Say hello to Ms. Sax S., the new soprano saxophone virtual instrument from Samplemodeling. Now available, Ms. Sax S. follows in the footsteps of Samplemodeling's previous release, The Sax Brothers, and offers a completely new platform, the SWAM engine. The soft sax was created by Stefano Lucato, Emanuele Parravicini, and Luigi Felici in collaboration with Samplemodeling.

Built on the specifications of Stefano Lucato's SWAM (Synchronous Wavelength Acoustic Modeling) technology, Ms. Sax S. uses samples as a  base material, chromatically performed by a professional soprano sax player over a very wide dynamic range. According to Samplemodeling, the soprano sax was recorded with state-of-the-art technology and the resulting timbre is therefore that of the real instrument.

SWAM technology allows for continuous interpolation amongst different vectors such as time, dynamics, pitch, and formants. Advanced real-time processing techniques yield realistic legato / portamento, vibrato, ornamentations, and trills with phase continuity, constant-formant pitchbends, and virtually any kind of  articulation that can be performed in real-time. You can vary timbre, harmonic structure, and formants; choose the type of attack; set the intensity of subharmonic, growl, flutter tongue, key noise, breath  noise, pipe resonance, overblow, and much more.

Different from other Samplemodeling instruments running on Native Instruments Kontakt, Ms. Sax S. is supplied as a plugin using its own engine (SWAM engine). Ms. Sax S. runs on PC (any host supporting VST 32-bit / 64-bit) and Mac (any host supporting AU 32- or 64-bit, and VST 32-bit / 64-bit). RTAS is not supported at this time, and standalone mode on a PC requires a suitable VST host.

Samplemodeling's Ms. Sax S. is now available for 119 EUR (approximately $154). All Samplemodeling customers are eligible for a 10 percent discount after follow Samplemodeling's instructions.

For more information, visit samplemodeling.com.