Sound to vision machine

Another steampunk invention of mine :) its got valves and meters that flash and move in response to sound, in this video the music is a song played by Rivieredom - a youtube user who records his fantastic tunes for us all ^_^

How to LED-mod your valves:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/joe64/LEDmodvalveJPG.jpg

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Steampunk
• thermionic
• valves
• ammeters
• volt
• brass
• wood
• sciencey
• doohickey
• rivieredom
• Celtic
• Breizh
• Bouzouki
• Electronics

[LorenzoNW]

Very nice. I'd love to see you take an old tube radio and design and build a Steampunk chassis that exposes and accentuates the aesthetics of tube electronics. Either that or build one from the ground up. Surprisingly, I haven't found anything like this — only radios with "Steampunk decorations" added on which looks like an afterthought, more like faux Steampunk.

[JingleJoe]

Thats exactly what I think, it's faux steampunk. I'm acctually a bit embarased that I used valves improperly here but at the time it seemed like as good idea, I have been trying to build some valve based electronics - I will try to make a proper steampunk valve radio next! Thanks for the idea :)

[cubetube232]

do you sell stuff? could that item be made into a backpack version?

[JingleJoe]

I do sell stuff, but I won't sell this, I've got alot of other fantastical devices similar to this one in the works, which will be for sale! So keep an eye out for them on brass goggles or something :)

[cubetube232]

ow great... well im not that handy when it comes to electrical stuff etc. but am looking for some steampunk gear that actualy works... maybe i could contact you next month or so? to talk about some ideas that i have for steampunk gear ? i have a hard time finding people who are good at making steampunk related things.

[JingleJoe]

Well look no further :) I can make anything! My latest invention might be just the thing for you, it looks something like this but it is portable and it detects electromagnetic waves (in short, the very æther itself!) a month or so from now will be when it is for sale!

[Arabhacks]

This is but one version of a color organ.

In place of tubes and LEDs, use old style light bulbs, like what ferrowatt sells.

Use solid state, much easier, and drive them with triacs.

And, yes, solid state has its distortion and tubes their way.

I frequently take a single ended tube output and construct a push pull with the other half being solid state and doing 3/4 of the load.

This gives an interesting balance.

Tubes distort more than a transistor so the lopsided output.

[LorenzoNW]

Great, I look forward to seeing seeing your finished Steampunk audiophile radio :) Jolida has a very nice new 10 watt integrated tube amp called the FX 10 you might be able to use as a base. And Scanspeak makes a great tweeter and mid-woofer in their Revelator Line. Always thought tube electronics sounded more musical. Solid-state produces unpleasant odd-order harmonic distortion while tubes produce even-order which is the same distortion made by acoustic instruments.

[wisteela]

Fantastic!

[JingleJoe]

That is because they are! I make sure they all have switches and dials and things that acctually controll aspects of them! And/or have some random pointless funtion- like turning sound into light :) Thankyou, by the by ^_^