SynkEngine
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Use case · the silent party, with phones
A silent party with the phones you already have.
Everyone on the beat, each in their own headphones, and no neighbours disturbed. No rented headsets, no transmitter: SynkEngine plays the same song on every phone at the same instant, over the room's own Wi-Fi, and every guest listens in their own earbuds or headphones, Bluetooth or wired.
How to throw one
- One phone hostsOpen SynkEngine, start a party, pick the song (your own files, YouTube or SoundCloud). A Windows PC can host too.
- Everyone joins on the Wi-FiGuests join the party from their own phones and queue their songs; the host keeps play, skip and volume. Nothing to install on a laptop, no accounts.
- Headphones inEach guest listens in their own earbuds or headphones. Bluetooth is fine: SynkEngine times the device the moment it connects, asks once (earphones or a speaker?) and remembers it. A tap nudges it 5 ms if your ear says so.
- DanceEvery phone plays the same instant. Lock the phone, pocket it, walk around: the music keeps playing for everyone. Want the room to hear a speaker? Pair a Bluetooth speaker to any phone and it joins the beat.
The 82-second explainer
How SynkEngine keeps Bluetooth earbuds, headphones and speakers on one beat, with the library, the silent party, the gym and a sunset on the beach: watch it with the transcript →
Questions
What is a silent party?
A party where the music is in everyone's headphones instead of a loudspeaker: the dance floor dances, the street stays quiet. Traditionally it needs rented wireless headsets and a transmitter.
How does SynkEngine do it with phones?
Every guest's phone plays the same song at the same instant, in sync, over the room's own Wi-Fi; each guest listens in their own earbuds or headphones, Bluetooth or wired. The phones you already have are the headsets.
Does it need a DJ laptop?
No. One phone (or a Windows PC) hosts the party and everyone else joins it. Guests queue songs from their own phones; the host keeps play, skip and volume.
Do Bluetooth earbuds stay in sync?
Yes. Bluetooth adds a delay of its own, different on every device; SynkEngine times the device the moment it connects, asks once whether it's earphones or a speaker, and remembers it per device. Your ear can nudge it 5 ms at a time.
Where else does this work?
A library table sharing music quietly, a gym crew on the same count, a rooftop at night, a sunset on the beach: anywhere the music should stay with the people who want it.
How many phones?
A party is as many phones as join the Wi-Fi; a table, a room, a rooftop. Every phone is also a speaker if you want the room to hear it.
What does it cost?
The alpha opens on 11/11 at 11:11 and the official launch is 12/12 at 12:12. Request the app on synkengine.com: Android and Windows now, iPhone coming.
The poster
No neighbours disturbed. Request the app: alpha 11/11 at 11:11, official launch 12/12 at 12:12.
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