Re: How'd they do this ?? (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:20:24 -0600
From: Jeff Larson <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How'd they do this ?? (fwd)

These videos are all from You Tube.  They then get linked to from other 
video sites.  Some times the descriptions get lost or omitted or 
edited.  Here is the description from the You Tube Video.

"Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at 
the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance 
Research Corp) in Baraboo WI.
The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two 
identical high power solid state Tesla coils are generating. There are 
no speakers involved. The Tesla coils stand 7 feet tall and are each 
capable of putting out over 12 foot of spark. They are spaced about 18 
feet apart. The coils are controlled over a fiber optic link by a single 
laptop computer. Each coil is assigned to a midi channel which it 
responds to by playing notes that are programed into the computer 
software.  These coils were constructed by Steve Ward and Jeff Larson. 
Video was captured by Terry Blake. What is not obvious is how loud the 
coils are. They are well over 110dB If you look at another You Tube 
video which is from a different angle, you can hear the echo off the 
building and get a better idea of how loud it is. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScc2p... 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScc2plLQOI> "

Jeff Larson

Tesla list wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:07:05 -0500 (EST)
> From: Victor Valencia <victor_valencia2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: How'd they do this ??
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> http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1787715
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> I can't decide if the 2 coils were just turned
> on and off with the correct timing or if somehow
> they were actually synchronized to the music.
>
> Any ideas or is it just some editing magic?
>
> Victor
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