WLED Sound Reactive - Complete Setup Tutorial
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What a wonderful tutorial. No "Hey guys, welcome to the video, today we're going to..." - no. Straight to the point, no unnecessary fluff. This is how tutorials should be.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you liked the format! I'll keep this in mind for future videos as well!
I'm still fairly new to WLED so I'm still testing a lot, but this tutorial has helped me a lot!! Thank you for the help. I hope you keep posting more. Well done.
Yet again I've learnt more, excellent tutorial Chris, I have some WiFi boards winding their way to me as I type, already got lots of ws2811's, 2812's, 2812b's and even the older 1812's (their 3 LEDs per pixel, and sometime soon I'll be investing in the sk6812's RGBWW and possibly the new SK9822/APA102C we talked about, it's a large slow going project but it is progressing, and as promised their will be a video link when all done.
I hope your all well 👍🏻
You always jump straight into things and I love it! Another no nonsense vid!
Lol yeah I'm not creative enough to come up with some cool intro!
Amazing Video! Top notch teacher. Clear indications and very easy to understand.
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing all this info Chris! Question: do you know if there is a way to hook up a mic or use ledfx with the most current Domestic Automation boards?
Another great video; really like your style of getting right to it and giving people what they need to know; awesome work!
Thanks so much! Glad you lie the video and thanks as always for watching and taking the time to comment!
Dude you're awesome!. All information needed is in the description. Plus more. Rock on!.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad you liked the video!
So cool. I've been using Govee lights for music mode, but will totally give this a try. Excellent video as always!
Thanks as always Yosef!! Definitely fun to play around with the sound reactive version! Plus it has all the same features of the non reactive version on it as well!
Chris, super grateful for your videos.....I've followed your instructions step by step and just cannot get the mic to work. Have tried two different mics and two different ESP32 boards. Would love any suggestions you may have in you've learned in your trials....
Damn thats soooo cool. I really need to make something like this for my own. Oh boy.. I never thought that this will play out so nice.
Thanks for all u dedication, was very helpful... can I put a esp8266 instead?
Very helpful for my Christmas 2022 LED project - mucho gracias!
You are very welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
I usually ignore video tutorials because the first three minutes are always, "Hey, You Tube! Today we're going to...blah, blah, blah." You get right to it, and it works perfectly. Great job, and THANK YOU!
Excellent video and instructions! Thank you!
You are very welcome and thanks so much for watching!
Just Amazing! Thank you very much!
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Loving your content, it's extremely helpful. Does this sound reactive setup control all my WLED devices simultaneously or just the ones it is on the same esp board with? Also is there a way to have my PC transmit the sound digitally to the WLED devices?
Thanks Chris! I hope your furniture comes in soon! The bedroom looks good though!
Thanks buddy! Always appreciate the support!
thanks for your videos...very helpful and motivating. 🤙🏾
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! You are very welcome!
You did a great job in doing the video I just wished you used the same chip that I'm using witch is the esp32 blue 40 pin chip ( the small one Mini32 ) and don't know how to set it up or what pin I use to get it going can you please help me out. Thanks!!
excellent tutorial. i assembled a non sound reactive esp8266 last year. i am going to add a microphone soon. do you know how long the green signal wire can be using cat 5 cabling? i plan on using two columns of leds, separated by about 12 feet.
Hi Chris, does this tutorial work exclusively with the plate that you show in your tutorial? It's because it's no longer available on Amazon.
Hello Chris; Question......!
Can I set up 2 ESP32s or ESP8266s with Mics separately. So each one can be operated independently resulting in two different responses to music. One unit could be running smooth and slow and the other responding more aggressively. Your tutorials are right on! thanks for sharing your skills. I'm looking to set up our Church Youth room with this kind of setup and looking for cool results. Thanks again
Gary
Another to the point video. Love it. The microphone option stirs my mind. I wonder if I can connect some sort of PIR type sensor, if it could essentially send ther same signal, albeit just once or twice..hmmm
Thanks again buddy! What is a PIR sensor?!
