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The Zitherette Black Friday deal covers Soundiron's sampled 8-string zither for Kontakt: 50% off, which brings it to $14.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
Zitherette is a Kontakt instrument built from a small hand-held, fretless zither measuring roughly 12 x 20 inches. It has eight strings stretched over a neck-less soundbox.
The maker describes the tone as smooth and dark, with a clean, biting attack and a long, natural decay.
Played softly, it gives a pristine, almost harp-like sound. The hardest notes bend deeply at the attack and carry a pronounced twang.
Soundiron recorded a pluck articulation, captured very close and dry, in wide stereo. That leaves room to add your own space later in the signal chain.
Zithers are a broad family of hollow-bodied string instruments found across Europe and Asia, from the dulcimer to the Koto. The oldest known variant dates back to 4th century B.C. China.
Every string is sampled at roughly 8 dynamic levels, and each level cycles through 4 alternating takes so repeated notes don't sound identical. Palm mute release triggers are included too, with 2 velocities and 4 round robins per note.
The sample folders are unlocked, so the WAVs can be loaded into other wav-compatible samplers and synths.
The custom interface covers Volume Swell, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato, Filters and Tuning. You can also switch articulations, cross-fade and layer them.
An LFO system offers selectable shape, target, speed, intensity, tempo-sync and fade-in. There are 12 filter types, assignable to velocity, modwheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and the sequencer.
There is an advanced arpeggiator, plus play-assist features with key and scale locking. Four layered atmospheric ambiences sit alongside the zither.
The modular FX rack offers 18 DSP effect modules, including convolution reverb with 99 custom environmental and FX presets. Every parameter is automation-ready in your host or in Kontakt's stand-alone mode.
Zitherette is an open-format Kontakt library that ships as one master NKI instrument bank. It needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5.2 or later.
The free Kontakt Player runs it only in a time-limited demo mode. Since the Libraries tab can't handle it, open Zitherette via Kontakt's Files view, or add it to the Kontakt database and call it up from Quickload.
It runs on Windows XP or higher and Mac OSX 10.9 or higher. The maker recommends a dual core CPU, 3 GB of RAM and a SATA or SSD drive. It is a digital download, so you need a broadband connection.
Yes. The Zitherette Black Friday deal takes 50% off this Soundiron Kontakt library, so it costs $14.50 until Dec 6, 2026. It is a digital download for the full retail version of Kontakt.
Zitherette ships as one master NKI bank with 319 stereo samples, 766 MB installed. It has pluck and palm mute articulations for all 8 strings, single-note versions across the key range, and 20 FX and ambient presets.
Not fully. Zitherette is an open-format library that needs the full retail Kontakt 5.5.2 or later. The free Kontakt Player only runs it in a time-limited demo mode, and the Libraries tab does not support it.
The interface covers Volume Swell, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato, Filters and Tuning. It adds an LFO, 12 filter types, an arpeggiator with key and scale locking, and an 18-module FX rack with convolution reverb.
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