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AMBIENT BLACK
适用于所有氛围音乐的原创乐器和纹理合集
Ambient Black 是一系列基于声音设计的虚拟乐器中的第二款，旨在为作曲家和制作人提供一系列适用于各种氛围音乐的原创乐器和纹理合集。
顾名思义，Ambient Black 涵盖了氛围音乐频谱中较暗的一端，专注于刺耳、激进、无调性、神秘和工业化的声音。Ambient White 是该系列的第一款虚拟乐器，则涵盖了氛围音乐频谱的另一端。
Ambient Black 的创作中使用的大部分声音都来自自然来源：经过极端声音设计技术的现成声音和录音、精心准备和大量处理的乐器，以及在自然环境中录制的声音。合成器声音也经过声音设计技术处理，并与各种自然声音和乐器相结合。
最终成果是一款融合了声学、人声、工业和电子元素，打造出一款自然声音的虚拟乐器。
乐器音色
Ambient Black 拥有超过 280 种不同的乐器音色和组合（超过 6.5 GB 的未压缩 WAV 数据），分为七大类别：
1. 多层乐器
2. 持续音效和氛围
3. 贝司乐器
4. 打击乐器
5. 旋律乐器
6. 循环乐器乐句
7. 效果器和纹理
Ambient Black 中最复杂的乐器音色是多层乐器，它由其他六个类别的音色组合而成。这些音色按其基本类型分类，并使用以下前缀：
ATMOS 分层氛围和长音
BASS 分层贝斯乐器
FX 分层效果和纹理
LOOP 分层循环乐句
MELO 分层旋律乐器
PERC 分层打击乐器
多层乐器音色
许多多层乐器音色包含多个不断变化的氛围、效果、纹理和循环乐句。为了获得最佳效果，请尝试用一根手指或以八度音阶演奏这些音色。此建议不适用于分层 PERC 音色，因为它们通常没有任何明显的旋律或和声内容；使用这些分层音色同时演奏多个音符可以产生一些有趣的复节奏模式。
效果和纹理
"效果和纹理"类别包含许多奇特而激进的声音，主要设计用于电影音效设计元素。大多数打击乐器没有可识别的音高或调心，可以用作持续音。
打击乐器
打击乐器包含多种不同的原声、工业和电子鼓组。此外，还有一系列电影风格的打击乐、故障音、工业音效和其他独特的打击乐音效。
持续音与氛围
许多持续音与氛围音效音色较长，并且会随着时间推移而变化。尝试按住一个键 10 秒、20 秒甚至 30 秒，聆听每个音效是如何发展的。由于大多数这些音效音色巨大而密集，请尝试只演奏单音符或八度音阶。
旋律乐器和贝斯乐器
旋律乐器和贝斯乐器主要由单音符音色组成。然而，其中一些音色也包含一些底层泛音内容，可以用作背景音。
循环乐器
循环乐器包含简单的重复模式，以及一些通过混合多个循环而创建的复杂模式。有些循环故意不锁定节奏，以便为某些音色增添随机性和不可预测性。循环乐器的演奏方式应类似于持续低音和氛围音，使用独奏音符或八度音程来演奏不太复杂的模式，使用不同的音程来获得更具实验性和和声密集的效果。
AMBIENT BLACK
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 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. |
