Hi folks, I am located about 2 hours north of Toronto, Canada in the little town of Penetanguishene (yes, I have to spell that a lot). I have run a pixel based show for a number of years, but the snow and temperatures are quite problematic. The snow load is hard on the props, and as winter progresses through December I have to keep lifting the props out of the snow. 4-5ft of snow by shutdown time is not unusual. So, I know I will have issues with projection for the same reason, but thought I would give it a shot. The take down will be much easier. Recently bought a 4000 Lumen projector to test with and see if I can reach enough house front and determine if it will work! If it does I will forge ahead with scene creation. I will likely mix between pixel/projection as I have a full setup including FPP and matrixes already, but if it works out, might switch to projection as the take down is easy. Currently crash coursing through After Effects to be able to put together a test. Luma Box's output will likely be enough for proof of concept...

Hopefully I'm allowed to push other links, as a beginner I have to say that Luma Box tutorials were fantastic. I'm not a video editor, but I am very computer savvy, so I could follow along easily, and she did a great job of showing how to achieve certain effects. Of the multitude I have perused, that was the most helpful.

Admittedly I currently run a pixel show, but last year I used an app called Pulsemesh (pulse mesh.io) push sound out in addition to my FM transmitter and speakers (marine speakers on Mega Tree). Since I live in the suburbs, I'm surrounded by houses, so I'm respectful of neighbours. Pulsemesh does a great job of keeping the music in sync with the lights. It is run as a FPP plugin, and works well. It is subscription, but not that expensive imo.

Since many are new here, I may as well drop in a post! Less of a 'what is good' but 'criticize what I got!' - since it was prime day I needed to pull the trigger on something, and after doing some quick research on ratings etc, I landed on this. ViewSonic PX749-4K UHD 4K The page I was looking at said to get the 3500 lumens one, but 4000 lumens was a similar price. The plan is to try it when I get home, and if it doesn't work, I have time to return/exchange it. I am located in Canada, so some of the options are limited. As a side note, I live in the snow belt, which is one reason why I am looking to switch to projection. While my lower half should be fine, I am not quite sure how the upper half will fare! Even with pixels, half my 5' trees are buried in snow, and it drifts a bit. I realize it will project onto the the snow mounds, but will manage it to see if it's any good. More curious if there are more heavy snow area users, or people skip it for that reason! Cheers.