@@ChrisMaherDIYPassive InfraRed.
Motion detecting sensors using IR measurements over and over, looking for changes in value past a tolerance to determine if motion occured
Hell yeah bro. Been waiting for this.
Yeah buddy! Finally got around to doing it!
If you skip the pins, you can solder the wires directly into the pin holes, far less effort and tidier. You can also get ESPs with the pins uninstalled, so this can be done on both ends.
Thanks so much for watching and for the tip! Appreciate it and good advice for sure!
Why are you teaching an idiot? On the face of his mechanical actions and stupid decisions in a video filmed for the sake of earning money, because people like him are not allowed into normal production.
D1mini comes without header pins installed
I was wondering why he didn't just solder them into the board instead of adding an extra step and soldering the pins in lol
Can we also control the colour and patterns of the light manually like another version.
Hi, I am completely new to this but after saw your video and tutorial am filling confident to give a go, only one question because I want to do different rooms and different fixtures on the one I’ll put the microfone could be command from Alexa? Or I no need a microfone in order to do that ?
Great tutorial Chris! I'm going to attempt to do something similar across 10m of LEDs. Just wondering if you've noticed a difference in performance between these microphones and I2S mics (INMP441 or ICS43434)? It will be my first time ever doing this so keen to hear your thoughts!
I have never seen someone solder to headers before. That looks sooooo hard lol, you can order ESP32 boards without the headers preinstalled. They are much cheaper because the headers must be soldered manually by a human. Then you can solder your wires through holes, instead of to metal posts. I can't believe you made that work that's crazy.
What happens if you feed an analog video signal into it?
Also great tutorial, very succinct and well put together, straight to the point as tutorials should be :)
curious was there a reason you chose not to solder to the gnd pin next to 3v3? going this route myself
You going to do any project that are for outdoors?
First, love your content! Question; In an earlier video you used and ESP8266, and in this video (and some others) you are using the ESP32 board - can you please explain why?
I love the music.
Thanks buddy! Glad you enjoy the music! I try to use music that I enjoy but realize its not going to be everyone's favorite but I'm glad at least 1 other person likes it!!
I’d like to do this in my bathroom. I have 4 led strips 2 are about 8ft away from controller and power supply.
Will I be able to use 16g wire for run that long? Or should i maybe use 12g
te la rifas hermano saludos
Ayy shoutout for starting the video right away no silly long ass intro!!
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Lol yeah I'm not creative enough to have a cool intro so I tend to just jump right in haha.
is there a way to do this with an audio 3.5 mm input jack instead of the mic?
can you do sound reactive and if no sound run a standard light show? or toggle it on and off somehow?
Hello Chris. Why doesn't SR firmware build include MQTT support?
Great video, may I ask why you only used one of your lights from your visualizer video? Would this work with all of them?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I could for sure use this with any of the led projects I did where i'm using WLED. it would be as simple as swapping the esp board with this one and then just updating the led count in WLED! Great question!
What squelch and gain settings did you use? My lights won't stop reacting to "sound" even though it's quiet
hi, I have a microphone which has 6 pins L/R, WS and SCK, do I have to connect them or is Vcc, GND and Out enough for sound reactive?
Is this a feature you can turn on or off? Like what if I just want a normal pattern that does nto react to the music one day, and later that night i'm having a party. How do I go about that?
can i do it without a sound sensor and use ledfx to grab the sound from?
Hello author! I want your help and advice. Is it possible to make this scheme working powered by a 9v crone battery? The idea is make a mask with leds, reacted on voice of wearer. Maybe some advice how to improve it and build.
hi my learned friend.
I pulled another all nighter on this problem. 3rd night.
I have absolutely No clue what I'm doing. I remember basic programming back in the long lost day...
But after subscribing to what I call "bumble bee logic" I actually managed to compile a wled.bin wuhooo..
Now this may not be an achievement to the majority as I don't talk code fortran c++ or anything like that. I'm still on English 101.
