Audio amplitude-responsive lighting display

Claim 1

In a system for varying the intensity of a plurality of lights in accordance with plural channel audio amplitude signals, a display comprising: a microphone responsive to ambient sound; an audio amplifier for amplifying said ambient sound and directing said amplified sound energy to a plurality of audio amplitude responsive channels; a plurality of colored spotlights directable against the walls and ceiling of a room in which said system is operated, the intensity of said spotlights responsive to said sound amplitude; a housing having multi-sided prismatic openings through which light paths are provided to permit the passage of light from the interior of said housing, said housing having a top wall, a mirrored back wall and a mirrored bottom wall; a plurality of banks of lights, each of said banks being responsive to a separate one of the channels of audio amplitude signals, each of said banks including a plurality of lights, each of said banks being responsive respectively to the amplitude of an associated channel of audio sound signals, each of said banks including a plurality of sets connected in parallel, each set being of a selected number of lights connected in series with one flasher unit, said lights being responsive to said separate channels and being turned on and off in a random fashion by said flasher units; means for mounting a selected number of said banks in a stationary position within said housing; a motor mounted to the interior surface of said top wall; a laterally disposed arm member carried by said motor and rotatable in a generally horizontal plane; and means mounting a selected number of said banks to the opposite ends of said rotating arm member to rotate said last-mentioned banks about a vertical axis.