Available as an electronic download, Audio Modeling SWAM Flutes is a virtual instrument plug-in developed to deliver versatile timbres, expressivity, and convincing realism for composers, producers, and performers in multiple genres. It uses a combination of modeling and sampling technologies to provide complex articulation while imposing a low load on your system resources.

SWAM Flutes offers extensive real-time parameters such as growl, flutter tongue, breath noise, and overblow, which can be adjusted via external MIDI controllers or your DAW. It also features a built-in mixer with reverb and pan controls for enhancing the sound. SWAM Flutes is compatible with macOS and Windows systems and supports AAX, Audio Units, VST, and VST3 plug-in formats.

SWAM Flutes and SWAM Double Reeds    SWAM Clarinets and SWAM Saxophones    Versatile Timbres for Multiple Genres    Low Load on System Resources    Extensive Real-Time Parameter Controls    AAX, Audio Units, VST, and VST3 Formats    macOS and Windows Compatible

SWAM Flutes, like all SWAM Engine digitally handcrafted acoustic instruments, are never a simple recording of notes via sample libraries, but rather a set of real virtual instruments based on their traditional counterparts, allowing you to fully control the expression of any virtual acoustic instrument.

SWAM Flutes illustrates how the concept of articulation can be overcome. The physics of the instrument demonstrates that the main expressive elements of the instrument (like expression, vibrato, and flutter tongue) depend on a single factor, the dynamics of the breath.

Choose SWAM Flutes for composing, producing, or performing any musical genre by layering it in sections with no artifacts and simply selecting different timbres for each instance. From jazz to classical, from country to pop music, just adjust any sound and behavioral parameter to get the exact response you want.

Control the following parameters in real time via MIDI controllers or your DAW:

• Expression (dynamic)
• Note transitions (staccato/legato/portamento) with no key switches
• Legato mode (glissando vs expressive)
• Vibrato depth
• Vibrato rate
• Portamento time
• Harmonic structure
• Sub-harmonics
• Growl
• Flutter tongue
• Formant
• Breath noise
• Key noise
• Dynamic pitch
• Overblow
• Microtuning
• Main volume
• Pan pot
• Reverb mix

Tired of giga-sized libraries of prerecorded flutes and the limitations of traditional samplers? SWAM Flutes is the solution. It was developed by Audio Modeling using SWAM Technology (Synchronous Waves Acoustic Modeling) through a combination of innovative performance techniques and concepts of physical and behavioral modeling with the multivector phase-synchronous sampling technique.

Real-time controllable via MIDI controllers, SWAM Flutes requires only the smallest footprint to create the perfect organic consistency resulting from the endless expressive parameters that are unique of every live performance.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can you turn off the led mono light ? Or does it stay on as you turn the light on

A: There's a dedicated button for the led lights, so they can be turned off while the strobe is still functioning. But I don't understand what you mean by the light stays on. The LED lights are the actual lights, there are no other lights except the flash light which fires just like a normal flash does. Also the flash output has 2 intensities.Cheers!

Q: 2. Why am I not seeing any light in my photos? I see the flash trigger, I see the light on my subject, but the photos are not lit at all. Is there something I am doing wrong? The only light difference is when I turn on the modeling lamp.

A: I would first check to see that the flash is working by pressing the TEST button on the flash and see if the strobe fires. If the strobe is working, I would then check to see if the strobe fires when you press the shutter button (ensuring your camera's PC sync connection and the sync cable are operating). If that works, then I would next recommend checking your exposure, ensuring you are shooting in Manual mode and setting your aperture and shutter independently. Ensure that the shutter speed is at or below your camera's maximum flash sync speed (check your camera's instruction manual or the Specifications tab on our website for your camera model - it was not listed above in your inquiry), and your flash is close enough to your subject. Using a handheld strobe meter to ensure your exposure is set correctly would be beneficial, as using a shutter speed that is too fast to capture the flash or an ISO setting that is too low to capture the flash based on its distance may cause the light not to be seen in the photos. If all of these are okay, I would then recommend contacting Impact Studio Lighting directly to inquire if they have any recommendations for your equipment, or if the equipment needs to be sent in for inspection or repair. You may contact Impact Studio Lighting either by calling them directly at (212) 594-2120 or by e-mailing them at info@impactstudiolighting.com with your inquiry.

Q: 3. What do the I & II markers mean?

A: The 'I' marker refers to the light being set at full power while the 'II' marker refers to the light being set at half power.

Q: 4. What is the lumen output of the LED modeling lamp?

A: The LED modeling light is approximately 200 Lumens.

Q: 5. Does this work with the Impact Umbrella Flash Kit? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1262483-REG/impact_umbrella_flash_kit.html

A: You can use the stand and umbrella in that kit with the SF-ABRL160.

Q: 6. What is the recycle time of this flash after a full power pop?

A: I've been using this flash since September 2022 and for just over two years, it worked really well, with a really quick recycle time. Now it takes a good 10 seconds or so.

Q: 7. Hi there. What are the specs for replacement bulb? I would like to buy also replacement bulbs to have as a backup in the future. thank you

A: The flash tube for the Impact SF-ABRL160 Stand Mount Flash with LED Modeling Light is not user replaceable.

Q: 8. Does anyone know what the Guide Number for this unit is? It is not listed in the specs on this page.

A: Guide numbers are measurements of light, measuring the intensity of light from a single flash falling on a subject, and is usually used for hot shoe strobes or flashes built into cameras. Watt-seconds is a measurement of energy, measuring the amount of energy stored and released by the strobe. There is no simple conversion from one source to the other, as the units are not measuring the same thing. Also, guide numbers measured from the same strobe can change, depending on the reflector used or the spread of light (which is why the same strobe with a guide number measurement at a wider focal length will be lower than the exact same strobes guide number measured at a longer telephoto focal length). Watt-second measurements (the amount of energy the strobes capacitors can hold) remain consistent, regardless of the reflector used on the strobe. All that being said, with the caveat that there is no real correlation between guide numbers and watt-seconds, a rough conversion would be a 160 watt studio strobe would roughly equal a guide number of 51 in meters and 167 in feet when using a reflector with a 35mm light spread.

Q: 9. Will this work with the impact 28 beauty dish?

A: I too don't have any direct experience with that piece. Maybe contact the manufacturer?

Q: 10. Im looking for a very simple solution for a strobe in a photo booth. Has anyone used this inside a photo booth and if so haw did it perform?

A: I have and I don't like it, it just burned up today. Looking for something better. The alian bee is good but it gets to hot.