Anyways.. Truley if I can do it.. Many of those who think they can't.. really can.. (that makes sense right..?)
Now flashed my resulting hard work lol onto 4 esp32s..with wled 14 with sound reaction. That's all I wanted and that what I got.
And yes in the end it was relatively easy.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Ohh man! 3 all nighters in a row! I've for sure been there and it only makes the feeling that much better when you figure it out! That's such an awesome story and thanks for sharing!! Lol I love the "yes, in the end it was relatively easy" lol.
@@ChrisMaherDIY hi. Like the saying goes.. Just "it's easy when you know how.. 😄"
Up until that moment of clarity it's all 🤔🙄🤕🥵🥶😰😡😈💯😁
I have the same setup as you have but i cannot get any audio response, what am i doing wrong., Can you do a basic setup of the Wled setup?
Awesome video! I recently found your channel and it's been my main source of info and inspiration for my first custom led project. Question. Lets say I have 4 individually controlled strips. Would I need to have microphones on each controller? Or could I have a mic on one strip and then use the "Sync" feature to basically replicate the sound reactive effects to the non sound reactive strips?
Thanks so much for watching and great question! So if your going to have 4 controllers you would need to have a microphone on each one. The sync feature would basically be telling each controller what animation to initiate but without the mics, they would then have display any animation. However, in theory if you wanted them all to do the same things you could split the data line coming from 1 controller 4 ways and then all 4 of them would do the same thing as you would only have the 1 controller if that makes sense. Thanks again for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY That makes complete sense! I really appreciate the info. My project is going to consist of 1500 LEDs all in diffuser channels throughout a room (25m @ 60 LEDs/m). For ideal performance and frame rate on the esp32 its recommended to run 512 LEDs or less, per pin. Could I output the data on multiple pins on the esp32 using WLED that way I don't have 1500 LEDs on one pin? Or would I'd be looking at a slightly different controller?
If I have 3 controllers in one room do I need to attach mics to all 3 or does only one need the mic and the rest can sync?
Hi Chris, Thanks for the great tutorial. One quick question: if I have two set of LED strips, is it okay to connect them with a Wago connector that has 1 more slot for the ground, data, and voltage cables? Or would that short the system?
If I'm understanding correctly, you can for sure do that. For example, if you have a wago connector that has 4 slots, 1 slot can be for the main voltage line, another slot can be for the voltage going to the esp device, another slot can be the voltage for the 1st led and the last opening can be for the voltage going to the second led strip. You can do the same thing for the ground and data lines. What you cant do is use a wago connector with lets say 4 slots and in 1 slot you put a ground, 1 slot you put a voltage and another a data. That will not end well since you are crossing all the connections. Hope that helps!
So I am lighting up 30LEDs 12v DC at 1000mAh with a 12V power supply rated for 2amps. I notice my esp 32 getting warm when I have it plugged in for a few minutes. Should I add a cooling fan to the circuit or will it be fine if it gets warm? Or is there some sort of heat absorbing stuff that will prevent it from getting hot?
Hey I know this video has nothing to do with what I'm asking you but I was wondering if you can point me in the correct direction. I'm making an led sword and I want it to have sound effects but idek where to get started. I have both esp32 and 8266 but just dont know if that's what I need
Is it possible to use this as a clap sensor? To turn on the light when a sound is detected for 5 minutes or so.
In China lots of building corridor lights was turned on when a sound was detected, it was very convenient.
Just a heads up for this tutorial. The Max4466 mic does not respond well with sound-reactive version of wled. I tried everything to make it work and it just wouldn't work. I highly suggest not using an analog mic. My wled ws2812b set up works perfectly but it won't work with sound inputs
Did you hooked up both strips to one power supply?
is there a way to make it change colour depending on the dB?
How do you have all those strips connected? I want to make a decent size 3d printed lamp with adjustable LEDs. I will prob use 60 LEDs at most. However, I want to connect them separately but all connected to the same circuit. That way I can change how each strip acts. So my question is how you connect strips like that to the circuit?
