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I love synthesizers! My fascination with digital wind instruments goes back almost a decade. Recently, I’ve been particularly interested in integrating these instruments with software like Ableton, MainStage, and Max/MSP. Not one to be limited by hardware, I’m perhaps best known for my janky, (yet effective) modifications to the EWI 5000, to which I added an LPD8 and a Wii Remote to facilitate greater expressive control over my sounds and FX in a live setting. These days, I mostly play the NuRAD, a beautiful MIDI controller created by Berglund Instruments.

Gear:

Hardware:
Berglund Instruments NuRAD
Akai EWI 5000
Akai EWI 4000s

Software:
Ableton Live 12 Suite
Max/MSP
MainStage 3

Sounds:
Too many to list! Click here for a comprehensive list of my favourite softsynths for digital wind instruments.

Check out my YouTube channel for some videos of my playing.

Photos by Alastair Pollock