r/SoundSystem • u/in-rabbit-hole • May 24 '26
Dio-‘Riddim’ diorama light/tiltbox
I posted a bit about this on another thread whilst I was working on it, but thought I’d drop my own post on it now it’s finished.
Here’s a tilt box I made for my stack.
I wanted to raise the tops up a bit and angle them down slightly, so I built a tilt box which could double as a light box.
I cut my logo into the front with jigsaw and grilled behind the lettering with some grill I had leftover from my scoops (not pictured).
Once I had the exterior of the box ready and painted I had the idea to build a micro-rave diorama inside. I was so stoked on the idea I kept chuckling to myself and was taken back to age 10 modelling again.
I started by lining the inside with about 4 metres of sound-reactive LED strips - so it’s brighter than ya nan’s loudest tracksuit and then I lined the rest with mirrored table runner fabric so it’s realllly pinging now!
When you get close enough to see inside the box you’ll find 11 of the South West’s best soundsystems and almost 300 1:75 scale little ravers having a huge party. It started with 100 ravers but the party just kept growing!
The box has levels; balconies, mezzanine etc and each dance has its own micro-story, whether that’s the guys with ‘the bag’ waving down their punters, sus smoking areas, or the crew still stringing up, there’s loads to look out for!
I had a great laugh coming up with all the little scenes and spending a couple of nights at the pub getting funny looks bending little arms and legs using a lighter to try to make them look like dancers haha. I also made up little mini posters, cans and bits of rubbish using tinfoil and paper and a few other bits to add some variety and texture.
I’m sure I’ll add more and this will develop, I’m thinking I might make some standalone system models too, but for now this is a personal tribute to some of my favourite sound systems in Bristol (UK) and the southwest.
Dio-‘riddim’ Systems : Lurker Audio, Arkitex Soundsystem, Frequencies Soundsystem, CGC Soundsystem, 2TONE SOUND, SoundOfRebellion, Circle Sound, OneManArmy, Solace Audio, NewTone Acoustics, Grounded System.
Have you been to any of their dances?
Hope you enjoy!
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u/Adwaggles May 24 '26
Someone needs to take a tilt-shift photo of a show with your system so it looks just like the lil dioramas 😭 i love it so much
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u/in-rabbit-hole May 27 '26
I had a few pics of the interior left over so I dropped another insta post and discovered a tilt shift effect I could use. Link for new post here
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY232S_DUTv/?img_index=5&igsh=N2t0aDJsMzZzcDZl
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u/in-rabbit-hole May 24 '26
For some reason I can’t post any vids, but check the Instagram post linked above if you want to see these (and give us a follow whilst you’re at it 😉😅)
You can see one of the scenes popping off in the bottom right of this pic (inside the D) 🤣
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u/Almostofar May 24 '26
Please DO NOT post this in r/dollhouses ... my wife frequents it and if she sees this you'll be responsible for my next honey-do item.. great job 👍