- Publisher: Simple Samples Audio
- Product: Ambient Scoring Bundle
- Ambient Scoring Bass v1.1
- Ambient Scoring Guitar v1.1
- Ambient Scoring Pads v2.0
- Release: ViP Team
- Version: 1.0
- Requirements: Kontakt v7.10.7 or higher
Every composer knows the feeling. You’re facing a blank project, tasked with creating a world of emotion, atmosphere, and depth. You start searching through massive, unfocused sample libraries, auditioning endless presets, trying to find that one perfect sound that captures the soul of your scene. It’s a process that can drain time, energy, and worst of all, inspiration.
What if you had a dedicated, curated toolkit, built from the ground up by composers, for composers? What if the foundational pillars of ambient music—the deep pulse of a bass, the delicate touch of a guitar, and the ethereal breath of an evolving pad—were right at your fingertips, ready to inspire?
Introducing the Ambient Scoring Bundle from Simple Samples Audio. This is not another mega-library; it’s a focused, cohesive collection of three exquisite instruments designed to be the heart of your next ambient film score, video game soundtrack, or atmospheric production.
Three Instruments, One Unified Vision
This bundle brings together the essential elements of modern ambient and cinematic music, each meticulously sampled and programmed for immediate musicality.
1. The Foundation: Ambient Scoring Bass
Anchor your compositions with the deep, resonant soul of a 5-string Warwick Electric Bass. We’ve deep-sampled every note with multiple round-robins, capturing the nuance of a real finger-picked performance. The result is a clean, full-bodied bass that provides the perfect low-end weight for your tracks without ever getting in the way.
- Simple Controls, Perfect Tone: Dial in the sound with a gentle Lo Pass filter and intuitive knobs for Saturation, Chorus, and Delay.
- Dynamic Performance: The Dynamics knob is pre-mapped to your mod wheel, allowing for effortless, expressive volume control.
2. The Melody & Harmony: Ambient Scoring Guitar
Create delicate melodies and shimmering chords with the timeless voice of an American Fender Stratocaster. Like the bass, this instrument was deep-sampled in a finger-picked style for a warm, intimate, and organic feel. It’s the perfect tool for adding a human touch and a gentle, melodic focus to your scores.
- Ethereal Effects: The built-in Shimmer reverb adds larger-than-life, cascading octave harmonics, instantly creating a huge sense of space and wonder.
- Tonal Sculpting: A dedicated Hi Pass filter lets you carve out space in your mix, ensuring the guitar sits perfectly above the bass and pads.
3. The Atmosphere: Ambient Scoring Pads
This is the textural core of the bundle. Ambient Scoring Pads features 59 larger-than-life, evolving pads crafted by renowned Australian ambient artist Hvybones. Created from analog synths and electric guitars processed through a myriad of granular effects, reverbs, and delays, these sounds are unlike anything you’ve ever heard.
- A Universe of Texture: Explore 17 Major key patches, 16 Minor key patches, and 10 “Open” patches that can be played as single notes or full chords. The new Atmospheres and Drones provide incredible beds for composing on top of.
- Instant Inspiration: These are not static synth sounds. They are living, breathing atmospheres that evolve over time, providing immediate inspiration and a rich, emotional backdrop for any project.
Crafted with Quality, Designed for Workflow
While the interface is beautifully simple, the quality under the hood is deep. We built this bundle to solve real-world problems for working composers.
Create Emotional Scores, Effortlessly
Stop wrestling with complex synths and endless effects chains. We’ve done the hard work for you. The curated controls on each instrument are designed to give you the most impactful results with the twist of a knob. The built-in Shimmer, Delay, Saturation, and Chorus effects are all you need to dial in the perfect ambient tone, letting you focus on what matters most: writing music.
The Authentic Sound of Modern Ambience
This bundle captures the sonic zeitgeist of modern ambient scoring. The “Shimmer” reverb provides the ethereal, heavenly textures heard in countless films and games. The deep-sampled, round-robin instruments deliver true realism. The granular pads from Hvybones provide the unique, organic character that makes a score memorable.
A Cohesive Toolkit That Just Works
The Bass, Guitar, and Pads are designed to work together seamlessly. They share a similar sonic DNA and control scheme, ensuring they occupy their own space in the mix while creating a unified, professional sound. It’s a complete foundational palette for your next score.
Your Next Masterpiece Starts Here
A focused, professional, three-instrument bundle of this quality is a rare find. To put these powerful compositional tools into the hands of as many creators as possible, we are offering the complete Ambient Scoring Bundle as a free download. This is your chance to add a purpose-built, inspirational, and professional-sounding toolkit to your collection without spending a dime.
Important Requirements
- Required Software: You must own the FULL version of Kontakt 7.10.7 or higher. This bundle will NOT work in the free Kontakt Player.
- Total Size: Approximately 2.3 GB of disk space required.
- Audio Quality: All samples are delivered in 48 kHz, 24-bit format.
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