The Zero-G Blog

Sound on Sound's Paul White has awarded Northern Lights Pad Machine 5/5 Stars. Here is the full review. Supplied as a downloadable Kontakt instrument that needs the full version of Kontakt (5.8.1 or higher), Northern Lights has at its core a library of samples running to almost 6GB and holding over 970 sounds. Some of the sound sources are derived from modular synthesizers, others from industrial and natural sounds, but it is the way in which these sounds are layered and controlled that makes Northern Lights so appealing. There's no complicated editing as everything starts life as a preset that you can then adjust using just a small set of controls. Each instrument comprises at least four layers, and all the necessary manipulation is do...