Project Help, Building 6 LED Towers
Hey everyone!
A friend of mine does livestream DJ sets and recently got inspired by this YouTube Short to DIY some background LED towers to his studio. He asked me to help build them, I'm an electrician by trade, but a complete beginner when it comes to LED controllers and software like WLED. Figured this community would be a good place to ask!
We want to build 6 LED towers arranged behind him in a symmetrical layout.. 3 on each side, going from shortest to tallest:
2× towers ~160 cm
2× towers ~190 cm
2× towers ~220 cm
For the strips, I was thinking SK6812 RGBW 144 LED/m (43.2 W/m) on a 5m reel that I'd cut to fit each tower height. We only want white LEDs, just like in the video, the RGBW variant seemed like the cleanest option for pure white output compared to standard RGB?
Controller Idea
Since the towers will be standing freely in the room, I'd like to avoid running long data cables across the floor. My plan was to give each tower its own controller, and I was leaning toward assembling QuinLED-Dig-Uno boards, they seem cost-effective and well-supported in the WLED ecosystem. Does that make sense, or would you recommend a different approach for this use case?
The big goal is seamless control during live sets. Ideally to
Create and save presets for different moods/sets
switch effects comfortably live during a stream, maybe via a stream deck 🤔
I've read about LedFx being a good software to create presets and also have audio reactive designs? but Is that a solid approach for 6 separate controllers? Are there any sync/latency issues to watch out for when running 6 WLED instances together?
I want to make sure I'm not overcomplicating this before buying anything... any feedback, even pointing out things I might be doing wrong, is super welcome. Thanks in advance!