Berlin School of Sound
We’re an artist-run music school in the heart of Berlin-Mitte. We teach electronic music production, sound design, modular synthesis, and everything in between — from your first beat to your first release.
Our home is ACUD Kunsthaus on Veteranenstraße 21, one of Berlin’s longest-running independent art spaces. We’ve been here since the beginning, and we’re not going anywhere.
WHAT WE DO
We run courses, workshops, and masterclasses for people who want to make music — not just talk about it.
Our flagship program Make Some Waves is a 12-week semester where you build your own music from scratch, learn to perform it live, and present it on stage at ACUD. Our From Zero to Hero workshop series brings in working artists and producers for intensive one-day sessions on specific topics — tape loops, Persian microtonality, modular synthesis, MIDI controllers, and more. Our masterclasses pair you with internationally recognized artists for multi-day deep dives into their creative process.
We also offer studio engineering training in our professional recording studio, Wwise certification for game audio, DJ classes, and individual tutoring.
Everything ends with doing. You make work, you perform it, you put it out into the world. That’s the whole point.
WHO TEACHES HERE
Our instructors are working artists, not career academics. They release music, perform internationally, build instruments, design sound for film and games, and research at institutions like Cambridge and the Sandberg Institute. They teach here because they believe in what we’re doing — not because they need a teaching gig.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We keep it simple. Small groups. Hands-on learning. No academic gatekeeping.
You don’t need a degree to walk through our door. You don’t need to know what a DAW is. You need curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and the desire to make something that didn’t exist before you showed up.
We believe the best way to learn music is to make it — together, in a room, with people who challenge you and support you at the same time. And then to put it on stage before you feel ready, because that’s when the real learning starts.
THE SPACE
ACUD Kunsthaus has been at the center of Berlin’s alternative art and music scene since 1990 — right after reunification. It’s not a campus. It’s a living, breathing cultural space with a club, a courtyard, studios, and a history that runs deep.
Our facilities include a professional vintage recording studio with ProTools HDX, a 120-square-meter club room with a high-end sound system, and a growing collection of modular synthesizers, drum machines, and instruments available to students.
We also host regular concerts, listening sessions, and free community events — because a school that doesn’t give back to its scene isn’t worth much.
WHY HERE, WHY NOW
Berlin is still one of the best cities in the world to learn electronic music. The scene is here. The artists are here. The clubs, the labels, the studios — it’s all within reach.
We exist to connect you to that world. Not through theory and textbooks, but through practice, community, and direct access to artists who are shaping the sound of this city.
If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for — welcome.
WHERE WE WORK
Berlin School of Sound is based at ACUD Kunsthaus, Veteranenstraße 21 — one of Berlin’s most iconic independent art spaces, active since 1990. Three minutes from Rosenthaler Platz, right in the center of Mitte.
ACUD Club Room
Our main teaching and performance space. 120 square meters on the ground floor, opening onto the courtyard. High-end sound system, stage lighting, 4K streaming setup. This is where workshops happen, where students perform, and where our Into the Future concert series brings it all together. The space is flexible — classroom by day, venue by night.
Sound Lab
Our dedicated workshop room on the second floor. Equipped with Genelec monitors, a growing collection of modular synthesizers, drum machines, and instruments for hands-on learning. This is where From Zero to Hero workshops and smaller sessions take place.
Sugar Candy Mountain Studios
Our recording studio partner, located in the same building. A professional vintage studio running ProTools HDX with a collection of sought-after microphones and preamps. Students in our Studio Engineering course work here directly, learning professional recording workflow in a real studio environment — not a simulation.
Studio Equipment
Digital Processing
iMac 24″ M1 w. Pro Tools Ultimate
Pro Tools Carbon Audio Interface
Orpheus Prism Audio Interface
RME Fireface Audio Interface
AVID Dock
Headphones & Monitors
MONITORS
1 x PSI 25-M, pair
1 x ADAM 2.5 A,pair with ADAM 6 15′ Sub
1 x Yamaha HS50, pair
1 x Avantone Active MixCube, pair