Hi Chris, great video there :). One question, is it possible to make wled controller with mic, but to be able to use it as sound reactive and non-sound reactive controller? Or i wouod need to havd two separate wled comtrollers for that idea?
Thanks so much for watching! So the sound reactive version of WLED also has all the features and settings of the non sound reactive version as well. So you can use it either way you would like!
What about MIDI controlled ESP32 LED light strip from a 5-pin midi input from a edrum module?
Hi Chris. Awesome set of videos. I am using your 12v LED Muzata with a WLED including Sound (Mic) setup. Lots of wires to get right on this one. However, using the AZDelivery Max4466 from one of your prvious videos, the sound part does not work. Any ideas?
SAME HERE :(
Great video! Can you publish a video on using an esp32 with 12volt LEDs?
Thanks so much for watching and that is a great idea. I'll for sure put that on my to do list and hopefully get to it sooner rather than later!
Any plans to update the project with a walkthrough to WLED Moonmodules??
I can’t get mine to work. I don’t know what the issue is. Did everything the same as you did. Sound reactive was under user mods on my app though.
does it works with esp01?
hi and thanks for the upload i just subscribed! i'm just getting serious about led's and ill likely be binge watching all your videos. i have a question.. is it possible to instead of using the mic use some sort of "data" from the speaker to react as the sound? i'd like for the led's not to react to any ambient sounds other then whats coming from the speakers\ sound source (ie. pc\amp\tv\etc). is that possible with those pcb modules
Thanks so much!! There is a way through a different program called ledfx. I made a couple videos on that free program that I'd recommend you take a look at!
Cool again! ... hmm, how about being able to omit the microphone and hook directly to a sound source output?
That would be great to do and my guess is it is possible but something I have not tried doing yet. Let me know if you ever try doing it yourself or find a resource showing how it would be done!
Hi Chris, I’m working on a project and was wondering if you could share your expertise.
I want to use WLED as it has much better features than an SP107E music controller but I don’t want to use a speaker to pick up the sound as I’ll be using it in a club environment that has a lot of sound I don’t want it to react too. I like the feature on the SP107E with the AUX input and wondered if there was anyway to have an aux input WLED controller to isolate the sound to only the music that’s playing ?
Many thanks
Thanks so much for watching and great question! So i've often wondered the same thing myself! I have yet to try doing something like this so I honestly dont know if its possible. Maybe someone reading this might have an answer if this is possible? Otherwise at some point I would like to find out myself. This is on my long list of projects to eventually try doing!
You are not joking about that wire stripper. I'd long thought these things were ludicrously over-engineered (having grown up stripping wire with a knife)... but it's absolutely amazing how absentminded perfect wire stripping is with the proper tool!
hahaha I know how you feel! Its been a complete game changer and I actually like stripping wires now lol. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Any suggestion for adjusting the squelch and gain? In my quiet room with a tiny bit of traffic noise outside, the noisemeter effect peaks really easily!
@@emmettpickerel5016 this is my question also have you found a solution??
@@joeygunzilla6878 Afraid I have not! I teach a WLED introductory class at my local makerspace, but omit the sound reactive part of it because I've never got it to do what I really want. I haven't tried versions of SR since this video was released, I think, so things may have improved.
There's always the chance with electronic components that we were shafted with faulty ones, too. That went for me with Radio Shack in the 80s and definitely with amazon in the last couple of decades. So the advice may not be wrong, but our components.
@@emmettpickerel5016 thanks for the reply the channel creator just recommended a solution he has a couple videos on "LedFx" that may be my solution. take care ✌
Hi Chris , I am using a 38 pin esp 32 wroom . I do not have the D35 pin for microphone , can you give me an alternative please . Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for watching! I did a little google searching and i'm not 100% sure since I have not tried it personally but it sounds like you could use any analog pin. Here is the website with the pin layouts for hopefully the board that you have. www.techtonions.com/esp32-pinout-simplified-no-more-confusion-when-choosing-gpios/
Might just have to do some trial and error! Let me know which one ends up working as i'm curious myself!
