckily with the new speaker it's not that noticeable so I'll be leaving it be for now. Let me know if you find a good one though. Love to test it out.

[xREDGHOSTRIDERx]

@Scaryladyvideos: Also, you may want to try using a 60 watt bulb (or better yet, a CFL equivalent) 'cuz it'll save $ on your power bill, and it may indeed give you more of the desired effect than a 100 watt bulb. Like I mentioned with the Picostorm, I'm not gonna have that CFL option, but I suppose it won't be too bad for a couple of days a year. I'm just worried that I'm gonna overload my fuse box with all the other crap in addition to the 500 watt Halogen bulbs blasting away.

[xREDGHOSTRIDERx]

@Scaryladyvideos I believe that they're saying that it's at least a 2-channel system where they plug 1 light (the lamp) into 1 channel, and they plug the other one (a light outside the window) into the 2nd channel. This enables the 2 channels to work independently of one another, & give the appearance that the light is flickering due to the electricity surging, & the lightning appears to be flashing from outside. Unless, all you were wanting to do was time it closer, which I'm not sure about

[Scaryladyvideos]

@xREDGHOSTRIDERx Thanks for the video. I don't know what you mean about how they explain how to do the flickering. It just shows it (unless I'm missing something). Perhaps the problem is that I was using a 100 watt bulb (they were showing a 60 watt). Perhaps that's brightness is what is keeping me from seeing obvious flickering.

[xREDGHOSTRIDERx]

@Scaryladyvideos: watch?v=qEe9au7AYX8 @ the 1:22 it explains how they do this, using the FF-201 Firefly unit. I just downloaded the Instruction Manual for the PicoStorm and it says that (unlike Firefly) you can only use incandescent lightbulbs for their product, which is fine because I have a couple of Halogen shop lights ready to go. Unfortunately, if you are worried about blowing a fuse or two (like I kinda am), then CFL may not be a bad idea after all (less watts=more 4 fogger, motors, etc)