Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[Jon]

I was not too sure where to put this as its currently on YouTube.

A very good home made laser harp.



Apologies if people already know of this, but its a recent posting over on YouTube

[Nico_Noyau]

Thanks, I never saw it !
Make me wants to buy one
One day, maybe

[Jon]

This was posted up on the 'Space Of Freedom' site. Another great Laser Harp with a unique version of the classic 'Moments In Love' (by the Art Of Noise) performed on it.

Unique (in more ways than one)

http://www.radioequinoxe.com/video/divers/laser.wmv


Incidently, you say 'buy one', are these actually manifactured then?

[jeremy]

Great laser harp... But used with a very bad sound... A good Fairlight "Aaah" choir sample isn't hard to find and sounds so much better than that...

Why use a laser harp and connect it to the midi in of a Casio keyboard?

[Equinoxe]

Wouldn't see much change out of 20K.for one like Jarres(oxygene tour)....


There was a guy from the states who made custom laserharps(with red beams)..I'll try and find his web link..

And I'm sure the one Jarrelook use was made by the Guy at Oakley Sound..based in Cumbria...(tony is it??)



if you've got the cash,I'm sure you could find someone with the knowhow that will make you one..


(You could always buy a handful of laser pens for a couple of Quid and mime)



As for that Moments in love vid.....Nice harp and shows it does actually work...Although not sure it fits into that sort of context....it seemed a bit cheesy for that type of show......who is this act????

I thought this was Jarre to start with...(standard Issue white shirt )

Best to leave it for Jarre...

[Jon]

Wouldn't see much change out of 20K.for one like Jarres(oxygene tour)....

(You could always buy a handful of laser pens for a couple of Quid and mime)

20K, holy crap

Laser pens, hmmmm, there's a thought. Where's my ARGOS catalogue

[Jarp2600]

I always wanted to built a Laser Harp. It isn't very difficult to build; there are whole describings on the web for building one. My only argue against building one is the energy it needs. Your energybill becomes higher than the Eiffel-tower!

[AnDrOiD]

Than the Eiffel tower. THAN!

[Jarp2600]

Than the Eiffel-tower, whatever you want.
But the point is that lasers use very much energy.

[BnM]

Another great Laser Harp with a unique version of the classic 'Moments In Love' (by the Art Of Noise) performed on it.

http://www.radioequinoxe.com/video/divers/laser.wmv

Funny when he starts using his feet,
then feet and hands, holding the microphone stand for support.

[Nico_Noyau]

Well, lasers can work without needing too many electricity

[Jarp2600]

Yes, but a real laser of 20 MW, like JMJ's one....

[GeeJee]

I really doubt it is MW as in megawatt... I mean - he'd need to take a nuclear powerplant on the road just to drive his laserharp....

On the other hand physics have never been my speciality..

[Jarp2600]

No indeed. I was asking myself the same question a few months ago. Does anybody know what that M in MW means? I've always thought it was MegaWatt - 1.000.000 watt! Using such a laser for 1 minute, your yearly bill will be doubled!

[Nico_Noyau]

it is not MW but mW
milliWatts, so 0,001 watt

/edit : I hope ! because a 1MW Argon laser can delete all France in one beam :|