I'm by no definition an expert but also not a beginner in electronics. I'm currently working on an audio modulated ZVS that would let me create a fairly nice plasma speaker or at the very least be a nice tweeter for a speaker set up. Don't worry I'm not getting off topic, but stay with me here, so I already tried to tie a transformer to the center tap of the ZVS to inject my music. It worked, but it wasted wayyy too much power because the amplifier had to work too hard and the transformer I used always got uncomfortably hot. I looked for other ways to build an solid state interrupter (even one for a Tesla coil would work I believe) and researched ways mixers work and looked at how other people solved that problem. In short, I hit a brick wall. All the interrupters and the "music injectors" (as I like to call them) work off of chips, which I honestly don't have the patience to look for and buy.
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I was wondering if anyone knows any sites, books, or even personal experiences they can share to help me understand what it would take to build something like a simple solid state interrupter from scratch, I'm talking about using the most primitive pieces of electronic wizardry, any combination of transistors, resistors, transformers, diodes, mosfets, or other switching semiconductors an amateur electronic enthusiast might have. Personally, I don't care what it would take, I'm down to solder endless heaps of electronic scrap to make something out of nothing, so put forth anything you think will even mildly help me. Thanks! C: