Berlin School of Sound An artist-run music school in the heart of Berlin-Mitte. We teach electronic music, sound design, and modular synthesis — whether you’re making your first beat or preparing your next release.
Make your own instrument. Build your sound.
We don’t teach you what music should sound like. We give you the tools, the space, and the people — and you figure out what you actually want to say.
Our courses, workshops, and masterclasses are built around one idea: everything ends with doing. You make work, you perform it, you put it out into the world. That’s the whole point.
From our 12-week Make Some Waves semester to intensive one-day sessions on tape loops, modular synthesis, Persian microtonality, and MIDI — you leave with something real. A track. A set. An instrument you built yourself.
Taught by artists who live it. Real knowledge from the scene.
Our instructors 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.
Corazón de Robota — Prix Ars Electronica laureate, electronic anarchist, DIY synth builder. RETHE — Berlin-based producer and DJ, Elektron specialist, active on the club circuit. Błażej Malinowski — internationally recognized composer and performer. Nadia Struiwigh — Berlin-based electronic artist and DJ, released on Dekmantel and SPAT*R. Stéphane Lefrançois — sound designer, composer, researcher at the Sandberg Institute.
No career academics. No gatekeeping. Direct access to people who are shaping the sound of this city — right now.
Find your sound. Go deeper. Berlin’s music starts somewhere.
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 — all within reach.
We exist to connect you to that world. Not through theory and textbooks — through practice, community, and direct access.
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.
If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for — welcome.
Want to know if BSoS is right for you?
Have a quick chat with our director.
15 minutes with Vojto — ask anything about our courses, the school, or whether this is the right next step for you.
→ Book a free 15-min callFree · 15 min · Vojto Monteur, Director of Berlin School of Sound
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.