This is soo awsome. They use 2 tesla coils to make Super Mario music.

This is soo awsome. They use 2 tesla coils to make Super Mario music. "Music with 2 teslas."

#1 Posted 12 April 2012 - 04:12 PM

Came on Yahoo news and there was a 2 teslas coils making Super Mario Bro (nes) music.

#2 Posted 12 April 2012 - 06:57 PM

Zaxtor, on 12 April 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

Came on Yahoo news and there was a 2 teslas coils making Super Mario Bro (nes) music.

I'm guessing the tones are coming from the generator hum itself and not from the arcs, despite what they're saying? I can't understand how the arcs could be the source of the sound, since their behavior is random.

This post has been edited by wayskobfssae: 12 April 2012 - 06:59 PM

Spirrwell

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#3 Posted 13 April 2012 - 12:27 PM

wayskobfssae, on 12 April 2012 - 06:57 PM, said:

I saw that a while ago, still not as cool as this: At least to me.

wayskobfssae

#4 Posted 13 April 2012 - 06:05 PM

Spirrwell, on 13 April 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

I saw that a while ago, still not as cool as this: At least to me.

Wanted one of those for a while.

And here we have, musical floppies:

Helixhorned

EDuke32 Developer

#5 Posted 14 April 2012 - 10:24 AM

wayskobfssae, on 12 April 2012 - 06:57 PM, said:

Nope, it's the electrical discharges modulating the air pressure. They're going by the name of "plasma speakers" (google it). I would absolutely love to hear one of those in action, since they're said to have a very high fidelity due to not requiring moving parts, but sadly they're not terribly practical, generating ozone and other not-so-healthy gases in the presence of air.

Zaxtor

#6 Posted 14 April 2012 - 12:23 PM

Sending different voltage makes different sound pitch.

Like low pitch for low voltage.
High pitch for more voltage.

So they usually plays with voltage for those floppy drives making music.

ReaperMan

#7 Posted 14 April 2012 - 06:04 PM

Well this is a Duke Nukem fan site....

Jimmy

Let's go Brandon!

#8 Posted 14 April 2012 - 08:43 PM

Still sounds better than the Megadrive version.

Inspector Lagomorf

Glory To Motherland!

#9 Posted 15 April 2012 - 10:28 AM

ReaperMan, on 14 April 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

Well this is a Duke Nukem fan site....

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

That actually sounds just like the Adlib version... Go figure. <_<

Martin

#10 Posted 15 April 2012 - 06:17 PM

Captain Awesome, on 14 April 2012 - 08:43 PM, said:

Still sounds better than the Megadrive version.

Off-topic, but here's a cool 32X cover of Grabbag. Apparently, the advantage to 32X FM synthesis over that on the Mega Drive is a sixth FM channel with 4 percussion channels. So there you are. There is some great work on the Mega Drive soundchip, too. Just a lot of crap.

This post has been edited by Martin: 15 April 2012 - 06:18 PM