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The Sitarion Black Friday deal puts Soundiron's multi-sampled electric sitar library for Kontakt at $49.50, 50% off, until Dec 6, 2026.
The maker describes it as a virtual electric sitar that sets traditional sound against modern recording, mapping and scripting. Chithrinie Nirupama sampled her own custom sitar, built by luthier Sanjay Rikhi Ram Sharma.
The core is the plucked sound, recorded with 6 velocity layers and 12 round robins for every note the sitar can play. The Chikari and the resonant strings are sampled too, and every multi-sample comes in damped and open variations.
Ornamental playing is covered as well. Here is the list of articulations:
The ornaments have multiple dynamics and varying speeds.
There are 3,538 live performance phrases in six tempos: 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160bpm. Soundiron says the phrases span 6 roots and a wide range of keys and scales.
The interface gives you real-time articulation selection, key-switch and mapping options, an arpeggiator, a phrase sequencer and a full FX rack. A key and scale lock keeps your notes inside common scales and keys, which helps with melodic writing and live playing.
The LFO has selectable shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo-sync and fade-in time. You also get 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, and their targets can be velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position or step-sequencer table control.
The arpeggiator has a velocity table plus control over direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration.
The FX rack holds 27 DSP modules across 8 slots, in any order you like. Phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ and a rotator are in there. The convolution reverb carries 99 impulse responses of rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor spaces, plus 40 custom FX impulses for heavier sound design. A bank of factory FX chain presets is included as a starting point.
The download holds 23 Kontakt.nki instrument presets and 18,806 stereo samples in unlocked.WAV format. It takes 21.5 GB once installed.
It needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt, version 6.2.2 or newer. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import do not support it.
System requirements are Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OSX 10.12 or higher. Soundiron lists a dual core CPU and 2 GB of RAM, and recommends a SATA or SSD drive.
Yes. The Sitarion Black Friday deal takes 50% off Soundiron's electric sitar library for Kontakt, bringing it to $49.50. The offer ends Dec 6, 2026.
Sitarion includes 23.nki instrument presets, 18,806 stereo samples in unlocked.WAV format and 3,538 live performance phrases. Plucks, Chikari, sympathetic strings, hammer-ons, krinthans and meends are all sampled. The installed size is 21.5 GB.
No. Sitarion needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt, version 6.2.2 or newer. Soundiron says the free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process don't support this open-format library. It runs on Windows 7 or higher and Mac OSX 10.12 or higher.
The FX rack offers 27 DSP modules across 8 slots, including a convolution reverb with 99 impulse responses plus 40 FX impulses. You also get an LFO, 12 filters, an arpeggiator with a velocity table, a phrase sequencer and a key and scale lock.
Prices and end dates are checked at publishing time and can change, so confirm them at the store before you buy.