Comments on: Incredible MIDI-Controlled Tesla Coils http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/03/30/incredible-midi-controlled-tesla-coils/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:52 -0500 hourly 1 By: otron http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/03/30/incredible-midi-controlled-tesla-coils/#comment-133898 otron Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:04:47 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6007#comment-133898 Actually, the only sound from a speaker is that bell sound. The staticy electronic noise is in fact the sound of electricity arcing in the air, like thunder from lightning. There's some logic to convert a note to an amount of energy that produces an arc which will vibrate the air (thunder) at some frequency. See all the crazy spikes in the lightning? These are the 'samples' that produce a note when they are played at, say, 400 hz (middle a on the keyboard). Its not rocket science here. For something really amazing, google 'toccata fugue tesla' to see SIX of these monsters harmonizing together. If you've seen one of these live its intuitively obvious that the sound is from the arcs...you don't need a speaker with enough of these around...they are LOUD! Actually, the only sound from a speaker is that bell sound. The staticy electronic noise is in fact the sound of electricity arcing in the air, like thunder from lightning. There’s some logic to convert a note to an amount of energy that produces an arc which will vibrate the air (thunder) at some frequency. See all the crazy spikes in the lightning? These are the ’samples’ that produce a note when they are played at, say, 400 hz (middle a on the keyboard). Its not rocket science here.

For something really amazing, google ‘toccata fugue tesla’ to see SIX of these monsters harmonizing together.

If you’ve seen one of these live its intuitively obvious that the sound is from the arcs…you don’t need a speaker with enough of these around…they are LOUD!

]]> By: synth_drum http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/03/30/incredible-midi-controlled-tesla-coils/#comment-124831 synth_drum Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:13:42 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6007#comment-124831 it was being triggered by the midi input they were not playing the note but giving a visual to the pitch. "The Midi track as well as additional audio backing tracks were played via Cubase running on a Open Labs Neko workstation." so the audio was coming from a device in his PC/workstation and the coil was used as a visual. The keyboard he is playing was sending a midi note to the soft synth on his workstation "he just picked out a real electrical sound for the synth voice" and the coil was sent a on off frequency to go along with the midi note value I would think if im wrong please inform me of this magic device that can read electrical bursts that can contain the info for a MIDI note value to be sent to his workstation.. that just doesn't seem logical "not only note value but velocity and a MIDI on off send..." synth_drum@yahoo.com it was being triggered by the midi input
they were not playing the note but giving a visual to the pitch.
“The Midi track as well as additional audio backing tracks were played via Cubase running on a Open Labs Neko workstation.”
so the audio was coming from a device in his PC/workstation and the coil was used as a visual.
The keyboard he is playing was sending a midi note to the soft synth on his workstation “he just picked out a real electrical sound for the synth voice” and the coil was sent a on off frequency to go along with the midi note value

I would think
if im wrong please inform me of this magic device that can read
electrical bursts that can contain the info for a MIDI note value to be sent to his workstation.. that just doesn’t seem logical
“not only note value but velocity and a MIDI on off send…”

synth_drum@yahoo.com

]]> By: Janko http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/03/30/incredible-midi-controlled-tesla-coils/#comment-124819 Janko Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:48:28 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=6007#comment-124819 Anyone know how they get the tesla coil to play notes? Anyone know how they get the tesla coil to play notes?

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