Audio programmer. Machine learning. Data. DSP. Sound engineer and location recordist. Co-founder @ Planet B Productions. Producer @ Macrodose Podcast. Nature lover. MSc Sound and Music Computing @ Queen Mary.

Work.

Location recording.

Currently working as a freelance Sound Recordist for commercials and film. Accepting new work so get in touch if you need sound. Recent clients:

Programming Projects.

  • Predicting Lyric Morality with Handcrafted Audio Features - submitted to ICASSP (code) (MIR, ML*, XGBoost) [masters thesis]
  • Grainain: Granular delay plugin (UI below) (C++/Juce) [release forthcoming]
  • StressBERT: Stress Detection in Song Lyrics Using Fine-Tuned BERT Model (code)(NLP, LLM, Python, Pytorch)
  • Automatic Umm Detection for Podcast Editors with CNN (ML*, Python, Pytorch)
  • Sonic Loom - Interactive Musical Object (explainer vid) (Electronics, Embedded Systems, Arduino, Max MSP)
  • Granular Synthesiser for Bela Board (explainer vid)(DSP, Embedded Systems, C++)
  • Variational Autoencoder for Kick Drum Generation (code) (ML, Python, Pytorch)
  • Drum Pattern Generator using LSTM network (code) (ML, Python, Pytorch)

* Custom dataset collected and preprocessed by me.

Planet B Productions Co-Founder.

Planet B is an independent media production company based in London. We specialise in producing audio-visual content that tells alternative stories, with focus on bringing radical ideas, critical histories and original storytelling to wide audiences.

We work with:

“BOOMERANG sheds an important light on the historic injustices that remain ever present in modern society.”

- Jeremy Corbyn MP

“If you’re interested in learning about how our economy really works - in a clear and accessible format - then tune in to the weekly to Macrodose Podcast."

- Clive Lewis MP

Contact me.

The best way to get in touch is via email benheyderman@live.co.uk or WhatsApp 07722502387.

Or find my LinkedIn profile here