Sam Gutman's Top 10 Airwave Sounds

Seaboard maestro and now Airwave wizard Sam Gutman runs through some of his favorite Airwave presets.

12 October 2025

What does music made in the air sound like?

Prepare to have your mind blown as Sam Gutman, Seaboard wizard and touring keys player for Ms. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees, takes us through his top 10 Airwave presets. Combining Seaboard's Dimensions of Touch with Airwave's innovative Air Dimensions, he’s cooking up some of the wildest sounds you’ve ever heard. From ghostly choirs and ocean waves to sparkly marimbas and dubstep madness, Sam takes every preset and flips it into something magical.

With Airwave, musical instinct takes over, and Sam’s playful sonic creativity blooms. Every gesture becomes sound — from swelling crescendos to shimmering textures that evolve with a flick of the wrist.

Check out the names of presets below and make a note to try them out for yourself when you get your own Airwave.

Sam Gutman’s top 10 Airwave sounds

Airemin — With a name inspired by the theremin, you can expect alien-esque tones mixed with, in Sam's words, "harmonic craziness."
Choral Morph — Based on choir sound, multisyllabic with synth pads.
Beneath The Waves — Wind instrument-like pad sounds on a bed of ocean waves.
Airwave Dubstep Toolkit — Rhythmic powerhouse, perfect for expressive dub-inspired beat making.
Anaconda Eyes — Extreme synth-based sound that lets you flex your soundscaping muscles with Air Dimensions.
CERN Hum — Dynamic synth pad that scans through wavetables, harmonics, and tremolo.
Bouncy Marimba — Deceptively simple marimba tones take on a rhythmic dimension with Air gestures.
Oceanic Bellies — Sparkly bells expanding into a universe of granular elements.
Airnettum Reed — A synth reed that plays with octaves, vibrato, and distortion.
Analog Ghosts — Use A synth pluck with different pad elements through Air gestures.