Paul 'Wix' Wickens

For orchestral stuff, there’s great libraries around, although some of the streaming libraries are so big and so unwieldly that I’d like to get smaller versions of them. So I’m sticking with that, and a lot of combinations of things. I still use the Akai S5000 software, although I’ve now got a couple of versions of Apple MainStage, and they’re playing some samples and doing some sounds.

"I use B4 and I also use [GSI] VB3. That thing’s fabulous for certain things. I have to say, I think VB3 is the best sounding emulation. I know people like David Rosenthal have got a real Leslie and all that on stage, and I come from that generation. But what I need from an organ is it to sit in the middle of everything else. There are a few things, like “Let Me Roll It” that are organ heavy."

"I use B4 and I also use [GSI] VB3. That thing’s fabulous for certain things. I have to say, I think VB3 is the best sounding emulation. I know people like David Rosenthal have got a real Leslie and all that on stage, and I come from that generation. But what I need from an organ is it to sit in the middle of everything else. There are a few things, like “Let Me Roll It” that are organ heavy."