Ferraro created Far Side Virtual with the Apple audio software GarageBand, which brought out the "cheap digital sound" he desired, and called it a "[r]ubbery plastic symphony for global warming, dedicated to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". He said, "This is ringtone music meant to be experienced on the post-structuralist medium, the smartphone." Ferraro frequently described it as a musical still life of the 21st century, specifically the year it was released. Electronic musician Dan Deacon praised the album for its unaltered, standard MIDI sound. The sources of most of the album's found sounds have been described as "perversely commonplace", and include the Skype log-in sound and synthesized voices that appear to mimic interactivity.
