The History

SanXian (literally means "3 strings") can be traced back to Qin dynasty, 3rd century B.C. It is mostly known to the West through its Japanese decedent, samisen. SanXian's sound character is a bit similar to Banjo.

SanXian comes in a several sizes, the big SanXian can be a tough challenge for short musicians. Even though SanXian has always been a vital component in the Chinese music, in modern times people inclined to learn other instruments over it for various reasons.

SanXian is still widely used in all kinds of folk musical acts and performances everywhere. Nowadays in the Shanghai area, a revived form of performance, PingTan (評彈), is usually performed as a duet of a PiPa and a SanXian. Appreciating this kind of local forms of musical performances characterizes that China is, once again, embracing her own historical music tradition.

ChineeSanXian captures and recreates SanXian faithfully and is powered by the new Windows native QIN engine.

System requirements and specs:

229 MB meticulously crafted and arranged sample sets.
Powered by the all-new Windows native QIN engine.
Windows XP/VISTA/Windows 7. 1GB RAM. Pentium 4.3GHz CPU.
Works in VSTi compatible hosts (See the compatibility table below.)
All samples are recorded in 1-bit/2.8 MHz

Host Compatibility Table:

At this point in time, QIN engine itself is 32-bit only. But this does not prevent it from being used in 64-bit host, if the said host contains a compatible bit-bridge.

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