{"id":233,"date":"2018-08-22T22:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T22:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?p=233"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:52:02","slug":"sonified-planetarium-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Solar System Sonification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Planetariums offer breathtaking immersive shows that engage and educate their audiences. Abounding with visual media such as visualizations, images, and video, the auditory content is usually limited to narration. We wondered if we could flip the script. Could we make a planetarium show driven by sonic information&#8212;information displayed through sonification and auditory display?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fri-Apr-15-19_27_26-2016.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Each planet is represented as a pitch proportional to its mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I joined the GT Sonification Lab, one the lab members was researching accessible science experiences for the blind. She had formed a relationship with a local science center, but needed help making sounds. When I learned that the planetarium had a multi-channel speaker system, I got excited. Over the next two semesters, I led a team of graduate students through an iterative sound design process targeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov\/planetary\/factsheet\/\">NASA Planetary Factsheet<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table has-fixed-layout is-style-regular\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Planet Property<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Auditory Parameter<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mass<\/td><td>Pitch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Length of Day<\/td><td>Beat<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Length of Year<\/td><td>Rotation around Audience<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Distance from the Sun<\/td><td>Duration of Spaceship Trip<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Temperature Range<\/td><td>Melody<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gravity<\/td><td>Bouncing Ball<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atmosphere<\/td><td>Timbre<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Number of Rings<\/td><td>Granular Synthesis<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MerVenEarMar_Mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>The beat of each planet is its length of day.  Mercury and Venus are long. Earth and Mars are about equal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SatJupNepUra_Mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Days on Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus are much shorter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-400x518.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A-800x1035.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sonification-A.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Our show debuted at the Planetarium of the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta. We used their multi-channel speaker system to rotate the planets around the audience, representing their orbital period.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mon-Apr-18-13_43_24-2016_All_YearScale200.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Each planet moves at a different speed, representing its length of year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The show was well-attended and we collected data on several factors of the audience&#8217;s listening experience. We also got a lot of attention. AT&amp;T commissioned us to create a realtime <a href=\"https:\/\/sonify.psych.gatech.edu\/research\/eclipse\/index.html\">sonification of the 2017 solar eclipse<\/a>. The next year, I joined a collaboration with the PhET Project and designed many more <a href=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?p=170\">sonifications for accessible science.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/50years.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"403\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?attachment_id=403\" class=\"wp-image-403\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sonification_lab_logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"199\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mikewinters.io\/?attachment_id=199\" class=\"wp-image-199\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Winters, R. M., Kumar, A., Tomlinson, B. J., &amp; Walker, B. N. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchcatalogue.net\/view\/513390\/513400\">The Planetorium: Sonic Information Design for Earthling Audiences<\/a>. <em>Journal of Sonic Studies<\/em>, <em>17<\/em>, (8 Pages).<\/li><li>Tomlinson, B., Winters, R. M., Latina, C., Bhat, S., Rane, M., &amp; Walker, B. N. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/58359\">Solar System Sonification: Exploring Earth and its Neighbors Through Sound<\/a>. <em>Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Auditory Display<\/em>, 128\u2013134. State College, PA.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planetariums offer breathtaking immersive shows that engage and educate their audiences. Abounding with visual media such as visualizations, images, and video, the auditory content is usually limited to narration. We wondered if we could flip the script. Could we make a planetarium show driven by sonic information&#8212;information displayed through sonification and auditory display? 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