A sale has started at Audio Modeling, the developer best known for its SWAM series of realistic virtual instruments that let you control string bowing and the breath of brass and woodwind instruments in fine detail!
In this article, we introduce the latest Audio Modeling sale information along with an overview of the company and its products.
We hope you find it useful.
This article will be updated as soon as a new sale begins.
1. Latest Audio Modeling Sale Information
Audio Modeling is currently running the following sale.
Black Friday Sale: Until November 30, 2026
Strings
- Audio Modeling SWAM Violin – Physical-modeling violin that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $66.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $55.92 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Viola – Physical-modeling viola that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $66.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $55.92 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Cello – Physical-modeling cello that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $66.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $55.92 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Double Bass – Physical-modeling double bass that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $66.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $55.92 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM String Sections – Physical-modeling string ensemble covering string sections from violins to double basses
PluginFox: $334.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $282.22 (until 11/30)
Woodwinds
- Audio Modeling SWAM Flutes – Physical-modeling flute instrument featuring four types of flutes
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Clarinets – Physical-modeling clarinet instrument featuring two types of clarinets
PluginFox: $99.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $84.82 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Double Reeds – Physical-modeling woodwind instrument featuring four double-reed instruments
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Saxophones – Physical-modeling saxophone instrument featuring four types of saxophones
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM VariFlute – Physical-modeling wind instrument that lets you build flutes, recorders, shakuhachi and more by shaping the tube material and size
PluginFox: $133.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $125.07 (until 11/30)
Brass
- Audio Modeling SWAM Trumpets – Physical-modeling trumpet that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Trombones – Physical-modeling trombone that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Horns and Tubas – Physical-modeling horn and tuba instrument that lets you control the nuances of performance in fine detail
PluginFox: $166.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $141.39 (until 11/30)
Bundles
- Audio Modeling SWAM Solo Strings Bundle – String bundle with four solo instruments: violin, viola, cello and double bass (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $227.13 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $187.93 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Strings Bundle – String bundle with the four solo string instruments plus the string sections instrument (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $468.33 (until 12/1) - Audio Modeling SWAM Solo Woodwinds Bundle – Woodwind bundle with Flutes, Double Reeds, Clarinets and Saxophones (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $468.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $401.66 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Solo Brass Bundle – Brass bundle with three products: Trumpets, Trombones and Horns and Tubas (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $401.33 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $338.8 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling SWAM Big Band Bundle – Wind instrument bundle for big band with Trumpets, Trombones and Saxophones (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $401.33 (until 12/1) - Audio Modeling SWAM Solo Instruments Bundle – Bundle with every SWAM solo instrument: strings, woodwinds and brass (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $937.33 (until 12/1) - Audio Modeling SWAM Orchestra Bundle – The flagship orchestral bundle with all solo instruments plus the string sections instrument (upgrade pricing available)
PluginFox: $1138.33 (until 12/1)
Effects & Tools
- Audio Modeling Ambiente – Room simulator that places modeled instruments, sample libraries and recorded audio in the same room for a cohesive sound
PluginFox: $99.83 (until 12/1) / Best Service: $81.06 (until 11/30) - Audio Modeling Camelot Pro – Live performance host that manages hardware instruments, plugins and external gear in one place, with setlists and sheet music display
Best Service: $81.06
2. What Is Audio Modeling?
Audio Modeling is an Italian instrument developer founded in 2017 by Stefano Lucato and Emanuele Parravicini. Relying on neither sample libraries nor generative AI, the company develops instruments that generate the sound of real instruments in real time through physical modeling.
The road to founding the company
- 2003: Stefano Lucato began researching physical modeling with Dr. Giorgio Tommasini and created the first prototype of a solo string instrument
- 2009: Stefano Lucato and Emanuele Parravicini began developing the SWAM engine
- 2017: The two founded Audio Modeling
Stefano Lucato is a musician and producer who has worked on productions for Italian radio and television, and currently serves as CEO. Emanuele Parravicini is a telecommunications engineer and currently serves as CTO. The products are developed by a small team of engineers, musicians and designers.
The product range is divided into four main categories.
- SWAM: String, woodwind and brass instruments (13 products)
- PolySWAM: A polyphonic instrument that lets you play an ensemble with all ten fingers
- Stage: Live performance software Camelot and UniMIDI Hub
- Audio FX: The room simulator Ambiente
What Is SWAM?
SWAM is Audio Modeling’s series of physical-modeling instruments. Instead of playing back pre-recorded audio, it creates sound by calculating the very mechanism that makes an instrument sound.
As a result, performance gestures such as bow speed and pressure, breath strength and lip tension are reflected in the sound in real time. Legato, staccato, vibrato, dynamics and more can be controlled continuously and seamlessly.
Elements you can control for each instrument family
- Strings: Bow speed, pressure and position
- Woodwinds: Breath intensity, fingering, vibrato and articulation
- Brass: Breath, lip tension, and valve or slide movement
Because no samples are used, the footprint is small: the installation size is 180MB at most, and RAM usage is approximately 52MB per instance. It runs as a plugin as well as in standalone mode.
The SWAM Product Lineup
SWAM consists of 13 products in total: 5 string, 5 woodwind and 3 brass products.
Strings
| Product | Contents |
|---|---|
| SWAM Violin | Solo violin |
| SWAM Viola | Solo viola |
| SWAM Cello | Solo cello |
| SWAM Double Bass | Solo double bass |
| SWAM String Sections | Four plugins covering violin, viola, cello and double bass sections |
The four solo products recreate the interaction between bow and string. The sound changes with bow speed, pressure and position, allowing you to express smooth legato and delicate vibrato.
