Fretless Zither
by Versilian Studios
by Versilian Studios
4.1 / 5
(21 votes)
The Fretless Zither is an antique plucked strings instrument consisting of a sound box with strings going across the top and a soundhole in the middle.
To the left is generally a section of chord strings, which, when a set of these is strummed with the finger, will play a certain chord. To the right is a chromatic scale, generally two octaves, which consist of the melody half.
To the left is generally a section of chord strings, which, when a set of these is strummed with the finger, will play a certain chord. To the right is a chromatic scale, generally two octaves, which consist of the melody half.
- 4 Octaves of melody (last octave and a half and top half octave derived from harmony samples and extension of the top samples).
- Effects (knocks, chromatic gliss).
- Harmony (5 chords- Bb Maj, F Maj, D Min, C Maj, and G Min).
Downloads
Win 32 VST
(140 Mb)
Win 64 VST
(140 Mb)
Mac OSX AU
(144 Mb)
Crashes in Reaper
Use jbridge
(5 / 5)
Truly a wonderful instrument. I have to resist the temptation to overuse it!
(0 / 5)
Crashes in Logic
Crashing in Logic every time...
(2 / 5)
This didn't work in LMMS
It didn't seem to work on macOS Catalina but I solved it like this: click Cancel (not Move to Trash), open System Preferences, click on "Security & Privacy" and "Allow Anyway".
(5 / 5)
Absolutely beautiful!
Works well in Linux Multimedia Station (With VST connector)
(5 / 5)
Excellent! My daughter is amazed!
Hi, Thanks a lot for this wonderful instrument for free. Isn't there Mac VST 64bit? Is the one in your website latest version and replaces this plugin?
Interesting. Very good sound
(5 / 5)
A very good tool for a very hard to find instrument; VST or hardware synth/workstation! It emulates the sound very well and realistic, a lot of fun to use and work with...Thx a lot
(3 / 5)
Occasionally the harmony version of the zither doesn't play a note on the 32bit version. Other than that I like the sound it produces.
(5 / 5)
Thank you for taking the time to share and at the same time save some of our history.
This is great, thank you Versilian Studios for this.
(5 / 5)
I've heard these instruments before, and really liked the sound. This VST does a great job of emulating it.
Thank You so much for this wonderful plugin!!
(5 / 5)
Thank you, love this stuff.
(5 / 5)
Fantastic stuff!
Thanks for posting this! How do you install/use on a Mac?
Download the Audio Units (AU) version. Extract and place in Mac HD (or whatever your OS hard-drive is) -> Libraries -> Audio -> Plug-Ins -> Components. Give it a few minutes and restart your DAW (or re-scan for plugins if that is not automatic on starting the DAW software).
It is perfect, thank you.
(4 / 5)
As a musician you sometimes stumble upon plugins that's just an one trick pony. This is such a plugin, but dang what good sound it produces! There was just some strange distortion I heard from it once. Dunno how it happened.
Hey Johan! It's hard to believe this plugin has been around for two years already. That distortion occasionally appears on Maize Sampler projects around that timeframe. It has been resolved in subsequent updates, but I haven't had a chance to go back and update the fretless zither for a variety of reasons. -Sam/VS
How can i use the plugin in Protools.I put it in the audio plugin folder(library/appsupport/avid/audio/plugins . it does not show up.. thanks. Louis
(5 / 5)
Great job!!!!
Interesting sound but too bad the youtube demo is boring...
(4 / 5)
I Love This FRETLESS ZITHER, is good.
(3 / 5)
Thank you so much for this great little Instrument! It sounds great and is fun to play with.
Very Cool! I love it that you cared enough to sample and present this.
(4 / 5)
I Love the sound and hass a real pluck sound almost harp like! Very smooth!