EL Fail

One thing I was worried about was the EL wire not being bright enough. Well, I was right. Yes, I realize this picture was taken during the day and my window shade was open, but even at midnight with the lights off it's not that bright.

 

So that sucks. But there's always my first plan of using LED's. Thankfully I had a spare white LED hanging around, so I threw that under the head. A lot more impressive.

 A lot brighter, and that's only one. This will also work better with the beat sensing feature. I tried switching the EL wire, and it didn't work. Switching LED's with transistors, childs play. I think I'll make a video for the transistor switching, so look for that in a little bit!