5 free Kontakt libraries for ambient music

Making good ambient music isn’t as simple as it seems. The ambient tracks you love might sound gentle and unobtrusive, drifting into the background rather than grabbing your attention. But their carefully chosen chords and melodies evoke complex emotions, and sonic details reward close listening. Good ambient music has emotional depth beneath its peaceful surface.

Fortunately, you don’t need complex or expensive tools to start refining your ambient craft. There are plenty of free music production tools that will help you to create soothing pads, gentle melodies, and engrossing textures perfect for ambient music. In this article, we’ll look at five free ambient sound libraries available for Native Instruments’ flagship sample player, Kontakt. These instruments cover every aspect of ambient music-making, offering a wealth of free ambient samples and loops, and giving you all the building blocks you’ll need to make ambient music like the pros...