A lot of Tesla coil music is fully modulated midi tracks. Easy (relatively)
to do but sounds harsh like a chain saw symphony.
I use music with twin Tesla coils in cages. This allows operators and
computers to be adjacent without risk.
The music is played in full through conventional audio speakers. The lead
instrument is overwritten as a Tesla coil midi track written by my son.
This setup allows the music to be free of distortion but the stereo Tesla
sparks are dramatic and powerful.
It is much more pleasant to listen to. These sparks are only up to 2 feet
long but you can be much closer.
Note, I don't have any tracks on the web of commercial artists at present re
copyright issues and YouTube. But here is a segment of one of my sons
compositions:
Big sparks are fun but a significant proportion of my Tesla coil TV media is
with small Tesla coils or special effects. There is a lot of close
interaction possible.
I checked my website. My longest sparks of 11 feet was number 26 photo down
from the top which shows how I see the importance of bigger is better.
So I feel that music can be be part of what Tesla coils can do. They all can
be interesting and enjoyable in their own way.
Peter Terren
tesladownunder.com
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From: "Steve White" <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 1:14 AM
To: "Tesla Coil List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TCML] Muscial tesla coils a gimmick?
I will probably get a lot of responses telling me that I am stepping on
their main interest and to each his own but here goes anyway. Are there
others besides myself that think that musical tesla coils are a gimmick?
It seems that Youtube is just flooded with these things. I have got to the
point where I skip over them. I will admit that it was interesting to hear
music played on a TC for a few times, but after that it got old very
quickly. In my opinion, using these coils to play music subtracts from the
inherent majesty of high voltage generation and discharge. The observers
are too busy listening to the music instead of admiring the high voltage
fury. They might as well go home and listen to their stereo. Some might
say that the only practical use for tesla coils is entertainment, and I
would agree, so why not add music as another dimension of the
entertainment? I hear this argument but I just don't agree because music
is too distracting. When I have observers stop by dur
ing Halloween, some of them ask if my coil can play music. I happily say
no because it is a spark gap coil even though they probably don't know
what I am talking about.
It seems that the ability to play music was an unexpected accidental
capability of a DRSSTC when they were first built. I expect I will
probably hear from some telling me that the main reason that they built
their TC was to play music. What do you think?
Steve White
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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