Birdsong
Listen to the forest.
An immersive spatial audio experience for relaxation and presence, where sound guides you through a living forest. A flagship study in audio as a 3D, interactive medium.
Around you, birds are calling from the canopy. Water moves through a nearby stream, leaves rustle as the wind passes through. Each sound is placed where it would be in the real world.
Your goal is simple: listen, follow, and find. Whenever you hear a bird, turn toward it, walk closer, and collect it. Some are easy to spot, others are hidden deep within the trees. You'll need to take a deep breath, and listen carefully to track them down.
The new Forest Ambience feature lets you customize the soundscape for a more personalized experience.
Audio in 3D, navigable.
Built by sound designers specializing in games and interactive media, each sound is meticulously placed with an attention to detail that comes only from years of experience in the craft.
True-to-species, by hand.
Calls are true to species, our newly bird-obsessed founder promises. Birds are social; every bird has a personality of its own, determining when and how it calls.
An unhurried interface.
Take a break from metrics, stats and objectives. Simply walk, look, listen and collect. Nothing more is asked of you.
Your own soundscape, mixed in real-time.
Customize ambience layers: wind, water, crickets, footsteps for relaxation and presence. Put together the forest of your sonic dreams.
A sound engine modeled after nature.
Spatial audio
01Every bird, leaf, and stream is positioned in 3D space — left, right, above, behind — with accurate distance. Sounds grow closer as you approach and fade as you move away.
Environmental occlusion
02Sounds attenuate, filter, and diffuse based on what's between you and the source.
Procedural ambience
03Wind, water, and insects evolve over time using small generative systems.
Listener-aware mix
04The mix shifts as you move through the space, like a good hike, the ambience changes based on where you are, and what you're near.
Put on headphones. Listen.
Birdsong is available exclusively on the Mac App Store. macOS 13+, Apple Silicon recommended.
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