Cinematic guitar library
- An eclectic collection of guitars and plucked string instruments from across the world
- Shape and layer up to four different instruments at once for immersive and evolving soundscapes
- Craft organic granular textures with the Fragments engine
Guitar, reimagined
From classical, flamenco, and steel guitars to the balalaika, cuatro, and ronroco, enter a world of cinematic guitars with Kithara. Each instrument is recorded in stunning detail, creatively performed, and transformed with rich sound design. From e-bow pads to granular mandolin soundscapes and rhythmic tremolos, Kithara blends raw, organic tones with modern possibilities, letting you craft everything from delicate plucks to sweeping textures.
Discover meticulously recorded plucked string instruments, captured in stunning detail in Glasgow.
Explore a vast array of guitars, from steel string and twelve string to classical and flamenco.
Access an eclectic instrument selection, from mandolins and resonators to the ronroco, mountain dulcimer, and ukulele.
Build and warp sounds, or strip them back to their raw, organic essence.
Layer up to four sources at once or choose from over 300 curated sound presets.
Lush, layerable strings
Kithara’s four-layer engine offers deep control of over 350 sound sources. The Attack layer delivers crisp plucks and short elements like a marcato, while the Sustain layers introduce depth with textural loops, strummed beds, e-bow drones, and pads. The Release layer activates as sustained sounds fade, adding natural decay or subtle sound design elements. Each layer can be individually customized, enabling you to mix and match articulations and fine-tune sounds.
Immersive effects
Explore over 300 expertly designed presets, easily filtered by bowed, plucked, textural, and rhythmic qualities, as well as by mood and instrument type. Transform the tone of each layer with curated Character FX, adding vintage, tape-like warmth with Degrade, sharpening and distorting textures with Shatter, or creating a dreamlike blur with Diffuse. Each effect offers a unique sonic flavor, with precise controls for further refinement.
Delicate details
Kithara’s Fragments engine introduces granular, fluttering effects that infuse your textures and pads with intricate details. These fragments drift through the sustain and release layers, creating evolving harmonic patterns that ripple with subtle variations, adding depth and motion to your soundscapes. With precise control over movement and harmony, the Fragments engine lets you shape velocity, pitch, and density, tailoring their delicate and unpredictable nature to your composition.
Sculpt your soundscape
Kithara’s flexible modulation system lets you dynamically adjust volume, panning, tuning, and effects, breathing life into each parameter and evolving your sounds in real time. The options page offers advanced customization with velocity controls, aftertouch assignments, and a Tightness knob for precise timing and responsiveness. True Mapping ensures seamless integration across layers, providing full control over key range and triggering.
Play it with Kontrol keyboards
Kithara offers full integration with Kontrol keyboards and NKS. Effortlessly browse and control your sounds with the detailed display, add expression with the mod wheel, and assign polyphonic aftertouch to panning, tuning, stereo spread, reverb send, and filters for deeper control of your sound.
Created with Audio Imperia
The go-to for cinematic virtual instruments, Audio Imperia are a team of musicians committed to creating compositional tools of the highest standards. Renowned for their innovative and expressive orchestral instruments, Audio Imperia meticulously crafts each product from the world’s best musicians. Based in both the USA and the UK, they draw on a diverse range of perspectives to develop tools that instantly inspire.
At a glance: Kithara
| Product type: | Komplete Instrument |
| Sound category: | Cinematic guitar VST |
| For use with: | The latest version of the free Kontakt Player or Kontakt |
| Number of presets: | 300 |
| Download size: | 21.05 GB |
| System requirements: | Please also see the Kontakt Player system requirements and the Kontakt Player FAQ |
| User manual online: | Online manual |
| User manual: | Download manual |
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