Bird Sound Design is a one-day workshop exploring bird sounds through digital analysis and synthesis. Understand bird calls, trills and songs, then recreate them using Max/MSP, starting with simple sounds and building up to more complex ones. Leave with your own collection of bird sounds and techniques for creating nature-inspired soundscapes.
Bird Sound Design (Workshop)
one-time purchase
one-time purchase
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Birds have been experimenting with sounds long before humans walked the earth. Learn from their ancient wisdom and imitate their songs!
Join us at Zwitschermaschine for a hands-on workshop exploring birdsong through listening, analysis and synthesis using Max by Cycling ’74.
We will:
- Listen to and analyse birdsong using spectrograms
- Start with simple chirps and build up to intricate calls and trills
- Synthesize complex sounds using oscillators, envelopes, modulation and filters
- Combine your creations into a collective bird soundscape
These skills carry over beyond birds and apply to sound design for films, games, installations or electroacoustic music.
Location: Zwitschermaschine, Potsdamer Str. 161, 10783 Berlin
Date: Saturday, November 14 · 12:00–18:00
Ticket: €60 (Standard) · €40 (Early-bird until Nov 3rd)
Limited seats available, workshop in English
Bring your laptop with Max installed (free 30-day trial is enough), headphones, and recordings of bird sounds you'd like to recreate. No prior experience with Max required.
The workshop will be followed by an evening concert session featuring invited artists and a collective birdsound jam by the workshop participants. More info soon!
Hosted by Transferans Records
Instructor: Cem Çakmak, PhD
I'm an engineer, sound artist, and researcher from Istanbul, based in Berlin. I’ve worked with Max/MSP for over a decade, and I’m a Max consultant and beta tester for Cycling ‘74. I run the online school Audio Programming with Max and teach Max to beginners and advanced users. I hold an MSc in Sonic Arts from Istanbul Technical University and a PhD in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where I was also a Deep Listening student of Pauline Oliveros. My research focuses on spatial electronic music and I've presented and published work at conferences and journals such as NIME, ICMC, and the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.