Hi Chris,

I do some new age music and a lot of it is on the User Showcase forum here. My main pad instrument, well actually my main VSTi for everything, is Kontakt both with the original and third party presets. Kontakt can do everything from totally distorted guitars to the soft smooth moving pads that you are looking for.

If your M1 emulator can read sysex there are a number of new age patches for it. They are ok, many are free, but not as good as Kontakt IMO.

Native Instruments FM8 also has some nice pads to it, again not as good as Kontakt IMO.

I hope this helps, as you did not have a cash limit in your message. The VSTis I mentioned are costly but invaluable for what you are trying to do.

I'm sure others will have different suggestions for you. What DAW are you using? I have heard some very nice sounding new age from Reason also but I do not have it to really make and comparisons.

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