SWAM String Sections can recreate ensembles of any size, from small chamber groups to a full orchestra. You can move between staccato, legato and other articulations in real time and position each section inside a virtual acoustic space.
Woodwinds
| Product | Included Instruments |
|---|---|
| SWAM Clarinets | Clarinet, bass clarinet |
| SWAM Saxophones | Soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone |
| SWAM Flutes | Flute, alto flute, bass flute, piccolo |
| SWAM Double Reeds | Oboe, English horn, bassoon, contrabassoon |
| SWAM VariFlute | A flute you can design yourself |
- Saxophones: Dynamics and fingering can be controlled separately, just like in a real performance
- Flutes: Expression, vibrato and articulation all arise from a single continuous control, breath intensity
- Double Reeds: Staccato and legato can be managed in fine detail
- VariFlute: The first release in the Discovery series. By changing the size, material, bore and more, you can create anything from recorders to pan flutes and even flutes that do not exist in reality
Brass
| Product | Included Instruments |
|---|---|
| SWAM Solo Trumpets | Flugelhorn, flugelhorn (E♭), trumpet (B♭), trumpet (C), piccolo trumpet |
| SWAM Solo Trombones | Contrabass trombone, bass trombone, tenor-bass trombone, tenor trombone, alto trombone |
| SWAM Solo Horns and Tubas | Bass tuba, tuba (E♭), euphonium, French horn (F), French horn (B♭) |
- Trumpets: Supports vibrato, glissando and half-valve playing
- Trombones: The slide can be operated independently for smooth glissandi, and you can switch between slide mode and valve mode
- Horns and Tubas: The French horn recreates the technique of changing the tone by placing a hand in the bell, and pedal tones are also supported
Bundles
| Bundle | Contents |
|---|---|
| SWAM Orchestra bundle | All SWAM solo instruments + SWAM String Sections |
| SWAM Solo instrument bundle | All SWAM solo instruments |
| SWAM Strings bundle | Solo strings + String Sections |
| SWAM Solo Strings 3 bundle | All solo strings |
| SWAM Solo Woodwinds 3 bundle | All solo woodwinds |
| SWAM Solo Brass bundle | All solo brass |
| SWAM Big Band bundle | Trumpets, Trombones, Saxophones |
Features Common to All SWAM Instruments
- Expressivity: Adjust the expression of the sound to suit your taste and use case
- Play Modes: Configure how the instrument behaves (left hand, right hand and polyphony for strings; valve/slide, mutes and more for brass)
- Timbre: Shape the tone in fine detail
- Tuning: Transpose, pitch bend range and microtuning
- MIDI mapping: One-touch assignment, MIDI learn, curve adjustment, controller-specific presets and an overview of all settings
- Preset management: Rename, save, duplicate, import/export
- Search: Find any parameter from a single screen
- Room: Place the instrument inside an acoustically modeled room, with selectable room materials and size
- Effects: Built in
SWAM is designed to be operated with the standard accessibility features of macOS, Windows and iOS, so visually impaired users can use it as well.
PolySWAM
PolySWAM is a polyphonic instrument that uses SWAM physical modeling to let you play an ensemble with all ten fingers. It was co-developed with Latin Grammy-winning producer Emanuele Ruffinengo.
It works by calculating and sounding the acoustics of the entire ensemble in real time, with no sample loading whatsoever. With a single preset, you can play everything from quiet sustains, legato and sharp staccato to crescendos simply through your keyboard touch and controllers. No keyswitches are used.
Main features
- Voice allocation: Distributes the notes you play to the appropriate players in real time according to their range (three modes: Complete, Multi and Mono)
- Ambiente / Stage Placement: A built-in room simulator that lets you position players on stage and adjust blend and depth
- Scenes: Recall room, placement, EQ and macro settings without reloading the engine
- Macros and action buttons: Switch articulations such as con sordino, pizzicato and tremolo, and adjust bow pressure, brightness and thickness while performing
- Presets: Choose from pre-balanced ensembles
Differences from SWAM
PolySWAM is a separate, newly designed instrument, not a bundle of the SWAM solo instruments.
- SWAM (solo instruments, String Sections): When you want to craft each part in detail, for contrapuntal arrangements and for final mixes
- PolySWAM: When you want to quickly sketch chord progressions or orchestral ideas on a single track, or play an ensemble with both hands live
You can also layer it on top of existing orchestral libraries to add more natural attacks, legato and crescendos.
Camelot and Ambiente
Camelot
Camelot is an all-in-one environment for live performance. It combines setlist management, a digital mixer, a plugin host, a PDF sheet music reader, a multitrack audio player and a MIDI patchbay/router in a single app.
Ambiente
Ambiente is a room simulator that places all your instruments in the same acoustic space. It can be used not only with SWAM but also with other instruments and pre-recorded tracks.
It calculates sound reflections from the room geometry, and lets you set the room dimensions, absorption materials and microphone positions. It is available both as a standalone app and as a plugin, and multiple instances can be controlled together from one place.
iOS Versions
Each SWAM instrument, Camelot Pro and Ambiente are available for iPhone and iPad. The iOS versions of SWAM are not simplified editions; they use the same physical-modeling engine.
- Usable both as standalone apps and as AUv3 plugins
- Playable with MPE controllers, keyboards, breath controllers, wind controllers and more
- Can load presets from the desktop versions
- Built-in Ambiente room simulator, EQ and compressor
To bring out the full expressiveness of SWAM on iOS, you need a controller that can apply continuous expression, such as a breath controller, expression pedal, MPE-compatible device or wind controller.
Summary
That wraps up the latest Audio Modeling sale information.
The SWAM series of finely adjustable solo orchestral instruments is highly recommended.