Zither Renaissance



Zither Renaissance is a virtual instrument based on a damaged plucked zither recording that has been restored. A combination of audio engineering techniques has been used to make these zither samples great: spectral repair, adaptative noise removal, and manual retuning.

The original recording has been provided by the kind folks at Versilian Studios.

The result is a unique instrument that has a sound of its own, is easy to use, and will cut through your mixes.



Features of the plugin version:

  • 1 multi-sampled instrument
  • Distortion, Delay, Chorus, Reverb
  • Multi-LFO
  • Lowpass/highpass filter
  • Low-CPU usage
  • Amplitude range controls
  • 3 voice modes: polyphonic, monophonic, and legato

Decent Sampler version:


The Decent Sampler version features the same sounds as the plugin version but with different effects and sound-shaping capabilities. Decent Sampler is a free sampler VST/VST3/AAX/AU/AUv3 and is compatible with Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS. There's also a standalone version.

Kontakt 5/6 version:


The Kontakt version has amplitude and filter ADSRs as well as reverb. The Kontakt 5/6 version requires the full version of Kontakt 5/6. It must be the latest updated version.

Audio Demo:







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Compatible with all OS via Decent Sampler!*


Compatible with all major DAWs!


Requirements for the plugin version:

  • Windows 8.1/10/11 or macOS 10.12 and up
  • 66.2 MB of HD space
  • 2GHz Quad-core CPU or better with 4 GB of RAM or more
  • 64-bit VSTi/VST3/AUi Host

Requirements for the Decent Sampler version:


Requirements for the Kontakt 5/6 version:

  • The latest version of Kontakt 5 or Kontakt 6 and up
  • It must be the full version. It won't work in the free Kontakt Player
  • 196 MB of HD space

*except Android