Product Description

• A Collection of Original Instruments and Textures Suitable for all Ambient Music 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 Instruments Patches Ambient Black features over 250 different instrument patches and combinations divided into several categories. The most complex instrument patches in Ambient Black are the Multi-Layered Instruments
• which were created using combinations of patches and are arranged by their basic type. 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
• or even 30 seconds
• and listen to how each of these sounds develops. Because most of these sounds are huge and dense
• try playing just single notes or octaves. Melodic & 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. Features 280 different instrument patches Over 6.5 GB of uncompressed WAV data (3.4 GB Compressed) Compatible with Kontakt 5.8.1 and higher (for both FULL or FREE Player versions) System Requirements Mac Mac OS X 10.7.x or later Intel Core Duo
• 2GB of RAM 2.0 GHz processor or faster recommended and For optimum performance
• Big Fish Audio recommends a 2.0GHz processor or faster 6.5 GB of Free Hard Drive Space Windows  Windows 7 / 8 (latest Service Pack
• 32 / 64-bit) Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64
• and 2GB of RAM 2.0 GHz processor or faster recommended 6.5 GB of Free Hard Drive Space 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." Note: Ambient Minimalism is used as the example. Redemption  1.  Go to https://www.bigfishaudio.com/redemption.html > Enter your Name
• Email Address
• and Redemption Code
• found in the Serial Number section of your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'CONTINUE'. 2. Sign into your existing Big Fish Audio account
• or if you don't have one
• click "CREATE ACCOUNT" and fill in your details to create an account.  3. Your product is now redeemed. Please make note of the serial provided here > Click "DOWNLOAD" to download the plugin. 4. Unzip the downloaded installer. Mac Installation / Activation 1. Download and install the FREE Kontakt Player from the Native Instruments website. 2. Download and install the FREE Native Access application. 3. Open Native Access and enter your Native Instruments-registered email address and password > Click 'LOG IN'. 4. Click 'Add a serial' in the top left corner of the application window. 5. Enter the Serial Number found in your email > Click 'Add Serial'. 6. Click 'View products not installed'. 7. Navigate to Ambient Minimalism >  Click 'ADD LIBRARY'. 8. Click 'BROWSE' > Navigate to where you downloaded and unzipped Ambient Minimalism too > Once selected
• click 'INSTALL'. 9. Ambient Minimalism is now installed. 10. Open Kontakt and go to the 'Libraries' tab. Your Library is now activated and ready to use in standalone or within your DAW. PC Installation / Activation 1. Download and install the FREE Kontakt Player from the Native Instruments website. 2. Download and install the FREE Native Access application. 3. Open Native Access and enter your Native Instruments-registered email address and password > Click 'LOG IN'. 4. Click 'Add a serial' in the top left corner of the application window. 5. Enter the previously acquired Serial Code from Big Fish Audio > Click 'Add Serial'. 6. Click 'View products not installed'. 7. Navigate to Ambient Minimalism >  Click 'ADD LIBRARY'. 8. Click 'BROWSE' > Navigate to where you downloaded and unzipped Ambient Minimalism too > Once selected
• click 'INSTALL'. 9. Ambient Minimalism is now installed. 10. Open Kontakt and go to the 'Libraries' tab. Your Library is now activated and ready to use in standalone or within your DAW.

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• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Big Fish Audio's respected Kontakt Instrument lineup

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