Presented in this project is a process of making an audio to light modulating game controller rack. It illustrates how audio signals were converted to LED light as shown in the video below. Any method of doing this can be chosen such as using signals directly from a sound card or lighting the frosted edges of plexiglass.

The light system can be attached to a PlayStation 3, iPod, Zune, or an Xbox 360. The audio to light modulating game controller rack is shown in the image below. The materials that would be needed to build this project include audio to light modulating kit, cheap boxm 7-watt night light, 15-foot lamp wire, wingnuts, nuts, bolts, Armory Game controller rack, wall outlets, and 12×24 inch fluorescent plexiglass.

The rack is made to store game controllers for the Xbox or PlayStation 3. The assembled armory in the next photo came from an online shop known as armorytech.

Additional hardware will also be required like the 3-inch bolts for the standoffs and to bolt the memory to the plexiglass. The armory is held to the glass by the wing nuts. Attached to the center of the back of the rack is the 7 watts night light as shown below. The bolts are added to the rack where two nuts are placed at about 50% of the height of the light.

When bolting the glass and rack together, the lamp wire is added to the night light and passes through the glass as shown in the below image. The glass is dropped carefully over the rack and held in place using the wing nuts. To keep the glass away from the wall, standoff bolts were added which also help avoid the bulb touching the wall. A plug is then added to the wire.

Between the low voltage circuit containing the input audio signal and output light modulation, an audio to light modulation kit complete electrical isolation is added. As seen in the image below, the audio input is through 3.5mm jack as the circuit operates from 120V AC line. The board is bolted inside of the box while carefully dealing with electricity.

The design of the board is simple since the two connectors go to the wall power plug and two connectors go to the outlets in the box. The outlets are mounted into the box using a dremel tool to cut the holes. The power going to the outlets goes through the little board which provides more electricity to the outlets based on the voltage of the music being fed into the jack.