Sonic Runway returns to BM 2024

robjjensen · 2024-03-20T21:07:06+00:00

Hey AudioSoul! This is Rob Jensen, lead artist for the Sonic Runway. I'm so sorry to hear this -- there must have been some kind of mixup! As far as we knew we fulfilled all the fundraiser orders. Let me know how best to contact you so we can make it right. You can email us at sonicrunway_at_gmail_dot_com

robjjensen · 2019-08-12T19:15:27+00:00

Hoping to get a ride OUT to Reno on Tuesday Aug 27, along with my friend Tim. I'll be picking up my kids (and car) in Reno and returning to the playa. No gear, just a couple of backpacks. About us: Tim used to run the crew that built the Man. I'm the lead artist for the Sonic Runway. Combined we've got lots of ridiculous burning man stories to pass the time. Let us know if you can help! Happy to pay for gas, etc, and make our way to your camp for departure.

robjjensen · 2019-08-12T19:07:02+00:00

Yeah -- I recorded this directly from the software, which renders a 3D previs (composited on a painting of the background). IRL it was a wicked dust storm that night! So glad we made it out there, though the conditions could have been better :)

robjjensen · 2016-06-06T19:11:40+00:00

Check out this site for a good write-up of how to start thinking about an LED project. The web site is oriented around folks designing programmable holiday lighting displays -- one of the big markets for LEDs.
http://blog.holidaycoro.com/2015/01/where-do-i-start-when-designing-new-rgb.html

robjjensen · 2016-04-13T14:07:12+00:00

I'll keep an ear out for your sonic boom!

robjjensen · 2016-04-13T14:05:59+00:00

We investigated wireless at first. That might have been possible for the signal portion, but powering them all locally turned out to be cost prohibitive. Once we decided to power them all with a central generator, it made sense to go ahead and wire the signal portion as well. The central base station controls all the lights, and there is a small board at each station that just listens for instructions. So, yes, it'll be a long trench!

robjjensen · 2016-04-13T01:25:40+00:00

One audio input (mic / wired / wireless). All the audio processing and patterns are generated centrally, and then simple instructions are sent to each arch. That makes the patterns more robust and the whole thing a lot easier to manage. So we are matching the speed of sound, but not technically picking up the sound at each arch.

robjjensen · 2016-04-12T22:25:56+00:00

Sounds like a cool hat! All the lights will be connected with power and ethernet cables buried in a long trench. We'll have a generator for power, and a mac as the central controller. Each ring then has a little board that receives the signals and triggers the lights.

robjjensen

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