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.

You always jump straight into things and I love it! Another no nonsense vid!

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 👍🏻

Amazing Video! Top notch teacher. Clear indications and very easy to understand.

Another great video; really like your style of getting right to it and giving people what they need to know; awesome work!

Dude you're awesome!. All information needed is in the description. Plus more. Rock on!.

Excellent video and instructions! Thank you!

So cool. I've been using Govee lights for music mode, but will totally give this a try. Excellent video as always!

Just Amazing! Thank you very much!

Hell yeah bro. Been waiting for this.

Very helpful for my Christmas 2022 LED project - mucho gracias!

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 your videos...very helpful and motivating. 🤙🏾

Thanks Chris! I hope your furniture comes in soon! The bedroom looks good though!

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.

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?

I love the music.

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?

Ayy shoutout for starting the video right away no silly long ass intro!!

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

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.

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Thanks for all u dedication, was very helpful... can I put a esp8266 instead?

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.

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....

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.

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?

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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!

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!!

How do you deal with the lag? much love for thid awesome project btw

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 :)

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!

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

Great video! Can you publish a video on using an esp32 with 12volt LEDs?

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?

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

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!

curious was there a reason you chose not to solder to the gnd pin next to 3v3? going this route myself

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?

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 ?

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?

no :HEY GUYS WELCOME TO MY CHANNEL after the rock music intro lmao... you ROCK BRO! haha

Are you able to use non sound reactive setting ir would you have to uninstall and re install regular settings on chip?

Great video, may I ask why you only used one of your lights from your visualizer video? Would this work with all of them?

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?

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

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?

Cool again! ... hmm, how about being able to omit the microphone and hook directly to a sound source output?

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.

hey Chris! you should definitely make a discord ;)

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

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.

Any plans to update the project with a walkthrough to WLED Moonmodules??

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.

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

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?

What squelch and gain settings did you use? My lights won't stop reacting to "sound" even though it's quiet

is there a way to do this with an audio 3.5 mm input jack instead of the mic?

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 😊

can i do it without a sound sensor and use ledfx to grab the sound from?

You going to do any project that are for outdoors?

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.

Hallo can you list what kind of add on accesories can we add to wled? Is there motion sensor? Thanks

Can we also control the colour and patterns of the light manually like another version.

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?

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?

Any reason to use WAGO connectors instead of soldering the cables together? Thanks in advance.

is there a way to make it change colour depending on the dB?

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?

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.

When my fluorescent lamp starts blinking, I turn on the music and get the same color music)))

Hello Chris. Why doesn't SR firmware build include MQTT support?

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.

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

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

3v to mic doesn't give enough signal out. I had issues when i placed the mic on ceiling. Connected to 5v it works ok now.

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 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.

Did you hooked up both strips to one power supply?

can you do sound reactive and if no sound run a standard light show? or toggle it on and off somehow?

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?

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?

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.

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.

Have you looked into enclosures for the esp32s?

Can a similar thing be achieved with an auxiliary-in instead of a microphone?

Can you do a video on motion sensor stair lights that follow a person's direction

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?

i have a 100W (5V 20Amps) power supply, is it ok?

Is it possible to toggle between standard WLED features and sound reactive WLED features using a single ESP32 controller? I like both and may want one or the other at a give time. Or would this require two ESP32s, one with mic and one without?

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.

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I want to wire the whole house like this, and on the outside, and my neighbors LOL

Hi Chris, Which pins, if possible, should be used if I instead use a ESP8266?

Will you also show the motion sensor (microwave radar sensor) addition?

Does it have to be in home wifi network to work?

Does it work with nodeMCU?