However, you can do a whole lot more and make your party look awesome by tweaking a few settings. Here are the settings on the disco mode screen (the left screenshot above) and what they do. If you don’t care too much about crafting a particular look for your lights, you can tap one of these buttons to start cycling your lights and it will look pretty good. This lets your lights automatically adjust to the music, but it might take some tweaking to make it look right. When the volume in the room reaches a certain decibel level, your lights will change colors. This will start cycling your colors in Disco Mode using your microphone to determine when to change colors. Basic Disco Mode: On the right, you’ll see a blue button with a play symbol on it.Strobe: This button, labeled with a lightning symbol, will enter a fast-paced strobe cycle. By default, strobe mode will flash white, but you can change the colors and even a faux black light (which is really just purple, but hey it looks cool.).The only downside is that if you switch up the music to something slower or faster, you’ll need to readjust Hue Disco every time. This is an easy way to set the color cycle to match your music. The faster you tap the button, the higher the BPM and the faster the lights will change colors. To enter this mode, tap the BPM button several times. Beats Per Minute (BPM): This mode will cycle your colors in Disco Mode based on a set rhythm.These are the three types of Disco Mode you can use: It’s a little overwhelming, so we’ll go over each feature and how how to use it. Most importantly, there are three buttons along the bottom. In the left screenshot below, you’ll see the regular Disco Mode screen. If you tap the center button at the bottom with the lightning symbol, you’ll enter strobe mode and see the screenshot on the right. You’ll also find strobe mode on this page.
You can cycle colors based on a preset BPM to match your music, or let your phone listen to the ambient sound and try to match it. Use Disco Mode to Make Your Lights Groove to the Musicĭisco Mode lets you pick a color scheme that your lights will cycle through. Once you’ve chosen your light bulbs, you can head back to either Disco or Moods mode. However, regular white lights and color ambiance bulbs will only be able to blink. If you want to go for a strobe effect, you can use these bulbs (and it might be pretty fun), but full color bulbs will give you the most flexibility. Note that you can use any model of Hue lights for your party setup.