Strobe lighting effect for music video

[totalfilmmaker]

Hello, I have a quick strobe light question. I had read on another site (which I can't seem to find at the moment) about someone wiring an inexpensive strobe light to the bass pedal of a drum set to get a "light strobing to sound effect" for the bass drum. Does anyone have experience doing this or know if it would or wouldn't work correctly? Of course I could always get one of those music interface modules for a car to achieve the same effect, but from a budget stand point don't really need to spend it on that.

thanks!

 

[thompson]

i'd just do it in post, keyframing the levels

 

[j]

Sounds like they used an audio trigger. Most stage lighting guys should know how to trigger lighting effects via audio, or you could build a trigger yourself using a peizoelectric trigger.

Many controllers have an audio input, as do many strobes:
http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNumber=805&MainId=2&Category=Strobes
http://www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNumber=1483&MainId=2&Category=Strobes

Keyframing in post may not give the desired effect, such as light modeling from behind the band, etc.

 

[Romane19]

I was going to ask where can I get some lights but thanks for links i.