DIY Sound Reactive LED Floor Lamps

Build your own music or sound reactive floor lamps for less than half the cost of the commercial version.... with more effects and features!

There are a few nice commercial version of LED floor lamps on the market. But they are pretty costly. This is my take on building my own DIY version, based on one of the most popular commercial versions. Feel free to post any thoughts or questions in the comments!

Chapter breaks:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Parts and initial approach
03:32 Painting and tube prep
06:05 3D printing
06:30 RGB LED strip installation
09:39 Assembly and mounting
12:13 WLED controller and Electrec Microphone
13:54 Bench test
14:22 Adapting for wall mounting
15:26 Final version demo
16:07 Features and cost comparison to retail
18:32 Wrap up and outro

Links:
Blog article with parts list, wiring diagram and more for sound reactive floor lamps:

Building your own WLED controller:

Sound Reactive WLED Github:

Thingaverse link to 3D printed parts:

Music credits:
American Idle - RKVC
Twin Engines - Jeremy Korpas

#wled
#esp8266
#ledlight

[ResinChemTech]

Since this video was made, the sound reactive version of WLED has dropped support for the ESP8266 and now requires an ESP32. However, if you still want to use an ESP8266/Wemos D1 Mini, you can download an older version from the Github repo that still has support and a .bin file for the ESP8266. However, I'd now recommend an ESP32 due to the drop in price and better performance with sound reactivity.

[vuway-]

rolled up parchment paper on the inside of the tube gives a really smooth diffusion also i just stuck the strip directly to the inside of the tube, thanks for the 3d files

[Mr.Meme]

You're an absolute legend for making all these videos and guides. Your channel is woefully underrated. Keep up the good work man all these guides are great and truly good mechanisms at teaching and inspiring others. All these videos are going to save a lot of people time and money for years to come.

[NikhileshBhure]

Thank you so much. This is helping alot in making the same project I was planning since a year. 😀 Even the question was how to convert 3.3v to 5v...solved by using logic shifter.

Appreciate your help. Your videos are what we needed as a beginner to understand properly.

[gb]

Great video! If you build any more of these in the future you might try PEX tubing. It works excellent as a diffuser for LEDs and comes in the same form factor as those florescent tubes.

[toddcoello]

Maybe for future I could see design a holder for the rail inside the printed piece. Then drill a hole to run wires out the bottom and cut a notch in the bottom so the wires lay flat. Just some ideas. I love your projects. I'm working on the stair lights now.

[toddcoello]

I'd say u could probably use those same aluminum channel u used in the stair video. Put those inside the tub. Maybe paint them white.

[stphnwtsn]

Great project! And an awesome how-to video! Thanks for all your hard work.

[rachaelb]

I imagine thin wall pvc or pex tubing could be used as well if you don’t want to spray paint.

[tigerchillyable]

You got yourself a new subscriber... keep DIY projects coming

[PlayMoro]

Really impressive skills and a well documented project.

Could you help with the wiring info for 3.5 mm jack to be used instead of the mic ? or as an added option

The mic I tested is picking ambient sound ( unless we do a tedious calibration) and sometime we have an
issue with loud sound disturbing others which the audio jack and a splitter would solve .

[TheCowboysdude]

Great project!! Thank you!! Did you use T8 or T12 plastic tubes?

[gyovi]

Very helpful video on how to build nice lamps. But the sound reactive on WLED very inaccurate with the music, and even doesn't react nicely like the ones I purchased from AliExpress as they are very accurate with low and high volume, But WLED after comparing is not worth it.
Thanks for the video

[dcclark]

Hi again. Which wires did you use? Are 22awg enough for two stripes with 60 LEDs per meter each?

[richsadowsky]

Love this. I need to get a 3D printer. I noticed the one you had was rather large. Do I necessarily need one that big to work on these type of maker projects? Or would a $250-400 one do the job?

[pedroviegas]

Hello @ResinChem Tech. What model 3D printer do you use for your projects?

[robp]

Did you use one controller for both lights? or each one has a controller?

[lionelpowell]

What changes need to be made to make the light movement more instantaneous like a spectrum analyzer?

[ayangupta]

We’re you able to use a single mic and then sync it across the two or does each bar have its own mic?

[eemceebee]

Hi, interesting video. I wonder how you were able to get the wemos d1 mini to work with the sound reactive part as it says that the 8266 is not supported ?