Berklee Intersectional Soundbox Archive
The Berklee Intersectional Soundbox Archive (BISA) is a project dedicated to celebrating voices, compositions, stories, and sound-based expressions through recording sessions and workshops, highlighting a wide range of musical traditions and culture, especially of Indigenous roots.
Here you will find the sample packs developed as part of this project. There are currently four main collection areas to explore: Middle Eastern Percussion, Chinese Erhu, Persian Tar, and Peruvian Quena. Click through to specific pages to browse sounds from different collections or use the search bar on the left-hand side of the page. These sounds are accessible for all, under a CC BY License.
BISA is a collaborative project led by Jimmy Lim, Jennifer Hruska, Michele Darling (Berklee College of Music), Michi Wiancko (Boston Conservatory at Berklee), and Xenia Rubinos (Berklee NYC).
Here you will find the sample packs developed as part of this project. There are currently four main collection areas to explore: Middle Eastern Percussion, Chinese Erhu, Persian Tar, and Peruvian Quena. Click through to specific pages to browse sounds from different collections or use the search bar on the left-hand side of the page. These sounds are accessible for all, under a CC BY License.
BISA is a collaborative project led by Jimmy Lim, Jennifer Hruska, Michele Darling (Berklee College of Music), Michi Wiancko (Boston Conservatory at Berklee), and Xenia Rubinos (Berklee NYC).