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 are the technical requirements for using SWAM instruments?
Supported formats and OS
Solo Brass v3, Solo Strings v3, Solo Woodwinds v3
- Standalone, Audio Units, VST, VST3, AAX, NKS 64bit
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to 14 (Sonoma) - M1,M2/Silicon supported natively (AAX Silicon supported natively starting from v3.7.0)
- Windows 10 and 11
Solo Woodwinds v2, Solo Strings v2 (discontinued)
- Audio Units, VST, AAX 64bit*
- macOS 10.7 to 14 (Sonoma)** - M1,M2/Silicon architecture supported through Rosetta 2
- Windows 10 and 11
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)
** SWAM v2 Audio Units on Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma
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