Sasha Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Thanks to Nikola Tesla (Serb as myself :)) this guy made this super cool "synth". Imagine gig with this and SEQ3 8) Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 BUMP!! That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therezin Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 That's truly insane.And awesome. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTE Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Wuuuuoah....i wanna touch it ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAncientOne Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Tesla is one of my heroes too. I've built coils a while ago, getting up to about 1 metre of spark using thyratrons instead of the more usual spark gaps. Not in that guys league however. Ther have been quite a few 'singing Tesla's' on youtube, but never one that big before. Before starting with the 'MIDIbox Tesla', do give a though to keeping that level of EMI out of your PIC .... I just have this scary vision of Sasha combining a few of his ideas, and doing "Pirate broadcast Lightning SID Music", from something like an Eiffel Tower with a ball on the top, fed by machinery with lots of shiny brass and ebonite, (and of course polished wood casings). If you want to see what can be done, take a look at http://www.lod.org/ for guys who built a huge one, and in the UK http://www.hvfx.co.uk/, do some good stuff. If you want a scary thought, check the video of "Voltini" doing the 'Lighning Man' act, (and no, deffo don't try this one at home, a few people have died!) - he's not in a Faraday cage suit like 'MegaVolt'. http://www.hvfx.co.uk/video/lightningman.mpgBut Tesla did it all first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAncientOne Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 For Sasha.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted June 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 Cool! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultra Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 how is the sound actually being made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAncientOne Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Here are a few links - Mr google may have morehttp://www.richieburnett.co.uk/cwsstc.htmlhttp://www.roger-russell.com/ionovac/ionovac.htmhttp://www.laborantes.com/iono2.htmBasically you modulate the primary drive to the coil, and the air moves as the arc changes.Generates a lot of ozone, and can erode the terminals very fast.The Ionophone speakers mentioned above kept the arc in a quartx envelope to reduce ozone and get better air modulation. A big one would be wild at the right rave. I would fancy getting dancers in faraday cage suits in the cage with it....Guess I just watched too many Frankenstein films as a kid.Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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