hooked up the mic pins output to pin 35 bt still the sound reactive is not working what else can go wrong can u suggest anything, using esp 32 with MAX4466 mic and sound reactive latest version 0.013
Hello.... Need help!!!! There is an esp 32 controller.The wled firmware is filled in. According to your scheme, the microphone does not work. Need micra or 3.5 line input?
good video but I think I prefer to use wled together with hue to control from hue essentials that allows you to synchronize the music from the microphone or device with the led strip and thus you save this process
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I hear ya. While this is not a crazy hard process, it certainly requires more work than I would say most people would want to do and even thought the results are nice, I don't think they are so amazing that its necessarily worth the extra work to do. I'll have to look into the way you are doing it. Sounds nice!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Sorry. I was wrong, activating hue synchronization only allows you to use one color, to be able to use the gradient effect and synchronize with the music through hue essentials you need to use diyhue which is somewhat more complex. i have yet to test it as diyhue is still in a very early version. Regards!
Does it have to be in home wifi network to work?
i tried my esp8266 with the SR install, but i get an error that my board isn't supported. any ideas? i have the 210x driver installed.
Great Job! It is possible to use the AUDIO JACK 3.5MM instead of microphone? Like with dac 1334 ? What do you think? Thanks Chris!
I'm working on this myself right now. I have a very specific use case that requires a direct line in. I found one video out there where you can make your own board using about 5 components.
ESP32 board with good install. When I connect and go into effects the only one that works is solid. I can change colors with no problem but when I try to change the effect to work with the mike all LEDS turn off. I’m using a MAX4466 connected to D35, an ESP32WROOM , output to LEDS on D2.
Hmm that's no good! That's strange how it sorta works but sorta does not. I'm not even sure where to begin troubleshooting. I generally try to order 2 of everything just so I can maybe figure out is something is faulty. Maybe someone else reading this might have some ideas and can chime in! Thanks for watching!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I appreciate your time. I have ordered a different type mike figuring to start there and just rewire everything checking components as I go.
Have you looked into enclosures for the esp32s?
Thanks for watching and I have not yet looked at something to house the esp32's. I know i've seen others use a cheap soap box to do this and I thought that was a clever idea! something like this: amzn.to/37z9peH
Great video. I’m in the process of making my existing WLED roofline in to a sound reactive roofline. Was hoping to make a Db threshold so that it only gets triggered by sounds that are above a certain loudness that way when the yahoos drive by with their loud sound systems or loud lack of mufflers they would see flashing red and blue lights behind them coming from my house.
Thanks so much for watching! yeah thats a great question. I have not played around with this enough to know if you can tweak the settings enough to the perfect spot where it only picks up the sounds you want. Honestly it will probably just require you to test things out and see how it performs. Let me know what you figure out as I'm curious myself! Love the idea by the way!
What’s the difference between the esp32 and the esp8266? Would they both support the same programming? I’m new to this stuff and want to do 80ft of lighting around my man cave ceiling. Your videos are fantastic and have helped a lot! Thanks in advance 😊
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! They are very similar but the esp32 has a little more processing power and can drive more leds. Here is some good information on some of the differences in terms of LED applications: kno.wled.ge/features/multi-strip/ For 80ft I would go with the esp32. They are not much more expensive.
Thanks Chris! I appreciate the help
Super video, is there a possibility to do the same with a 3.5mm line in instead of a microphone? Would like to be able to use it even when the music is playing softly or when friends are there and you are talking without the LEDs reacting to the conversation. What do I have to do differently than in the video to implement this?
That's a great idea and I can see why that would be helpful! I'm sure its possible but I have not looked into that yet. Great idea for a future video for sure but as of right now I would have no idea how that's done. Let me know if you find a good video on youtube explaining how to do it and I'll do the same!
a small addition/extension to this idea... add some frequency filtering stuff and boom, you can have different frequency ranges show up differently or on different strip etc!
You could use an msgeq7 or just wire the aux cable the same as the mic. Lol. If this guy doesnt know that, i wouldn't watch him.