1 x Hear Audio headphone system
4 x Equation Audio RP-21 Studio Headphones
2 x Ultrasone Proline 750 Professional Studio Headphones
2 x Beyer Dynamic studio headphones
1 x Crane Song Avocet Stereo Monitor Controller
2 x sennheisser HD 650 Headphones
DI BOXES
5 x BSS AR-133
4 x Countryman Type 35 Fet
1 x DI-100
1 x Radial JD*7 Injector
1 x Radial passive DI
Outboard Gear
PREAMPS
1 x GML 8304
10 x API 312
2 x Telefunken V72
2 x Telefunken V672
2 x Telefunken V77
2 x Telefunken V78
2 x Neve 1073 DPA
8 x Neve Portico 5012
1 x Summit Audio TPA 200B
4 x Daking Mic-Pre IV
DYNAMICS/EQs/PREAMPS
2 x Empirical Labs EL8X-S
1 x Universal Audio LA-2A
1 x Summit Audio TLA-100
1 x EAR 822Q
8 x Rupert Neve Design 5033
1 x Summit EQP-200B
1 x Neve 5432 Broadcast Mixer
1 x GML2020
1 x Avalon VT-737SP
2 x Focusrite ISA 110
2 x SSL XLogic E
1 x Tube-Tech SMC 2B
OTHER
1 x Eventide H8000 FW
2 x DBX 901 Dessers
2 x Drawmer DS 201 Noise Gates
1 x BSS MSR-604 II Mic Splitter
1 x BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer
1 x Roland SVC-350 Vocoder
1 x Palmer PGA 04 Loadbox
1 x Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo
1 x Watkins Copicat IC300 Tape Echo
1 x HiWatt CTE2000C Tape Echo
1 x The Photo*Theremin
1 x B&K Beat Frequency Oscillator 1022
Microphones
CONDENSOR
2 x DPA 4006s in DPA 3530-A A-B Set
2 x AKG 451b/ST
2 x Neumann KM 184 ni
2 x Earth Works SR77
1 x Crown PZM
2 x AKG 414 B-XLS
1 x Audio Technica 4033
1 x Audio Technica 8537
1 x AKG 414 EB CK12
1 x AKG 414 EB
1 x Neumann U47fet
2 x Neumann U87
1 x DPA VO4099V
1 x Avantone CK-40
DYNAMIC
1 x Sony C800G PAC
1 x Neumann U67
1 x Wagner U47
1 x Groove Tubes GT67
2 x Neumann U64
1 x Neumann M49
1 x Suter Custom
RIBBON
2 x Royer 121-MP
2 x Coles 4038
2 x GA R1 MK III
2 x Avantone CR-14
Amps & Instruments
AMPS
1 x Fender Twin Reverb
1 x Fender Pro Reverb Silverface
1 x Fender Bassman 4×10
1 x Sunn 190L
1 x Palmer Model One
1 x Polyton MiniBrute IV
1 x Silvertone 1483
1 x Gibson GA-20 RVT
1 x Mesa Boogie
1 x Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier Rect-O-Verb 50
1 x Mesa Transatlantic TA-15
1 x Marshall 1970 Super Bass
1 x Bad Cat Hot Cat 30R
1 x SWR RedHead 240W
1 x EBS 350HD
1 x Acoustic Image Contra 310 BA
1 x Custom 15′ Bass Cab
1 x Ampeg B-15
1 x Montgomery Ward 62 GVC
1 x Elka Leslie Cab
1 x Road C 4×10 Cab
1 x EBS Evolution Pro Line 2000
1 x Bad Cat S 212 4 Ohm Cab
GUITARS
1 x Guild S300-D 1979
1 x Gibson Les Paul Custom 1977
1 xGibson SG Deluxe Bixby 1970
1 x Fender Telecaster USA,1982
1 x McCartyPaul Reed Smith
1 x Airline Hollowbody 1950’s
1 x Guild F-30 1960
1 x Dobro 1970
1 x Stella Harmony 1962
1 x Takamine 1990
1 x Manuel Rodriguez Caballero C-3
1 x OAHU Valco Stringtone Lapsteel 1960’s
1 x Slingerland May Bell Banjo 1930’s
1 x Westminister 5 String Banjo
BASSES
1 x Fender Precision 1969
1 x Fender Precision Fretless 1976
1 x Fender Mustang Bass 1976
1 x Fender Coronado Bass II 1967
1 x Fender IV 1962
1 x 5 String Modulus Genesis
1 x Lakeland Skyline
1 x german custom shortscale hollowbody bass
1 x Messenger Electric Upright
1 x 1904 Italian double bass
1 X 1900 French 1/4 double bass
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
1 x Hohner Clavinet D6
1 x Micromoog 2090
1 x Moog Taurus
1 x Elektronika EM-25
1 x Alisa 1377
2 x Crumar Organizer T-3
1 x Elka ElkaPiano 88
1 x Elka Concorde 902
1 x Yamaha SK20
1 x Wurlitzer 140B
1 x Wurlitzer 200A
1 x Fender Rhodes Stage Piano Mark I
1 x Fender Rhodes Suitcase Piano FR 7054
1 x Hammond 8114
EFFECTS
1 x H&K Tubeman
1 x Soundblox Multivwave Distortion SA120
1 x Ibanez Tube Screamer Classic TS10
1 x Guyatone OD2
1 x Boss Hyper Metal HM-3
1 x Spaceman Saturn V
1 x Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
1 x Electro-Harmonix Q-tron+
1 x Aguilar Tone Hammer
1 x SansAmp Bass Driver
1 x EBS OctaBass
1 x Fulltone Bass Drive
1 x DigiTech Whammy Pedal WH 1
1 x Z.VEX Seek Wah II
1 x Boss Dynamic Wah AW-3
1 x Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95
1 x Moogerfooger Stage Phaser MF-103
1 x Moogerfooger MuRF MF-105
1 x Empress Tremolo
1 x WEO Ventilator Rotary Cabinet Simulator
1 x Boss Flanger BF-2
1 x Boss Super Shifter PS-5
1 x Ibanez Super Chorus CS5
1 x Roland RE-20 Space Echo
1 x Diamond Memory Lane Analog Delay
PERCUSSION
1 x Sonor Delite Birdseye Maple set with snare
1 x Yamaha Hipgig set original Peter Erskine model
1 x Pearl World 6500 Series set (mahogany shells)
4 x Slingerland Snare (var. mod.)14′
1 x Ludwig 14′
1 x Tama Pro Custom 14′
1 x Zildian ZBT HiHat 14′
1 x Zildian A Custom Mastersound HiHat 14′
1 x T-Cymbals Jazz Hihat 15′
1 x Zildian Avedis Fast Crash 14′
1 x Zildian Avedis Fast Crash 16′
1 x Sabian AAX Studio Crash 16′
1 x T-Cymbals Crash 18′
1 x Zildian Constantinople Ride 18′
1 x T-Cymbals Ride 19′
1 x Zildian Earth Ride 20′
1 x K Ride 20′
1 x T-Cymbals Cymbalmaker Ride 20′
Misc.