Recently he has expanded his activities by moving into instrument design.
This was Ned's first musical instrument design, and an instant hit.
Pressure range, sensitivity, dynamic response and cost all vary by several orders of magnitude from one instrument design to the next.
There are numerous potential variants upon this instrument design.
Although instrument design has become more sophisticated, the basic principles remain the same.
In 2012, he developed the orchestrations and instrument design for the film Looper.
Hellborg has been involved in instrument design from early on in his career.
The degree of this limitation strongly depends on instrument design.
The company is best known for its "Anima" model and instrument design which focuses primarily on sound characteristics.
Many of the company's instrument designs borrowed heavily from the early designs.