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psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 12:26 pm
by jb2106
Yoooo guys :!!!: !

I was wondering if any of you knew a cool psychedelic projector ? Something that would project weird colors, "kaleidoscopy" images etc...?

I've been looking around and haven't found what I'm looking for. It shouldn't be too big (and expensive) because we're playing small clubs for now :thumb: !

Thanks i :yay:

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 12:30 pm
by AxAxSxS
I've been wanting to do the same thing and have been looking onto getting a projector that works with a laptop, then I can do whatever I want to with it and tailor the projection to individual songs etc.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 12:42 pm
by Derelict78

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 1:05 pm
by greyscales
If you wanted to go the DIY route, I saw a documentary a few years back where guys from San Fran in the late 60s (psychedelia central) would pour colored oils in a glass bowl on a basic school projector and let it mix. All you would have to do is find a cheap light projector and maybe like food coloring or dye. Project it on the back wall. Boom, psychedelic lighting.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 1:05 pm
by transients
I use a critter and guitari videoscope and a cheapy projector I got off craigslist. It's pretty cool because it's like a big psychadelic oscilloscope and it responds to your sound! The last two concerts I've been to were both using the mathmos space projector though. I want to combine both of them for ultimate trippy jam sesh.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 5:56 pm
by Derelict78
The link I posted has detailed instructions that do work 2 glass clock covers, sugar dye, and a projector. Check Craigslist for the projector that's where I got mine.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 6:57 pm
by space6oy
they're discontinued but i have an american DJ groove wheel that's pretty sweet. that oil wheel space projector looks awesome too. :rock:

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:34 am
by spacefuzz
I make trippy videos with the luminancer app on my phone. Splice them together in windows movie maker and burn them to dvd. Then I hook up my dvd player to a $30 projector I got on ebay.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:19 am
by ryan summit
whoa trip out man
i always wondered how they did that
at the last hangrr show on 420
one of the kids had that tiny projector
attached to his ipod
wasnst workin out so well

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:54 pm
by Exclaimed
I saw a show once where a band had a dedicated lights guy that had one of those old overhead projectors from grade school and he messed around with colored liquids in a jar and tupperware. It was... interesting.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 8:36 pm
by D.o.S.
water + oil based dyes in front of a light source work the best IME.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:27 pm
by dubkitty
overhead projectors with oil lenses + multiple slide projectors = classic 60s light show. the trick from what i've seen is getting the color intensity and the consistency of the fluids just right.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:59 am
by metalmariachi
Standard school overhead projector and glass plates with water and oil paints were pretty standard in the ‘60s
Some focused those and a slide or 16 mm film projector on the same screen and ran them together.

Re: psychedelic lights

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 1:10 am
by Mudfuzz
:p [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWV2Co4X4pw[/youtube]