Funk Soul Productions Ambient Black [KONTAKT]

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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.

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

1. Multi-Layered Instruments2. Drones & Atmospheres3. Bass Instruments4. Percussive Instruments5. Melodic Instruments6. Looped Instrument Phrases7. Effects & Textures

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

ATMOS Layered Atmospheres and PadsBASS Layered Bass InstrumentsFX Layered Effects & TexturesLOOP Layered Looped PhrasesMELO Layered Melodic InstrumentsPERC Layered Percussive Instruments



Multi-Layered Instrument es
Many of the Multi-Layered Instrument es consist of multiple evolving atmospheres, effects, textures, and looped phrases. For the best results, try playing these es with one finger, or in octaves. This suggestion doesnt apply to Layered PERC es, which in general dont have any pronounced melodic or harmonic content; playing multiple notes at a time with these layered es 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 dont 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. Theres 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 es. However, a few of these es 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 es. 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.

Details

- 280 different instrument es

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

- Instrument is divided into 7 categories:

1. Multi-Layered Instruments2. Pads & Atmospheres3. Melocid Instruments4. Percussive Instruments5. Bass Instruments6. Looped Instrument Phrases7. Effects & Textures