The other stuff is code that (if you imagine a mouth) makes strips of LED turn on and off in a seqeuence, like amouth opening and closing or laughing.
I'm happy with the sequences and that and it works with button presses, but now I would like all the strips of LED's to flash on and off at the same time but with ability to increase or decrease the rate on a press of a remote button.
Sorry about the long code post.
****Just seen your edits.... OK thank you, thats very useful to know. I'll sort those bits out now. ****