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[QUOTE="merryoncherry, post: 125784, member: 37249"] 100% agree on arches, they're a lot of fun in a very simple package, so with no other considerations they're a good addition. Personal preference is to put the light in the tube, so it is diffused. Accentuates the side-to-side motion more than a regular pixel. That said, take a look at one or two sequence you want to do and try mapping it to your layout. What elements of the sequences had good homes, and what didn't? xLights is free, not just meaning you can use it for free, but you can experiment with your layout without buying anything, and render a preview, and see what it would look like, and then repeat. From my experience, in addition to the arches, the following props do not take very many ports or pixels, and have a lot of use in the show: 1. A vertical element, such as a couple verticals on the house or a couple peace poles. It might take only one port on the controller to do this. 2. Any other outlines, again a port or two will go a long way toward creating motion in the show. 3. I like things that spin. Spinners and dazzlers and such can get high in pixel count quickly, but I found that I can run 2 spiral trees with stars off a single controller port and the single strand effect is quite nice. 4. While snowflakes are popular, and can be mesmerizing, they start using pixels, power, and ports pretty quickly. But there are options like little lights where you could run a couple dozen on one port, so you had a lot of little things to light up with the music. 5. Matrix, icicles, and high def props are lower bang for the buck, but having just one high-def wreath, spinner, flake, dazzler, star, or similar will really mesmerize some people, so getting just one is possibly worth considering. Other things I had, like a bunch more singing props, north pole, Mr. Chill, etc., were pretty low bang for the buck. [/QUOTE]
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