Post #83031 by johntiki on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 1:01 PM

You know I had a revelation on how I could make this work on timed intervals - some of these kits take a direct audio input from a stereo speaker instead of using a mic that would pick up ambient noise and trigger thunderstorms when the sounds aren't playing. Here's my idea - compose a CD that includes say 60 minutes of jungle noise - the one I have is already sounds of rain in the jungle so it would work perfect - all on one channel. At different intervals I'd add the thunderstorm effects, all on the second channel. I'd take that output of the channel producing the thunder and plug that into the light kit with say a 100 watt bulb to serve as the flash! Then all you would have to do is set the CD player on repeat and your could have happy jungle intermixed with bouts of bad weather for days. I'm trying to keep this as simple as possible and this would eliminate the need to use a triggering device and the need for 2 CD players. I looked into the fog machine idea but I think that could be dangerous - the hallway is so tight and lacking in any ventilation that my wife would probably find my artificial fog, asphyxiated ass slumped over the bar one morning. Maybe I could do some stuff w/small amounts of dry ice?