Plugin Boutique is offering a 25% discount on Zitherette by Soundiron, a Kontakt sample library featuring the sounds of an enchanting 8-string fretless zither.

Zithers are a broad family of hollow-bodied string instruments common throughout all of Europe and Asia. Variants range from the dulcimer to the Koto, with countless other flavors unique to each region and culture. Common to each of them is the arrangement of multiple strings over a neck-less soundbox. The oldest known variant of the zither family dates back to 4th century B.C China.

Our particular hand-held zither has a smooth, dark tone, with a clean biting attack and long, natural decay. At it’s softest, it has a pristine, almost harp-like sound, while the hardest notes bend deeply at the attack, with a pronounced twang. We chose a pluck articulation and captured it very close and dry, in wide stereo.

Zitherette features

  • 1 master NKI instrument banks in open Kontakt format.
  • 20 Custom Sound-Designed FX and Ambient presets.
  • Multi-sampled acoustic articulations and designed atmospheric ambiences.
  • 319 stereo samples.
  • 766 MB Installed.
  • 24-bit, 48 kHz Stereo PCM Wav Format.
  • Flexible and intuitive multi-layer user interface controls, with LFO, filter, glide, and arpeggiator.
  • Full FX rack with convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments.

The sample library is on sale for £18.95 GBP / $22 USD until July 25th, 2021. It requires the full version of Kontakt 5.5.2 or higher.

More information: Soundiron