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Re:Controlling the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wristbands with Fl... by diydsp on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @08:57AM (#40500295)
I contracted for them a number of years ago... probably one of their biggest early shows for Arcade Fire... to address sustainability at the time, they had a microphone inside their devices. At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show! (I wrote the audio-to-trippy rgb led code). It was cool, but even better they're re-using them now. It is a great little company in a huge old industrial factory in Montreal. Hi, Vincent!
Re:Controlling the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wristbands with Fl... by phkahler on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @10:06AM (#40500880)
>> At the end of the show, they sent a special command that switched it over into "color organ" mode so you could hold it up to your stereo at home and see a trippy light show!

That is one of the most awesome things I've read - a company making an attempt at increasing the usefulness of the product after it serves their intended purpose. Such a sharp contrast to the norm of bricking things that might be useful to people just because the company in no longer interested.

Re:Controlling the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wristbands with Fl... by vinlc on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @11:07AM (#40501425)
Yesssssss! Good times and sleepless nights :) Hi Noah <3