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The English edition of my book “How Sound Design Works” was published by Hanser on September 11, 2026. You can order it online here.

Sound Design is the expertise to use audio (tracks) in order to model spatial sonic storytelling. We as listeners perceive this sonic storytelling through our auditory system in a three-dimensional space around us. Our ears are our “organ of time”. Hence, in our listening experience the past and the future converge in the present. As a result, our auditory sense—complementing our sense of sight—allows us to re-live our environment in its three spatial dimensions far more intensely than many people may realize.

This book recounts the more than 100-year history of sound design in the media and product industries and how these industries have transformed our auditory perception and our culture of listening.

“Your music touches, let’s you relax and dream; it is music, which goes deeper.” (Silke Wald enjoying “Lullaby for F.” from CD “Chroma“)

Two improvisations for piano, based on own musical themes:

1. Piano improvisation over the main theme of “Alpensinfonie” by Richard Strauss
2. Piano improvisation “Little Waltz in a minor”

Two new piano improvisations:

Composed and interpreted by Maximilian Kock

360-degree video of Chopin’s Nocturne op. 9 as an example for digital teaching in the study program “media production and media technology” at University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden , module “audio production”. This online learning module will help my students to produce impressive stereophonic sound tracks, even in acoustically difficult rooms and surroundings.

New: Video of Yesterday was a wonderful day performed by Nuremberg String Quintet

Here is the link: https://maximilian-kock.net/ensemble-music