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Sweet Home Alabama Played on Tesla Coils (2012)

33 points by basicplus2 7y ago

sizzzzlerz 7y ago
Do we live in a marvelous age or what?
iwalton3 7y ago
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLshnfu0wY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLshnfu0wY
travis_brooks 7y ago
In Portland there's Quarterworld Arcade that does a few musical Tesla coil shows every week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb6MyRPQRPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb6MyRPQRPM
egypturnash 7y ago
Curiously reminiscent of the Moog Cookbook’s version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaThIiLlm8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaThIiLlm8
briantakita 7y ago
This is a good song for the Tesla Coil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5evlN8Bbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5evlN8Bbs
userbinator 7y ago
I suspect it's accompanied by some speakers too, because otherwise the sound would be a lot "emptier" and less bassy. Similar device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_speaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_speaker Also reminds me of this old video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago
  You can pretty clearly hear the drum and synth parts playing in the background, at least. I don't think they're trying to conceal it.
everdev 7y ago
At Burning Man 2018 someone hooked up two massive Tesla coils to a keyboard and you could see and hear the notes as electricity as you played them on the keyboard. One of my favorite memories :)
unknownkadath 7y ago
In honor of Alabama's impending loss to LSU, I present ArcAttack! playing the Imperial March on Tesla Coils and a human being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdubOdFS-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdubOdFS-Y Also, Sharon Osbourne gets boo'd. Saw these guys play at DragonCon a few years back, and it was the bomb. They also played a bunch of chip-tunes through the coils, which seemed to work extra well.
ridaj 7y ago
I heard the band called "Arc Attack" do this about 10 years ago in Austin, TX. The video is ok but listening to it in person, up close, is something else entirely. The sound-generating surface is physically huge, so the sound fills the space in a way that is hard to describe. If you're into the chiptune genre to begin with... It's great. Here is a video of Arc Attack: https://youtu.be/huuevMwp1wg https://youtu.be/huuevMwp1wg IIRC the drum was played by a robotic drum kit and they had a dude in chain mail dance in the middle.

33 points by basicplus2 7y ago

sizzzzlerz 7y ago

Do we live in a marvelous age or what?

iwalton3 7y ago

Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLshnfu0wY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLshnfu0wY

travis_brooks 7y ago

In Portland there's Quarterworld Arcade that does a few musical Tesla coil shows every week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb6MyRPQRPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb6MyRPQRPM

egypturnash 7y ago

Curiously reminiscent of the Moog Cookbook’s version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaThIiLlm8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaThIiLlm8

briantakita 7y ago

This is a good song for the Tesla Coil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5evlN8Bbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5evlN8Bbs

userbinator 7y ago

I suspect it's accompanied by some speakers too, because otherwise the sound would be a lot "emptier" and less bassy. Similar device: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_speaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_speaker Also reminds me of this old video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI

PhasmaFelis 7y ago
You can pretty clearly hear the drum and synth parts playing in the background, at least. I don't think they're trying to conceal it.

everdev 7y ago

At Burning Man 2018 someone hooked up two massive Tesla coils to a keyboard and you could see and hear the notes as electricity as you played them on the keyboard. One of my favorite memories :)

unknownkadath 7y ago

In honor of Alabama's impending loss to LSU, I present ArcAttack! playing the Imperial March on Tesla Coils and a human being. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdubOdFS-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdubOdFS-Y Also, Sharon Osbourne gets boo'd. Saw these guys play at DragonCon a few years back, and it was the bomb. They also played a bunch of chip-tunes through the coils, which seemed to work extra well.

ridaj 7y ago

I heard the band called "Arc Attack" do this about 10 years ago in Austin, TX. The video is ok but listening to it in person, up close, is something else entirely. The sound-generating surface is physically huge, so the sound fills the space in a way that is hard to describe. If you're into the chiptune genre to begin with... It's great. Here is a video of Arc Attack: https://youtu.be/huuevMwp1wg https://youtu.be/huuevMwp1wg IIRC the drum was played by a robotic drum kit and they had a dude in chain mail dance in the middle.