SWAM Soprano Sax vs GenuineSounds Vol. I Usage & Stats
SWAM Solo Woodwinds has arrived on iOS! The incredibly powerful Physical Modeling technology is now MOBILE. Extreme Expressivity and Realism delivered in a package of only 46 MB
These instruments are NOT sample libraries. Unlike sampling, which uses recordings to replicate the sound of an instrument, physical modeling doesn’t generate a sound as such but creates the conditions for the system to create it according to an external input (like someone playing on a keyboard).
With our SWAM Soprano Sax for iOS, you now have the unique ability to express yourself with all the emotions and subtleties of a natural string instrument sound as played by a real player, in any style — from classical to film scoring and even microtonal music.
SWAM Soprano Sax for iOS can be used as a standalone instrument for playing in real-time, or as a plug-in for mobile music production. Play with your favorite external controller or directly from your iOS device through our intuitive interface, friendly for blind and visually impaired users.
With SWAM Soprano Sax for iOS you can:
- Explore our collection of presets, create your own, or import them from your Desktop
- Play in real-time using the standalone version of the app
- Play with different instrument bodies
- Play in a variety of styles like a real player
Control the instrument’s expressivity in real-time directly through the touch control interface on your iPhone or iPad including the exclusive virtual bowing touch surface!
- Play and control the instrument’s expressivity in real-time using your favorite external controller (ROLI Seaboard, Akai EWI, breath controllers, regular keyboards, and more)
- Use the included AUv3 plugin version to produce music with a mobile setup
- Use the included AUv3 plugin version in combination with Camelot PRO for live performances
- Adjust every aspect of the instrument’s sound (timbre, vibrato, amount of air, etc.) through an easy-to-use control panel
- Micro-tune the instrument through the Pitch Manager (note: MAQAM device is supported with direct integration)
- Add built-in effects such as Reverb, EQ, and Compressor
- Have access to easy MIDI control configurations
The SWAM Soprano Sax for iOS is for you if:
- You’re a wind controller player looking for a mobile setup to perform live without needing a computer while still having an incredible sound.
- You’re a keyboard player and feeling frustrated by the limited expressive capabilities normal sample-based plugins give you.
- You’re a music producer looking for a mobile setup to produce music from anywhere without having to carry around expensive gear.
- You’re looking for a virtual instrument that allows you to express the full range of your musicality easily on your iPhone or iPad.
IMPORTANT: If you choose to play using an external controller, please note that a controller with the ability to continuously control the expression (like an expression pedal, breath controller, MPE device, wind controller, …) is REQUIRED. The same way real players need a bow to express themself on their instrument, SWAM Soprano Sax needs something to control its expressivity. SWAM instruments do not work with just note-on velocity.
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GSi Genuine Sounds is a collection of fine sampled instruments based on a very efficient and unique proprietary sound engine made by GSi and called WLF - Wavetable Linear Format. The WLF Engine grants the highest performance with the lowest memory usage and CPU load possible, resulting in high polyphony even on less capable devices. All sounds included in the Genuine Sounds collections are professionally sampled using proprietary software and hardware machines.
With Genuine Sounds Volume First we at GSi are glad to introduce our new technology to the world, offering some of the finest acoustic and electric piano samples we've produced so far, with the sincere hope to continue along this route and release more collections in the future, focused on several other instrument categories.
Main features:
- Powered by WLF Engine - Highly efficient DFD Streaming (Direct-from-disk)
- User selectable Streaming Buffer size
- Disk Pre-Caching option to increase disk streaming performance
- Polyphony up to 1024 stereo voices
- Internal 32 bit processing with native 32 bit sampled material
- Stereo 4-band semi-parametric equalizer
- Four effect slots
- FX1 features: Mono/Stereo Tremolo, Auto-Panner, Ring-Modulator, Wha-Wha (Pedal, LFO, Dynamic), Limiter
- FX2 features: Stereo Chorus, Stereo Phaser 4 or 6 stages, Flanger, Digital Delay, Analog Delay
- FX3 features amplifier simulations: TWIN, JCM, AC, RJC, BASS
- FX4 features digital reverb with 9 variations
- Each sample-set can have up to 8 dedicated parameters
- All parameters can be Midi-controlled with user-defined Midi Map and Midi Learn feature
- Sound Bank Manager with direct download and ability to delete unused sample-sets
- Program Manager with unlimited number of Programs and freely assignable Midi P.C. numbers
- Import/Export of single Programs and entire Banks
- Import/Export of user-defined Midi Maps
- User defined Velocity Curves
- Session Recorder: silently records everything is played in a session and can export to Midi File (new in v.1.1.0)
- Built-in Midi Monitor: logs every incoming Midi message (new in v.1.1.0)
Most piano samples don't use loops, each note reproduces the natural decay of the actual piano from which it was sampled.
Some of the samples that come with this App were also made available for hardware Crumar and GSi products, even though under a different format.
Please visit www.GenuineSoundware.com to learn more about our sampling process.
PLEASE NOTE: This App comes with a AUv3 extension compatible with all plugin host Apps including AUM, Cubasis, Camelot, Logic, GarageBand and others.
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SWAM Soprano Sax VS. 
GenuineSounds Vol. IDecember 23, 2024