User's Guide

Using the Sylphyo as a controller
We have successfully used the following virtual instruments and audio
workstaons with the Sylphyo:
Audio Modeling / SWAM (audiomodeling.com, paid)
We highly recommend the Audio Modeling instruments based on their SWAM
engine. They offer very realisc and tremendously expressive control of many
classical instruments (saxophones, flutes, clarinets, double reeds, brass instru-
ments, violin and other stringed instruments…). For the best effect with SWAM
instruments, please follow our recommendaons.
Garageband (apple.com, free, Mac only) and Logic Pro (paid)
Most included virtual instruments work out of the box.
Massive (nave-instruments.com, paid, demo available)
Use MIDI Learn to assign breath intensity and other controls to sound param-
eters.
Live (ableton.com, paid, 30-day trial available)
Many Live instruments can be controlled using the Sylphyo if you use Aer-
touch instead of MIDI CC 11 (see the MIDI Mappings secon of the Sengs
menu). Some instruments, such as Operator or Wavetable, require that you
manually map Aertouch to volume and/or filter frequency, for example.
Reason (propellerheads.se, paid, 30-day trial available)
The Subtractor synth has a Ext. Mod secon where you can directly assign
breath intensity (select Expr) to variaons of sound intensity (Amp) or mbre (F.
Freq). To control other synths, use a RPG-8 arpeggiator and route the relevant
CV outputs to another device’s inputs (especially Expression CV Out). If needed,
split outputs using one or more Spider CV.
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