Most Dj’s have started appointing professional VJ’s that is visual jockeys too who take care of visualization of sounds on screen with album art videos meant for a particular song. These men have an arsenal of weapons to do so. They include pyro –techniques, visual led’s water cannons and sprays too. As a start up Dj do you think you would be able to afford any such assortment of visualization? Or even as a matter of fact a visual jockey. Fear not we have something which will blow your minds away. Developed by scientist and hobbyist below are the 5 best hacks a Dj can use to give his audience a visual feel for their audio tracks.
1)2D Pyro-Board
Based on Rueben’s tube model scientist at Fysikshow fully fledged 2d model of the same principle spreading 2500 holes on a board to visualize stuff. . You just need one of these machines were hooked up with a Funktion-One sound system and then you are all set to blast it out.
2)Rueben’s tube
A tube developed German physicist Heinrich Rubens in 1905, it graphically shows the relationship between sound waves and sound pressure, like a primitive oscilloscope. This was the science behind it but fun begins when you put a long tube behind yourself and make a blazing performance.
3) Visualizions for Led’s
Though most of the shows you go to won’t provide you led screens for the ones that do you have amazing visuals for you which sync your beat automatically. Also you can use software’s like Light Dj available for free to do your job.
4)Light it up
This is a little to the advanced side of hacking but anything is possible with a little hard work and a friend with science background. All you need are these 7 parts to create led’s that dance to your musical tunes and play with your darkness
Arduino
Led
Resistors
Wire
Power supply
NPN transistors
Audio splitter and
Male to male cable.
5)Smoke them.
Using some salt peter easily available in fertilizer or chemical store and some other household articles like baking soda, dye and sugar you make a superb smoke bomb which create superb spectacle. But caution for outdoor use only.
-Aditya Chavan
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