Swam solo strings
Here you will find everything related to the installation, activation, updates, release notes and manuals of our Virtual Instruments and Applications.
General Information
- Are you planning to create any Ensembles like Strings Ensembles and Brass Ensembles in the near future?
- Is it possible to control SWAM instruments using only note-on velocity?
- SWAM Solo Strings v3 main features improvements
- Warning! Expression controller non received
- Where can I find a free VST/Host?
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Product & License Management
How To...
- Can I keep my SWAM instruments on an external drive?
- Can I use SWAM instruments without a physical MIDI controller?
- How do I create ensembles using SWAM instruments?
- Is there a way to access the reverb module to modify the default reverb type on SWAM instruments?
- SWAM with Camelot Pro (macOS / Windows)
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Compatibility
Known Issues
- FL Studio - "Buffer size too small" message
- My SWAM plug-ins are not found by Ableton Live on macOS. Why?
- My SWAM VST2 plug-ins are not showing up in Cubase. Why?
- SWAM instruments are not appearing in my DAW on macOS. Why?
- SWAM VST2 plug-ins not recognized in Komplete Kontrol, Reason and Ableton Live (macOS)
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Sales, Billing, Offers
- I already own one or more SWAM Solo Strings v2 instruments. How does your new release promotion for SWAM Solo Strings v3.0 apply in my case?
- I’m not satisfied with the product. Is there a return policy?
- If I already bought a SWAM instrument, can I buy the other ones in the same family at a discounted price?
- What’s the price difference between the prices listed on your website and the price in other currencies?
What are the technical requirements for using SWAM instruments?
Supported formats and OS
Solo Brass v1, Solo Strings v3, Solo Woodwinds v3
- Standalone, Audio Units, VST, VST3, AAX, NKS 64bit
- macOS 10.10 to 12 (Monterey) - M1/Silicon supported natively
- Windows 10 and 11
Solo Woodwinds v2, Solo Strings v2 (discontinued)
- Audio Units, VST, AAX 64bit*
- macOS 10.7 to 12 (Monterey)** - M1/Silicon architecture supported through Rosetta 2
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Small footprint!
- SWAM Saxophones
- Disk space: 276 MB
- RAM: 80 MB for each instrument instance
- SWAM Clarinets
- Disk space: 152 MB
- RAM: 80 MB for each instrument instance
- SWAM Flutes
- Disk space: 100 MB
- RAM: 50 MB for each instrument instance
- SWAM Double Reeds
- Disk space: 245 MB
- RAM: 80 MB for each instrument instance
- SWAM Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
- Disk space: 15 MB each
- RAM: 15 MB for each instrument instance
- SWAM Trumpets, Trombones, Horns & Tubas
- Disk space: 125 MB each
- RAM: 15 MB for each instrument instance
CPU load
The realism and expressiveness of SWAM instrument sets can be very CPU intensive. Therefore, they require a modern computer with at least a 1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU. Less powerful systems may also give decent results but might require larger buffer sizes, involving higher latencies.
* 32bit products have been dismissed starting from Woodwinds 2.8 and Solo Strings 2.0 (November 2017)
** Audio Units on Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey
If the plugins are not found by your DAW after the installation, clean the Audio Units cache and reboot the system.
To clean the Audio Units cache:
- In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder from the menu.
- Type ~/Library/Caches in the "Go to the folder" field.
- Press the Go button
- Remove the "com.apple.audiounits.cache" file.
- Remove the ~/Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache folder