General Information
General info about the company, products and services
General Information
- Are you planning to create any Ensembles like Strings Ensembles and Brass Ensembles in the near future?
- Can I hire Audio Modeling to model a specific instrument?
- Can I monetize the examples I publish to showcase your products?
- I added a Hardware Instrument Item but I can't hear any sound! Why?
- Is it possible to control SWAM instruments using only note-on velocity?
- SWAM Saxophones vs The Sax Brothers
- SWAM Solo Strings v3 main features improvements
- The preset list refresh takes too long...
- Warning! Expression controller non received
- What's the difference between SWAM Saxophones and The Sax Brothers?
- What’s next for Audio Modeling? Are you planning new updates? How will I know?
- Where can I find a free VST/Host?
- Where can I find the instruction manual for Camelot Pro? Is there a PDF version?
- Where do I find User Manuals?
- Who is the owner of the SWAM technology?
SWAM Saxophones vs The Sax Brothers
Before getting into technical details, please have a look at "Who is the owner of the SWAM technology?"
Important! As announced by Samplemodeling, The Sax Brothers have been dismissed on May, 31st 2018:
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 so much. Someone said 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 include:
- The Sax Brothers are played with a Kontakt player, SWAM Saxophones come as AudioUnits, VST, and AAX plug-ins for both Mac and Windows 64-bit.
- SWAM Saxophones include a Soprano Sax, while The Sax Brothers do not.
- SWAM Saxophones run without problems at a sample rate of 44100 Hz, while the Alto Sax in The Sax Brothers has to be played at a sample rate of 88200 Hz (otherwise you'll hear a jitter noise).
- SWAM Saxophones include microtuning, temperament, and overblow functionalities, while The Sax Brothers do not have these functionalities.
- SWAM Saxophones include two types of legato modes (Glissando vs. Expressive).
- SWAM Saxophones support multi-channel, multi-expressive devices (ROLI Seaboard, ROLI Blocks, LinnStrument).
- Finally, The Sax Brothers is a deprecated product. It doesn’t receive support anymore and it will never be updated. SWAM Saxophones is a product in constant development with frequent updates to include new features and fixes to reported issues.
We do offer cross-grade options to get SWAM Saxophones at a discounted price to owners of Mr. Sax T. and The Sax Brothers. Please check how to apply in the Sales, Billing, Offers section.