First Demo on my sound reactive Festival Hat.

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First Demo on my sound reactive Festival Hat.
Uses WS2801 Strip
MSGEQ7
Microphone with adjustable Gain
Driven by 2x18650 Sony Konion VTC4

Hat reacts to high and low volume with microphone auto adjustment.

Better video will follow soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnSizMnseL8&t=2s

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Is it using FastLED at all?

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@allanGEE yep, currently only copy&paste of funkycloud examples

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Congrats! What MCU are you using?

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@Michael_Burg arduino nano

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Which microphone are you using? I’ve tried making something similar but with the super loud music at concerts, it overwhelmed the mic.

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@Tim_Lukasik this one. 3 gain setting, autogain. Connected it on the hat, facing forewards, can modify the gain with attached jumpers. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1713

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@Tim_Lukasik with 2 parallel 100uF capacitors between mic out & msgeq7 line in

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@Christian_Witzel Thanks I grabbed one off Amazon, any helpful hints on using it?

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@Tim_Lukasik nope, just connect and put capacitor between mic out & msgeq7 in