Pete Cottell

Pete Cottell is a product reviews contributor at WIRED. He focuses on home recording gadgets, synths, geeky MIDI gear, and the occasional clothing item his social media feed thinks he needs. Pete is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he majored in advanced service industry arts (communications). He is based in Columbus, Ohio, and daylights as a customer success manager for a tech company. He frequently returns to his former home of Portland, Oregon, to drink beer, eat Thai food, and listen to heavy metal music alone in the woods.