Synth programmer and performer Paul Wiffen traces his parallel career in sound design for some of the world's leading artists and his work with major synth manufacturers.

Paul will be on stage with various softsynth clones and an RGB Laser Harp to help him deconstruct some of his most famous sounds for JMJ and Stevie Wonder. And he'll be showing video clips from films he's worked on.

His career started off with Vangelis programming the iconic Yamaha CS80 sound for Blade Runner followed by further work on The Bounty, 1492 Conquest Of Paradise and Alexander film soundtracks. He's also worked with Ultravox, Geoff Downes, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Peter Gabriel and with Jean-Michel Jarre at Docklands concert with the famous Laser Harp and on several of Jarre's albums.

is work for synth manufacturers and software houses includes:

OSC (OSCar factory presets), Elka (Synthex presets), Sequential (Prophets T8 & 2000/2002), Emu (Emulator II), Oberheim (Matrix 12, DPX-1), Yamaha R&D Centre (TX16W, SY99, SY22), Korg (T1, T2, Prophecy, Z1), Apple (OSX Roadshow tour of Europe), Emagic sampler (EXS 24), Xils Labs (Synthix) and Martinic (GEM Panther & Arturia modules)