@@ChrisMaherDIY Man, great job , try to find on TH-cam "Alex Gyver цветомузыка" there is a project on Arduino with 3,5 mm line there
Have u got any idea by now how can i implement the frequency filter... Cuz I want my led to react with bass only..
Hi Chris, thanks for your tutorial. With my installation no reaction to the microphone! The info says Audio Source ADC analog - quiet ?!
I have now solved the problem! The MAX4466 can be operated between VCC 2.4V and 5.5V, so I clamped it to 5V - and behold, not silent anymore
Thanks so much for watching and for the update! Glad you got it working and thanks for letting us know!
i have a 100W (5V 20Amps) power supply, is it ok?
Why arnt all of my LEDs turning on? I cut the leds into segments and soldered them in a way to make a wolf. However, after I get to the 38 segment none of the lights after that want to turn on. I checked wiring and everything is fine but why wont it keep lighting up the rest?
Hi Chris,
Can I ask, have you tried using COB LED strips with the WLED platform and controller? If so, is there a brand you would recommend or do you have any advice on what to keep an eye out for?
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! I definitely have heard of COB led strips and I cant wait to start playing around with them. As of right now, I really have not found and addressable rgbic cob strips yet on amazon so I have not yet ordered any. Once they are on Amazon, (if you see any on there please let me know) I'll for sure be ordering some. I'm not sure if they would be able to hook up to WLED but I really hope they can!
@@ChrisMaherDIY if I find any, I'll be sure to let you know.
what if your using the 8266 board ? what connections ? D35 is not there
Thanks for the video. You will find I used your links for the cpu, wire, wego clips and microphones. You made shopping easy, and got credit for the sale! Question as I wire up a sound reactive setup… Is there any reason you didn’t wire the microphone ground into the ground next to the 3 volt output on the board? I am thinking either personal preference, or possibly noise on that ground? Hope you have a moment to reply, thanks again.
You are very welcome and thank so much for the support! That's a very good question! I tried finding videos out there that would help explain to me how to get something like this set up and I really couldn't find anything on TH-cam. I found some that had breadboards involved and others that used different mics or different esp boards, but I never found anything that used this esp32 board with this mic. However, I did end up finding i think it was a written explanation on some website that seemed to use the parts I wanted to use and the way it was explained on that website was the way I did it. So all that to say, i have no idea if there are any pluses or minuses to the way I did it versus using the pin you mentioned! But if I were you (and I might even try it now myself as I'm always curious) i would try doing it both ways and see what works the best or if its pretty much the same! Thanks again buddy!
@@ChrisMaherDIYI completed the project and am playing with the values. I didn’t adjust the hardware gain on the microphone and am not sure how to adjust the software squelch and gain. Currently I am playing with values 1 and 100 and all the sliders.. I think the music volume in the den may need to exceed the limit imposed by the rest of the family to get this to dance. At least I can confirm that soldering to the other ground pin works and simplifies the switching of this unit to another without the microphone.
@@kd6lor Yeah I'm honestly not even sure what all the adjustments do. I just keep playing around with everything like your doing until I seem to find one that doesn't pick up every little noise but will pick up the obvious ones! Thanks for letting me know about the other pin working! I'm by no means an expert at any of this so I'm always grateful to learn new things! Thanks again buddy!
Hey i Updated on 0.14.3 Version, know are Soundsettings left??? Whats is the problem? Pls help
Does it work with nodeMCU?
But if i have no external power adapter and i want to connect it just from the USB connector how can I connect it?
I just found your channel and I love it man.
Needed it a year ago when i tried to alter my govee Leds and ended up having different colors in the different strips (i guess the signal cable was too long).
Then I saw the video with the accent wall and that you put a small resistor in and I thought "damn i guess that was my problem ".
Not sure if you tried it already but automating your projects would be pretty cool.
I read you can use Homeassistent to connect with WLED and control your Light.
