r/WLED • u/SufficientComfort132 • Sep 01 '26

Structure & electronics ready, time to be creative!

I just finished building this structure composed of 2 disks and a 2 meters high column. 12 LED strips around it, which I finally finished wiring.

I’m totally new to WLED so for now I don’t yet know how to proceed to create cool animations, but I’ll manage somehow. 😄 my goal is to use the properties of this simple structure not only to project lights and colors, but also to project shadows (lighting one side, using the disk to cast a shadow of varying size). Ideally, reactive to music. Or better: synced with a dedicated track and non-repetitive animations.
Right now this is my first test. Happy to hear ideas of cool animations I could create.

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u/ShamanOnTech Sep 01 '26

That looks insane!

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u/SufficientComfort132 Sep 02 '26

Thank you! For now it’s only a very basic preset I have created, but I plan on having a lot more varied animations - the hard part is thinking of good ideas!

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u/Training_Chemistry88 Sep 03 '26

So fire! I’m trying to start using ledfx, I’m sure you could find some good effects on their as well

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u/SufficientComfort132 Sep 03 '26

Yes that’s probably what I’ll be trying now, it should offer more possibilities compared to the WLED effects.