Soundstorm for Hue

Scott Dodson

About this app

Get your party started using your Philips Hue lights. Watch your lights pulse and flash to your favorite songs.*

*Hue Bridge required

MODES

• Music Visualizer — Lights change colors to the music (Microphone access required)
• Strobe — Lights change colors in a flash randomly
• Color Loop — Lights change colors simultaneously
• Color Flow — Lights change colors sequentially
• Playlist — Each mode plays for a random duration

THEMES

Choose from one of the predefined themes or create your own on the Themes tab. Each mode uses the colors in the selected theme. To edit a user theme in the list, swipe the item to the left and tap the pencil icon. You can reorder colors for the Color Loop mode.

SETTINGS

Music Visualizer
• Change volume trigger for light effects
• Change minimum brightness of lights when inactive
• Change maximum brightness of light effects
• Change transition effects: Random, Pulse, Fade Quickly, Fade Slowly
• Change theme
• Toggle detect frequencies (Bass, Mid, Treble)

Bass, Mid, Treble (Music Visualizer)
• Toggle light effects
• Target lights for effects
• Change transition effects: Random, Pulse, Fade Quickly, Fade Slowly
• Change theme
• Change frequency range trigger

Strobe
• Change minimum brightness of lights when inactive
• Change maximum brightness of light effects
• Change theme

Color Loop, Color Flow
• Change brightness of lights
• Change color or light sequence: In Order, Reverse Order, Random Order
• Change transition effects: Random, Pulse, Fade Quickly, Fade Slowly
• Change transition timeout
• Change theme

Playlist
• Change sequence: In Order, Reverse Order, Random Order
• Change order
• Toggle modes
• Change duration range for each mode

General
• Change default end state: Revert, Off
• Change sleep end state: Revert, Off
• Select mode to automatically start when app opens
• Choose time to automatically stop selected mode

LIGHTS / GROUPS

Select one or more lights for your light show on the Lights tab. Choose a group that you set up using the Philips Hue app, or create a new zone in the Soundstorm for Hue app. To edit a room or zone in the list, swipe the item to the left and tap the pencil icon. You can reorder lights for the Color Flow mode. When you add, remove, or change lights, pull down the list to refresh.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• Sleep Timer — Choose the state of your lights after the timer ends with the Sleep End State setting.

I'd love to hear your thoughts and appreciate you taking the time to rate the app. By leaving a review, I can continue to improve Soundstorm for Hue and create a great experience for you and future users. Thank you! —Scott

Ratings and reviews

Does successfully control my lights. Two main issues though. First, didn't detect the Hue Bridge on my network without manually entering the IP; I haven't had this problem with any other app. Second, I don't think the music visualizer is actually listening to the music. The lights change rhythmically but not in time with the music, it seems like it a constant tempo. I compared this to the Hue Disco app and the latter does vary the lights based on the temp.

if I can give 1000 stars I will! love it! great app! works amazing! 5 bulbs so far. turns your place to bloody night club! love light separation for different frequencies. just will install in on other phone and will use my main one! would be great to have functionality with headphones, but understand technical limitations. whatever! it's great! as a feedback- maybe worth trying neural networks approach to remove voices, noise etc, for better experiences, but it will come, I belive).

Edit: Developer kind enough to reach out and offer a refund to me. I find the app hard to use/figure out, and it doesn't seem to respond to sound even though I have provided microphone privileges. I tried tweaking the settings to improve the responsiveness, but it is still not satisfactory.

What's new

Need help? Please email [e-mail]

- fixed compatibility issue