Real places that light up
Startrails — star trails over a desert arch
The night sky turning above a desert arch, as a long exposure.
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On screen
What Startrails shows
Startrails starts from a real photograph: a rock arch in the middle of the desert at nightfall. Three thousand stars turn around the celestial pole above it. At the start of the song they are points; by the end, long concentric arcs that pass through the arch and stop sharply at the rock’s silhouette.
The trails grow with the song’s progress and never mark the beat. The number of stars follows the energy of the music over several bars, and a shooting star sometimes crosses the sky on the big moments. A contemplative world for ambient, post-rock and film music.
At a glance
Startrails at a glance
- Family
- Real places that light up
- Energy
- calm
- Movement
- slow
- Best tempo
- 40 to 110 BPM
- Music
- ambient, post-rock, neo-classical, film music
- Plan
- Included in the free plan
- Computer
- Runs on any recent computer
Best for
Where it shines
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Questions about Startrails
What music does Startrails suit best?
Startrails is designed for ambient, post-rock, neo-classical, film music, ideally between 40 and 110 BPM. Halofloor picks it on its own when a song suits it, and you can also force it from the console.
Is Startrails free?
Startrails is part of Halofloor’s free plan, with no time limit and no credit card. Just open the console and start your music.
Is Startrails a video?
Every frame of Startrails is computed live by your computer from the song’s analysis: tempo, energy, build-ups and drops. It never repeats from one song to the next.
What kind of TV do I need?
Any TV with an HDMI input works, smart or not. The computer renders the visuals and the TV displays them, with no app to install.
Put Startrails on your screen
Open the console, pick your music: Halofloor does the rest.
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