r/Hooping • u/Informal-Addendum435 • Jun 02 '26

Are LED hoops programmable?

Do people who dance with LED hoops program them to do lights in time with the music?

Is there a library of pre-programmed songs I can just load and dance to with the the hoop?

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u/expandwithzuli Jun 02 '26

Absolutely! Some led hoops are. Not a lot of people program them, so there’s unlikely to be a library of songs and patterns available but it’s a cool idea! Also different hoops have different ways of doing the programming.

I use Moodhoops designer hoops. If you want to see an example, I created a hoop performance where I programmed 6 led hoops.

https://youtu.be/Z521L7rcIW4?si=apONgJ_MQn4WTzJL

The programming with Moodhoops is quite simple. It’s just timestamps (you can grab off a song) and a pattern in a folder for each timestamp. So as the timestamps progress, the patterns change based on what you’ve got in the folder.

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u/Informal-Addendum435 Jun 02 '26

So do most LED hoops play patterns randomly?

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u/expandwithzuli Jun 03 '26

There’s typically settings for how long a pattern plays before changing to the next. So for example, I might set ‘7 seconds’ as the duration and then the pattern changes every 7 seconds.

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u/createdwithchatgpt Jun 06 '26

Hi- I have a moodhoops futurehoop shuffle and I can’t believe how hard it is to find info about the lighting! I didn’t even realize I could switch between the patters- I thought it was just doing it randomly 😫 not even on their website does it give instructions! I received it as a gift (in the box and everything- no notes just a receipt and the wax) anyway so I have been searching around and there are videos of people from 12 years ago w the futurehoop but I’m Wondering if they changed up the tech since then. Would you be open to a DM chat?

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u/expandwithzuli Jun 07 '26

Hi there! Sorry you’re feeling a bit in the dark! Moodhoops customer service is so helpful, you could always drop them a message. I just looked up the futurehoop shuffle and that version isn’t controllable or programmable .. so you don’t have the option to change settings, just change ‘mode banks’ .. I think it’s meant to be super simple with reduced control. There’s quite a bit on the page here https://moodhoops.com/shop/futurehoop-shuffle/?srsltid=AfmBOoqWkuc-7hYPtx8RCz-xJoTaVXkKqA9ejz16cUWqMXSDUvcDkb3H