Process

Audio (Vicki)

At first, I tried to create ambient noise, because when I think of space I think of a vast nothingness or emptiness. I initially recorded several short guitar plucks and used the Paulstretch effect in Audacity to make each note last longer and add ambiance to the notes. I chose two of the notes and placed them next to each other to loop. However, once I saw the animation, the atmosphere of the animation didn't seem to work well with the audio, so instead I tried to go for a more mysterious feel by creating a simple tune. While before I had thought a slower and more atmospheric approach would be best, I realized that with the continuous movements of the circles, something with more notes and a faster tempo might go better with the visual part. I based the tune on the C minor arpeggio because minor chords are known to sound more melancholy and somber than major chords. I imported the loop to Audacity and used various effects such as the equalizer, phaser, and tremolo to make the tune sound more mysterious and varying in amplitude. I recorded a short wind sound and imported that as another track because the idea of planets moving through space make me think of motion and wind.