Rocky Horror Sonic Transducer, Medusa, and de-Medusa

All of these interfaces (Sonic Transducer, Medusa, and de-Medusa) are similar in interaction and instructive to compare, so I’ll be reviewing them together in this post. After the terrifying dinner party and subsequent chase around the castle, Janet, Brad, and Dr. Scott wind up on a raised platform facing Frank-N-Furter in the laboratory, and, fed up with their nonsense, he activates the Sonic Transducer. Sonic Transducer To do this, he pulls a large double-pole knife switch mounted to the panel between the Reactor Power Input and Monitor from an up to a down position. This has the effect of “freezing in place” the people on the platform. One must presume that the effect lasts as long as the switch is down. That’s it. That’s the interaction. The Transducer will seduce ya Dr. Scott guesses on hearing the name that, “It is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory physio-molecular transport device?” Brad grips his shoulder and says, “You mean…!” Dr. Scott confirms it, “A device which is…