RGB — ALL YEAR — Mattos Designs guide

Use Your RGB Lights Beyond Christmas: A Year-Round Display Plan

Give your RGB lighting a useful job beyond December. Build a simple event calendar, choose reusable display elements, plan everyday and special-event looks, and decide which equipment stays installed or returns to storage between occasions.

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WALK-THROUGH — DISPLAYS — Mattos Designs guide

Plan a Walk-Through Light Display: Paths, Photo Stops and Viewing Angles

Plan a walk-through light display around the people moving through it. Decide where visitors enter, pause, take photos and leave, then fit the arches, props and cable routes to that experience before ordering hardware.

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MATRIX — OR MEGATREE? — Mattos Designs guide

Pixel Matrix or MegaTree? Choose the Right Canvas for Your Show

Choose a pixel matrix or MegaTree around what your audience needs to see. Compare shape, usable resolution, viewing position, content, and setup before turning an impressive idea into a practical parts list.

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SHOW — HANDOFF — Mattos Designs guide

How to Hand Off a Light Show to Staff and Volunteers

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Give staff and volunteers a clear routine for running an already tested light show. This guide covers operator instructions, agreed contacts, controlled access, escalation decisions and a short shift log that makes the next handoff easier.

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Complete Show Checklist — Mattos Designs guide

Buying a Complete Light Show: What Ready-to-Run Really Includes

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Know what arrives assembled and what still needs setup before ordering a light show package. Use this checklist to compare props, controllers, playback, sequences, installation, and the exact help included with your purchase.

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Commercial Show Planning — Mattos Designs guide

Planning a Commercial Holiday Light Display: A Practical Project Brief

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Build a clearer commercial holiday display brief with decisions about the visitor experience, project scope, content, operating responsibilities and seasonal handover. Use a practical ownership worksheet to help your venue and technical team agree what opening-ready means.

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From AC Christmas Lights to RGB Pixels: Keep Light-O-Rama and Grow Your Show

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Move from a traditional Light-O-Rama AC Christmas light show to addressable RGB pixels without starting over. Keep AC controllers, stay with LOR, plan compatible pixel hardware, and expand step by step.
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xLights Rendering Slow or Freezing? A Practical Fix Checklist

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Troubleshoot slow xLights rendering, freezing, and lag with a repeatable checklist for sequences, effects, media, storage, and system resources.
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Pixels Work in Test Mode but Not in xLights? Find the Missing Link

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A focused troubleshooting path for pixels that work in controller test mode but not in an xLights sequence.
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xLights Coro Submodels and Singing Faces: A CoroWorks Walkthrough

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Make individual coro details respond and add a singing face using verified features in the current CoroWorks Snowman model download.

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Light Show Audio Setup: FPP, Light-O-Rama and Troubleshooting

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Build a reliable sound path from the actual show player to the audience. Check media, outputs, levels and timing before opening night.

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FPP First Connection: Raspberry Pi, Kulp PB2i and Network Setup

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Get Falcon Player reachable before uploading the show. Separate a fresh Raspberry Pi installation from a Kulp PB2i with FPP already on internal storage.

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