If you're unfamiliar with MystSonic, they're a company that fulfills the area of the virtual instrument market where many fear to tread. MystSonic continues their unleashing of rare Chinese instruments with Chinese Zither-GuZheng. Although, seeing as how China has a population of over one billion, is it really fair to call their instruments "rare?"

Nevertheless, the Chinese Zither-GuZheng is a plucking style instrument with over 2,500 years of history, or for those of you who aren't math fans, it's older than Jesus. The Zither-GuZheng is somewhat harp-like, but it's more lucid and clear because harps are oftentimes drunk and belligerent.

With MystSonic's software representation of the Chinese Zither-GuZheng is expanded for use with a MIDI keyboard. Play any scale or style by using a note key to signal tremolo start and use the mod wheel for tremolo motion changes. Tremolo motion -- try saying that five times fast! And speaking of fast . . .

Fast Features:

• 24-Bit / 48 kHz GuZheng recording with sample size fully optimized to save system resources while maintaining studio quality performances.
• Multi-body part and velocity layer sample take include bridge tone, body tone, and soundhole tones.
• Just uni patch for multiple function control availably
• Assignable controller for realtime keymap switch between bridge tone and body tone
• Simulate Chinese Zither tremolo plucking technique trigger by midi keyboard.
• Tremolo expression control by mod wheel.
• Additional assignable controller for tremolo expression control.
• Pick direction change control. ( when mod wheel value > 0, forward -> backward -> forward -> backward)
• Each note's pitch changes independently under Virtual Bending Pitch Wheel System filter structure.