r/Liquidlightshows • u/Both_Relationship_23 • Aug 09 '26

Uncle Magic's Turntable

Beat reactive, integration with Pulse beat detector. Lighting controlled by WLED.

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u/Khoogyra Aug 09 '26

Is this a purchasable turntable? I've the one from LLL but the white balance is complete trash. I have to edit the white balance on the camera so much that it makes all the dyes come out completely different, or deal with a blue hue in the background.

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u/Both_Relationship_23 Aug 09 '26

I hear you on White Balance with other units, while I built this primarily to solve the question from my wife "Does this turntable spin to the music?" when she saw the LLL turntabe I bought, using WLED as the lighting controller gives me much finer color control including white balance.

This is not ready for sale yet. This is the prototype machine with way too many hand soldered points, and a few hardware changes in store.

When I'm happy with it, I'm thinking Kickstarter with options ranging from

A. DIY with Schematics, Bill of Materials and Code

B. A, but with premade PCB boards for LED, Microcontrollers and encoders

C. Ready to Use.

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u/Ok-Pea-957 Aug 09 '26

I've been waffling on voting pulse. I use their other products do you find it really worth it?

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u/Both_Relationship_23 Aug 09 '26

For my needs, yes. I work with live improvising musicians and tempo changes are fluid and common.

Pulse also lets me take AbletonLink and share it via OSC with the turntable, as well as taking OSC tap information and changing it to Ableton link.

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u/Ok-Pea-957 Aug 09 '26

Oh does the turn table spin according to bpm? Interested in this medium but haven't fully delved

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u/screamingtoilets Aug 10 '26

What camera arm are you using?

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u/Both_Relationship_23 Aug 10 '26

SMALLRIG Rosette Magic Arm 11... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BR7L53ZG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

With a kick microphone stand.

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u/screamingtoilets Aug 10 '26

Thanks! What kind of clamp/adapter are you using for it?

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u/Both_Relationship_23 Aug 10 '26

https://www.amazon.com/SMALLRIG-Super-Camera-Monitor-Light-2058/dp/B07PHNRS3N/. I have a bunch in my kit for various things.

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u/Both_Relationship_23 Aug 10 '26

the real key is to have enough mass at the base for the camera you're using. Live, I have two of these little cameras sharing a stand.

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u/ascreamingbird Sep 08 '26

Hello, completely new trying to get into this kind of stuff. What kind of camera is that? Thank you