How I Did It
The Sun Smiles on LightSail 2by gurdonark
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Tools I Used
Lauki, from ixi-audio.net
Audacity
Samples I Used
All the samples were the 7OOP3D samples created and uploaded as stems with their song "Depression Gone for Good (featuring Gurdoark)".
Original Samples
None.
Process
I trimmed two percussion samples to create a rhythm track and assigned them two nodes on the Lauki sequencer. I took two synthesizer melody sections and used them to assign to numerous nodes on Lauki, resulting in a playable software instrument. I recorded 14 minutes of a varied song. Then I edited fairly relentlessly, settling on two tempos as the basis for the song.
Other Notes
I recently listened to Canadian artist Lee Roseevere's lovely ambient recording "Apollo 11", which serves as the backing track to a recent NASA commemorative documentary about heroes of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission. I decided to name my track after a more recent and modest project, but one with great potential for making a difference. I have been following the Planetary Society podcasts about LightSail 2 all Summer.
Music about space tends to be beatless, but I wanted the Sun to have a pulse.
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