Have you ever had a perfect take trashed because someone didn’t know you were recording and came into the room? Cherry Live Light links the record function in your DAW to a Philips Hue Light system. So when you press 'Record', it automatically turns on or changes the colour of your chosen lights. We have the details.

It has always been difficult to have recording lights controlled from your DAW. Cherry Live Light looks like a neat solution by using a Philips Hue Light system. Your light will automatically change colour when you hit ‘Record’ and turn back when you stop. Cherry gives fine-tuned light control, enabling you to set colour, brightness, and more for any number of bulbs.

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The Cherry Live Light software, once installed will automatically search your network for a Hue Bridge.

For example with Pro Tools, you enable the global MIDI input for Cherry from the MIDI Input Devices window…

Then add Cherry as a HUI peripheral in the MIDI Controllers tab of the Pro Tools Peripherals window…

Note that the free 7-day trial is fully operational but will stop working after 7 days.

System Requirements And Compatibility

• MacOS Catalina - Note that Cherry Live Light is currently only compatible with macOS.

  1. One of the supported digital audio workstations (DAWs):

     • Logic Pro X (Cherry 1.0 and up)

     • REAPER (Cherry 1.1 and up)

     • Pro Tools (Cherry 1.1 and up)

     • Studio One (Cherry 1.2 and up)

     • Cubase (Cherry 1.2 and up)

  2. Philips Hue Bridge with at least one Hue bulb connected

     • If you don’t have a Hue system, we suggest this kit.

     • The WiZ Hue lights are not compatible with Cherry (yet)

     • You must have a Hue Bridge, even if your bulbs support Bluetooth connections

  3. Cherry Live Light Beta downloaded to your computer.

     1. There is a 7-day free trial

Version 1.5 Of Cherry Light Now Available

They have been hard at work adding new features based on your requests. These are the updates included in this version…

• You can configure Cherry to auto-launch when you log in! Just check the "Launch at Login" box at the bottom of the app.

• The Cherry window will minimize to your menu bar (upper right of your screen) instead of the Dock. Set it and forget it!

• Fixed a bug where license activation was not remembered between runs for some users

• Fixed bug where coloured light rules were not remembering that they were coloured lights between app runs

• If you had issues entering your email on the Download web page for the last release, please use the direct link above.

• If you have already purchased a license, it will work for this version as well.

Version 1.9 Of Cherry Light Now Available

New Features in This Version

• Added a Force On toggle which forces all lights to their Cherry state. This can be useful if you are starting/stopping recording faster than Cherry can handle (such as Quick Punch mode)

• Changed "Test" button to "Flash Test" for clarity

• Verified for use on Mac OS Big Sur

Bug Fixes in This Version

• Fixed an issue where removing Hue bulbs from your system could crash the app.

• Fixed an issue where some users were unable to launch the app.

What We Think Of Cherry Light

We tested the software with Studio One and our own Hue system. It worked flawlessly enabling either the light to turn on/off or turn red, so it works as advertised. Our only misgiving is the price, whilst it’s a clever use of HUI and HUE, we are not sure if people will think the innovation is worth the $75 price tag, for what is in effect a utility app. If you don’t already own a HUE system then the combined price of this software and a HUE colour starter kit is around $200.

Price And Availability

• The Cherry Live Light software normally costs $75 but there is an introductory offer at the moment which brings the price down to $50.

• Be aware that Cherry Live Light is macOS only and you will need to buy some Philips Hue Lights with at least a Hue Bridge and one bulb, perhaps this starter kit would get you going.

• Cherry Live Light is macOS only and needs macOS Catalina or later.