Big Fish Audio - Ambient Black - A collection of original instruments and textures suitable for all ambient music
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Ambient Black

A collection of original instruments and textures suitable for all ambient music
Ambient Black - A collection of original instruments and textures suitable for all ambient music
Style:
Ambient
$199.95
$199.95
INCLUDED FORMATS:
Plug-in, Kontakt Player 5, Kontakt 5
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Sounds And Gear "4/5! If you need a collection of sound design elements with a little more grit, bite, and overall edginess they definitely have you covered." - Sounds And Gear



Ambient Black is the second of a linked pair of sound design-based virtual instruments designed to provide composers and producers with a collection of original instruments and textures suitable for all sorts of ambient music.

As its name implies, Ambient Black covers the darker end of the ambient spectrum, focusing on harsh, aggressive, atonal, mysterious, and industrial sounds. Ambient White, the first VI in this series, covers the opposite end of the ambient spectrum.

The majority of sounds used in the creation of Ambient Black were derived from organic sources: found sounds and audio recordings subjected to extreme sound design techniques, prepared and heavily processed musical instruments, and sounds recorded in natural environments. The synth sounds were also processed with sound design techniques, and combined with various organic sounds and instruments.

The end result is a product that combines acoustic, human, industrial, and electronic elements to produce an organic-sounding virtual instrument.

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The Instrument Patches

Ambient Black features over 280 different instrument patches and combinations (over 6.5 GB of uncompressed WAV data), divided into seven categories:

1. Multi-Layered Instruments
2. Drones & Atmospheres
3. Bass Instruments
4. Percussive Instruments
5. Melodic Instruments
6. Looped Instrument Phrases
7. Effects & Textures

The most complex instrument patches in Ambient Black are the Multi-Layered Instruments, created using combinations of patches from the other six categories. These patches are organized by their basic type, using the following prefixes:

ATMOS Layered Atmospheres and Pads
BASS Layered Bass Instruments
FX Layered Effects & Textures
LOOP Layered Looped Phrases
MELO Layered Melodic Instruments
PERC Layered Percussive Instruments



Multi-Layered Instrument Patches

Many of the Multi-Layered Instrument patches consist of multiple evolving atmospheres, effects, textures, and looped phrases. For the best results, try playing these patches with one finger, or in octaves. This suggestion doesn't apply to Layered PERC patches, which in general don't have any pronounced melodic or harmonic content; playing multiple notes at a time with these layered patches can produce some interesting polyrhythmic patterns.

Effects & Textures

The Effects & Textures category includes a number of strange and aggressive sounds that were primarily designed to be used as cinematic sound design elements. Most don't have an identifiable pitch or key-center, and can be used as drones.

Percussive Instruments

The Percussive Instruments include several different acoustic, industrial, and electronic drum kits. There's also a selection of cinematic hits, glitches, industrial sounds, and other unusual percussive sounds.

Drones & Atmospheres

Many of the Drones & Atmospheres are long and evolve over time. Try holding a key for 10, 20, or even 30 seconds, and listen to how each of these sounds develop. Because most of these sounds are huge and dense, try playing just single notes or octaves.

Melodic and Bass Instruments

The Melodic and Bass Instruments are mainly single-note patches. However, a few of these patches also have some underlying harmonic content, and can be used as pads.

Looped Instruments

The Looped Instruments include simple repeating patterns and some complex patterns created by mixing multiple loops together. Some loops do not lock to tempo intentionally in order to add an element of randomness and unpredictability to some of the patches. Looped Instruments should be played like the Drones & Atmospheres, using solo notes or octaves for less-complex patterns and different intervals for more experimental and harmonically-dense effects.
- 280 different instrument patches

- Over 6.5 GB of uncompressed WAV data (3.4 Compressed)

- Instrument is divided into 7 categories:

1. Multi-Layered Instruments
2. Pads & Atmospheres
3. Melodic Instruments
4. Percussive Instruments
5. Bass Instruments
6. Looped Instrument Phrases
7. Effects & Textures


Download Sizes


Version Compressed Download Size
 
Kontakt Player 5/Kontakt 5/Plug-in Download includes
  Install Instructions:  
  Kontakt Player 5 Installers:  1.16 GB
  Ambient Black Part 1:  2 GB
  Ambient Black Part 2:  1.43 GB

*When ordering the download product from Big Fish Audio you will be given one or more links for each of your product purchases. The links will be active for 24 hours. During this time you should download the file and expand it. You can return to your Big Fish Audio account at any time and download your products. You will find your products in the "My Products" area of your account page.



License Agreement


The Following End User License Agreement is included with Ambient Black. This License is only valid for the individual who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of Ambient Black from a dealer or distributor authorized by Big Fish Audio.

"The samples contained herein are licensed, not sold to you, the individual end user, by Big Fish Audio. This non-exclusive, non-transferable license is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Big Fish Audio. All samples remain the property of Big Fish Audio and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly forbids resale, rental, loan, gift or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium, except as part of a derivative musical work. The samples may not be included, whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work, in any sample library product. Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law."


MusicTech Magazine | 8/10

Ambient Black, from Big Fish Audio, is the sister library to Ambient White, and focuses on aggressive, atonal and industrial sounds for ambient music. The instrument loads into Kontakt 5 or the Kontakt 5 Player, and contains 6.5GB of audio and 280 patches, including...

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SoundsAndGear.com | 4/5

Well, it’s a sound design/ambient library that leans more towards the edgy, dark, and treacherous side of things. It’s the companion and alter-ego of their Ambient White library. What I can say is it’s full of found sound and organic/acoustic based...

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