Swam solo woodwinds
Here you will find everything related to the installation, activation, updates, release notes and manuals of our Virtual Instruments and Applications.
General Information
Product & License Management
How To...
Compatibility
Known Issues
- SWAM VST2 plug-ins not recognized in Komplete Kontrol, Reason and Ableton Live (macOS)
- First note of a phrase randomly not played (v2.5.3 and Flutes v1.2.3)
- FL Studio - "Buffer size too small" message
- Windows 10 update 1511 invalidates SWAM authorization
- My SWAM plug-ins are not found by Ableton Live on macOS. Why?
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Sales, Billing, Offers
- Why SWAM iOS and Desktop Versions are Separate Purchases
- I’m the owner of The Sax Brothers from the company Samplemodeling. Is it possible to upgrade to SWAM Saxophones?
- What’s the price difference between the prices listed on your website and the price in other currencies?
- I’m not satisfied with the product. Is there a return policy?
- If I already bought a SWAM instrument (desktop version), can I buy the other ones in the same family at a discounted price?
Educational & Special Programs
- How do I apply to the EDU Program?
- How do I use my EDU discount coupon?
- Do you have educational discounts for students or teachers?
- Is there a difference between the instruments you provide with the EDU discounts and your instruments at regular price?
- I'm trying to use my EDU discount to purchase some of your iOS but it's not working…
What's the difference between SWAM Saxophones and The Sax Brothers?
Important! As announced by Samplemodeling, "The Sax Brothers" have been dismissed on May, 31st 2018: https://vanilla.samplemodeling.com/discussion/39594/final-agreement-between-samplemodeling-audio-modeling
"The Sax Brothers" is a sample library for Kontakt with extensive scripting and sample processing conceived and developed by Stefano Lucato (currently, CEO of Audio Modeling). "SWAM Saxophones" is based on a totally new proprietary technology called SWAM - Synchronous Wave Acoustic Modeling.
Acoustically speaking, the difference is not much. Someone says that The Sax Brothers have a brighter sound, the Tenor Sax has a more noisy sound on pp dynamics, but of course, it depends on settings, presets, and equalization.
Other differences:
- The Sax Brothers need to be played with Kontakt player; SWAM Saxophones come as AudioUnits, VST, and AAX plugin for both Mac and Windows 64bit.
- SWAM Saxophones includes a Soprano Sax, while The Sax Brothers does not.
- SWAM Saxophones runs without any issue at 44100Hz sample rate, while the Alto Sax in The Sax Brothers needs to be played at 88200Hz, otherwise you'll hear a jitter noise.
- SWAM Saxophones include microtuning, temperament, and overblow functionalities, while The Sax Brothers does not.
- SWAM Saxophones includes two types of legato modes (Glissando vs. Expressive).
- SWAM Saxophones supports multi-channel, multi-expressive devices (ROLI Seaboard, ROLI Blocks, LinnStrument)
- Finally, The Sax Brothers is a deprecated product—it is no longer supported and will never be updated. The SWAM Saxophones product is constantly updated to include new features and fix reported issues.