Power Chords from Twin Musical Tesla Coils

[findsugar]

I think you guys should do contracts for high en techno or electro dj's as this would be the ultimate instrament onstage on any stage

[Chark711]

Neither.

The power is making sound waves, like thunder. It's just quicker and more controlled

[JingleJoe]

The giant electrical sparks create the sound, there is no amplification, there is merely a circuit to tell the giant electrical parks how to oscillate and when :)

[Thilath]

they're creating it :D

[resdudeornardude]

electric force and the vibration of the coils.

[TheCongressman1]

Either way, the coils are creating the sound. It doesn't matter if it is being controlled by an instrument, it still has to make the sound. Just as a guitar amplifier creates the sound with various vibrations of the cone, the coils create sound with the strikes of electricity.

[netnut25]

Beautiful!

[PhantomP63]

Might I suggest "Walkin' at Night" by Boston? It would allow you to use both the chords you show here and the normal single notes while sounding awesome.

[thelightguy1]

Music to my ears. Much Thanks.

[McCulloch416]

To me it sounds like jimmy page violin bow solo.

[theblackhand2]

Awesome chords. The coils sound very much like the trumpet or tuba stops of a large pipe organ.

[PuMPkiNK1nG1315]

Power chords =D

Punk Tesla Coils!

[luckystallion]

That's freaking awesome. I'd like to ear that IRL.

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[Jordankewl]

lol you'd go deaf

[Jaan0]

can we get a video of someone rocking out on a midi keyboard or something? live live? or how big is the latency on that???

many thanks for the videos!

[schlafanzyk]

haha yea that would be great

[LiinkFreek]

Have you had a spark go on another side other than the two poles in between? o_o

[megavoltmeister]

Yes occasionally that can happen. When operating outside it is more likely when there is a little bit of wind.

[LiinkFreek]

I really had no idea that could ever happen, especially wind moving the electricity. Well, we learn something new every day.

[omegaM1A1]

That's because the electricity you see is jumping from air particle to air particle, move the air and you can move the electricity.

[ZwJGR]

Why not just use a PWM-type circuit as the interrupter source, to directly simulate any input wave, unless the increased frequency required would raise the current draw?

[megavoltmeister]

The longer the pulse, the longer the coil is in oscillation. The spark length and power level are controlled by that. The frequency of the interrupter is what determines the pitch as you probably know. Circuits have been made that pulse the coil at the same frequency as a given input signal. The higher frequency does require more power as the systems RMS goes up.