Kithara

Kithara is a cinematic guitar and plucked-string instrument from Native Instruments, gathering classical, flamenco, and steel guitars alongside instruments like balalaika, cuatro, and ronroco. Its four-layer engine lets you stack and shape up to four instruments at once, drawing on over 350 sound sources. Attack layers add crisp plucks, Sustain layers bring textural loops, strummed beds, e-bow drones, and pads, while Release layers add natural decay or subtle design touches. A granular Fragments engine sprinkles fluttering harmonic details through sustain and release, and over 300 presets are filterable by playing style, mood, and instrument. Character FX like Degrade, Shatter, and Diffuse reshape each layer’s tone, and flexible modulation keeps volume, panning, tuning, and effects moving. It suits film, game, and ambient composers plus producers wanting organic, evolving textures and delicate plucks in their tracks.