BirDJ turns real birdsong into a beat machine. Tap a grid of birds to fire their calls, or play them on your keyboard. Hold to sustain, drag up or down to bend the pitch. Hit record, play your beat, and share it as a link that replays right in a friend's browser. No app, no signup, no server. Open the demos to hear Ode to Joy, Seven Nation Army, and more, played entirely by birds. Free, from The Sunrise.

Yo folks

This started as a silly little experiment: what if a grid of birds was a drum machine?

Turns out... it kind of rules. You tap the pads to fire real birdsong (actual recordings, not synths), or play them on a keyboard with 1 2 3 4 5 / Q W E R T / A S D F G. Hold a pad to sustain the call, drag up or down to bend its pitch like a tiny chipmunk. Then hit record, play your beat back, and share it as a link that replays right in your friend's browser. No app, no signup, no server, nothing to install.

I got a little carried away and taught the birds some actual songs, so there are demos in there: Ode to Joy, Seven Nation Army, Smoke on the Water... played entirely by birds. They're weirdly good.

It's free, and it's part of The Sunrise, our little corner of the internet for bird stuff (cousin to our Bird Rise alarm app).

Would genuinely love to hear what you make. Drop a share link in the comments and I'll play every one of them. Also accepting strong opinions on which bird is the best pad.

Awesome idea @diegodottac! Is it possible to use novation launchpad with it? I tried in FF and Chrome but it didn't work.

played seven nation army on actual birds and i was weirdly delighted by how the warble bends when you drag up the pitch.