OPEN SOURCE Amp Modeling!?

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Dave shows off the power of the NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) and explains how to use it. This is taken from our "Mix Lab" content, where we show bite-sized tutorials on mixing techniques, plugins and gear.
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[@URMAcademy]

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[@DeanLamb]

Whenever I see Dave - I watch.

[@jonathan.connell]

I like to watch you. You can't see me though.

[@dedompler]

🥚👀

[@URMAcademy]

Same

[@jbrookley]

This is stalking behavior, sir! Heh...

[@CrushingAxes]

Are you guys related ? Clones? The same person, never seen you in the same place at the same time! Really suspicious!

[@dylanjastle]

NAM getting big shout outs lately. Really cool. Just means more people to contribute models to the community!

[@Yeahwhoduh]

I spoke with the creator of Nam at Namm, and he’s really cool and knows his stuff

[@dedompler]

you spoke to namja??

[@slurpbeats]

NAM at NAMM 😂

[@TudorAdrian]

That statement on the noise gate is 100% correct - best have the "leanest" signal chain possible when reamping.

[@dutchdykefinger]

and yeah and EQ in front of it to kill most of the nasty frequencies that may be there you don't wanna be overdriving all that bass and hiss down the chain anyway :D hell, when you have a really tinny/skinny stratocaster sound, you can still use a slight bit of overdrive to generate new harmonic overtones that weren't there, still better than feeding in inharmonic shite noise :D

[@BrainDeadTX]

Btw NAM came out way before Tonex. I use both, I love them both 🤘. Thank you so much for spreading the word!

[@KiLLJOY1056]

One of the best plugins ive ever used. I can boost my treble without ruining my low end. Its insane.

[@Obi-Juan_Guitar]

NAM is an amazing software. It has been my go to for the past year or so. The NAM FB group is pretty cool too 😎

[@DroneCorpse]

This is a fantastic walkthrough. Legend.

[@chrismonaut]

Damn I wish Dave would make a NAM pack. Love his guitar tones.

[@ShrkBiT]

Holy crap this is super cool! Love the deep dive into the working of this. Machinelearning (I refuse to call it "AI" ) is being purposed for such cool projects, but I never even thought about amp modeling but it makes total sense! I wonder how long it will take until you just load in a professional mix in your home DAW and it auto-mixes and masters to a (near-)complete state.

[@BrainDeadTX]

Dave, please make a NAM pack! I would so buy it in a heartbeat 😃

[@needsLITHIUM]

I came here because NAM's dev shared this video to his Facebook. The funny moment where I know him IRL. I might see him on the 14 of next month. Like this comment if you want me to say hi for all of you.

[@djabthrash]

This was filmed in June 2023 at the latest (judging from the NAM version here) so it's quite out of date on many things ;) Nb : they should put a disclaimer on the filming date in the video description btw

[@CrushingAxes]

Cool man, NAM is great!

[@ghastlyshimmer]

This plugin is really fucking good, I mess around with this things months ago.

[@djentlover]

I'm going to buy the most expensive amp now, model it with this, and return it 🦊

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

😂😂😂 I'll pitch in! I'm curious what's been modelled so far! Im gonna make it my mission to model every amp in existence

[@hogblockula9335]

NAM is incredible

[@mattjc]

I've gotten a few drive-amp-cab models to ESR < 0.01, but anything that gets close to blocking distortion, or noisier in general (cranked plexi) seem to struggle.

[@rofreason]

You had me at command line…

[@nicktshredz]

NAM coming to the mainstream!!!!

[@kimseniorb]

its been out for 2 years. “new plugin”. still aliasing btw, but nothing beats this one

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

Training with wav 3 is giving me very good results for amp+cab :) Better than ToneX (and obviously Quad Cortex)

[@alrecks619]

it's free, which you can spend the 1.6k like you would on a kemper for a decent laptop/PC (which shouldn't be really expensive if you can find used, which can pack you with i7 or Ryzen 7), interface, headphones and/or monitors (given there are plenty budget ones like Kali LP6), and maybe DAW of choice. I'm guessing the way you need to pay for NAM is for the models, really.

[@user-of9ut1hd9q]

The one massive downside I see with NAM is the input level gain. Each and every capture is likely recorded with differing levels of input gain, and if we don't have a way to reference that it is almost impossible to replicate the correct gain staging of the captured amp with the audio interface.

[@mickeybarajas4865]

VST or AAX. ?

[@newrosesartworx4662]

u made this a while ago? just by tonehunt having 4000 models...its over 17000 now

[@captainconvulsion]

My brain can't comprehend 😂

[@settingfiretogiants]

it needs to go Stereo

[@georgezorbas9036]

04:10 your are saying that NAM does good job only as an amp section. So I disagree because there are profiles that are amp+cab & I could say that sound superior to any other profile ( and generally better than any other plugins like Tonex or hardware like Neural Cortex). I am saying that not as a fanboy or something. You need time to check some profiles that are amp+cab that sound like nothing else out there. You know bad results are on the guy that making the profile. I would recommend you which profiles are 10/10 in sound if you are interested, but I would say take your time and try to find the good ones by yourself! The same problem was also in the Kemper - Cortex - Tonex community. Few guys can achieve the best results!

[@dedompler]

🥚👀

[@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing]

It aliases like a mf tho 🥲

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

Less than neural DSP plugins

[@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing]

@@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784 not true. Neural Omega, Nolly amp 3, gojira amp 3 have almost 0 aliasing. Nameless and NTS have very low aliasing also.

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

@@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing dude. I know how to measure aliasing. I’m not a noob. BTW I’ll make a video about it to help dudes like you understand.

[@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing]

@@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784 you clearly don't know what you're talking about noob

[@MysticalPotatoHeadGrooveThing]

@@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784 you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I write DSP code in C++ for my plugins and have been playing Guitar for as long you've been alive. noob