SOUNDS & SAMPLES
Native Instruments – Pharlight £179
>Pharlight uses Kontakt as a host for its new vocal-oriented instrument. Embracing a similar aesthetic, design approach and dev team to the earlier Straylight, Pharlight focusses on vocal textures. Again the sound engine is based around two elements running in parallel – a granular synthesis module and a more straightforward audio sample player.
The granular engine uses audio content optimised for the scanning, looping and shifting that takes place here, with its output running from swarms of glitched atonal madness, to beautiful drone clouds. Although most granular synthesis systems can be unpredictable, the flip side is their ability to help create interesting and inspirational new sonic ideas.