So e.g. you could have some NFC Tag sticker around the house (really cheap) and the lights would turn on by just holding your phone on the sticker for a sec.
Instead of having to unlock the phone and open the WLED App.
Thanks so much!! I have not gotten into the smart home/automation yet but I do want to at some point! The situation you describe sounds so cool with using an NFC Tag! Might have to try it down the road and will have to for sure make a video! Thanks again and thanks for taking the time to comment!
Hi ya,
Great video but I have a question.
I want to run a sudio line in input either jack or RCa rather than a mic as I will not have audio playing from speakers to pick up the sound. Any ideas? Sorry absolute noob just trying to learn.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I have not tried doing it that way so I honestly have no idea if it would work or not or how to go about setting that up. Maybe someone reading through the comments might now for sure and can chime in!
hey thanks for well presented and easy to watch video. My esp 32 keeps disconnecting from my phone or laptop. sometimes it will run for hours, other times is loses connection fast. my goal is outdoor xmas lights next year but if it keeps having this issue then what to do. i could just use fastled..but its no where close to wled. can wled be flashed and coded without needing to be connected to wifi?
Thanks so much for watching! Hmm, thats a good question. The only time I have had connectivity issues was when I was using things out in my garage which does not get a very good wifi signal. But thats strange how it will work good for a while and then sometimes loses it fast. Other than trying a different esp32 and seeing if you have the same issues, i'm not sure what might be causing it. Maybe someone else who is reading this might know whats going on and can chime in!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Appreciate your reply…ive done all of this in my garage! I will try doing this closer to the router…thank you for taking the time…and hey…id love to make a personalized scrolling stock ticker for my garage…you think you could show some matrx programming?
I also would love to know if the code for the different effects on wled is available in raw so i could copy it and load it into an aurduino sketch atmega chip? then i wouldn’t need wifi..can this work?
Hey can the lights react to the music you play just from off your smartphone microphone? Or does it have to have a microphone built onto the board
For this setup, you would need to install the microphone onto the board like I did in this video for it to react to any type of sound. Govee for instance has a microphone already built into their controller which is what they use to capture sound. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Loved the simplicity of this tutorial. Controls are working like a charm from the app, however I'm struggling to get in sync with sensor input (lights are not reactive to sensor). Have tried different sensors but still not picking up ambient sound.
Any suggestions. Thanks
I'm having the same problem. I used all the same hardware as shown in the video, but the sound reactive part is not working. Changed the input to 35, and everything but there is no signal.
Thanks so much for watching! Are the led lights working if your just trying to control them normally without the sound react effects/animations? The only thing I remember is that I believe the mic's I ordered came in a 2 pack and only 1 of them worked for some reason. Not sure if that might be the issue but at least for troubleshooting I try to have 2 of everything on hand to hopefully narrow things down a bit for what might be the issue! Also, maybe check out this video to see if there is anything different that he might be doing that would work in your setup. His videos are awesome and he is a lot smarter than I am! th-cam.com/video/q1ghNUND6gk/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for replying @Chris. Yes the LEDs are working and being controlled from the app. It's just the sound reactive part not working. To test the sound sensor I ran it in isolation and checked the analog input in the serial monitor and the readings over there are reactive to sound.
@@rishitak4208 Hey man. Did you figure it out? Is it working for you now? If yes please tell me what you did.
@@GameResidence So I swapped 2-3 variants of the sensor. One of them worked with WLED but not 100% reactive. I guess some fine-tuning required on the sensor potentiometer. Haven't tried it back as I was traveling for a while. Will get back to you once I have it working.
PS: The same sensor didn't work in isolation when observed over a serial monitor with the same potentiometer setting. Not sure what the sorcery is :(
Somehow when I have my mic hooked up to pin d35 my leds don’t react to sound but it reacts to me putting my hand closer to the esp32.. ?? Anyone heard of this before??
Would anyone know how to make the lights react to a specific sound? Like when it hears police sirens for gta5 it flashes blue and red. I think that would be really cool for the boys room.
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Thanks so much buddy! Appreciate you watching!