I think you did it correctly and once some effects are attached to the tree, the lights will show up correctly in the virtualizer.
Also, there is an option in the option screen, that either draw the lights in the virtualizer in a grey shade when no effects are attached to them. If you have that...
Bridgette,
you quoting my message but the video i linked to doesn't have any music. It was an animation only test that I put together to try out my multi size arches.
I started only with the bigger arches and pretty much only had those in my display this year. But when I saw how well the light was diffused (even in the 'inside' part of the arch, while the pixels are facing up) I worked on the 4 additional arches and included one full element in my display in...
The 'flex string' I was mentioning are those:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/4m-waterproof-LED-digital-strip-by-tube-DC12V-input-without-controller-10pcs-TM1809IC-m-30pcs-5050/701799_425556741.html
as I am using a DLA setup.
With the SSC (smart string controller) from DLA, there is way...
Here are the arches I made this year out of flex string:
ringArches
It takes a bit less than 10 minutes to build one. The bigger one are 75 LEDs, the smallest 15, but they do all end up 15 sections. Radial or circumferential effects are pretty straightforward. For the circumferential ones, just...