Author: Janne Särkelä

Sanara Creations is the professional dimension of sound designer, producer and artist Sarana / Janne Särkelä.

Tools: Logic, Cubase , Pro Tools, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, Final Cut, Premiere, Max/MSP/Jitter, Plogue Bidule, Flash/AS, CSS, HTML, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, OSX/Win/Linux, Arduino, Processing, Captivate, Storyline.

Janne resides in Helsinki, Finland at the moment, and works at Digital Lessons Finland as the Senior Technical Developer.

Categories
Web

Live Feeds from Deepwater Horizon Disaster Site

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I created an aggregate page compiling multiple ROV camera feeds from the Deepwater Horizon site, which became very popular during the peak of the rescue operations, providing easy access to live underwater footage for a wide audience.

The original accompanying text:

The duration of operations at the BP oil spill site is unknown, but live feeds from underwater ROVs working there were available and collected on a single page (now disabled as operations have ended).

You can save the page and open the HTML file locally for convenient offline viewing. Resizing the browser window requires refreshing the page to adjust player sizes accordingly.

Updates:

  • July 20: New feeds added

  • August 18: Inactive feeds removed

  • September 2: Feeds added

  • September 18: Feeds updated

  • November 5: Main operations ended; page taken down.

Categories
Sound

Sound Design for an Exhibition on Flight

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The Finnish Aviation Museum organized Myyttinen Lento (Mythical Flight), an exhibition exploring flight-related myths and legends designed to spark the imagination of children and adults alike. A highlight was a magic carpet visitors could ride.

I collaborated with Marko Ahokangas from the Theatre Academy of Finland’s Lighting and Sound Design department – he created the sounds, while I programmed the sound player. Using Plogue Bidule, we crafted a continuously evolving, never-repeating eight-channel soundscape that filled the exhibition space.

Spatial audio was managed via four independent eight-channel linear output selectors, modulated by sine wave oscillators, dividing sounds into fast and slow categories controlled by separate sub-programs.

A synthesized wind-like instrument formed a musical layer, dynamically tuning its pitch (via FFT) to frequencies extracted from other sounds – e.g., matching airplane sounds to produce harmonious tones.

Presented here is a two-channel sample of the final soundscape.

Categories
Web

Website Design for a Youth Camp

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TaigaMetsä theme is inspired by Finnish folklore and is aimed at children and youth aged 10 to 16. The website was built using WordPress. In addition to designing the site and creating all visuals and graphics, I managed the web community and oversaw media production for the entire event.

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Categories
Visual

Video Production for an Educational and Entertaining YouTube Series

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Kaleva Youth Association produced a YouTube video series for its 50th anniversary camp. The series, TaigaVisio (All episodes), offered practical tips to help children prepare for camp life.

I handled the filming, editing, and sound design, with support from camp guides Jussi and Hannu.

Categories
Musician

SARANA: Ambient and Experimental Music

A solo musical project existing since the dawn of the universe and beyond. Known for extended live performances – often hours long – and hundreds of tracks produced over the years. It explores laminar flow and superconductivity through intuition, improvisation, and unpredictability – a psychophysical expedition riding the wavecrest of kaleidoscopic reality.

Sarana.biz / Soundcloud / Facebook

Releases:

2025 – Anoa (Synphaera/Pénte)
2025 – OVI EP (Aucourant Records)
2022 – Elämänpuu, with Heikki Lindgren (Voyager 1 Records)
2021 – Ea EP (Voyager 1 Records)
2019 – Apokatastasis EP (Voyager 1 Records)
2009 – Andra (Atmoworks)
2004 – Ajan Geometria (Atmoworks)

Releases available on Bandcamp. Live performances available from the Archive.org