NAM Player First Impressions

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

In my own experience it’s the best experience for NAM. Because of hardware quality and the incredibly fast low latency, on the most advanced (standard) quality captures. It’s really has that analog feel. Crazy for that price when you compare to kemper or fractal stuff with less convincing sounds. That’s also why they are selling that fast.

[@CTBlaze]

I totally agree, yet many in NAM community complain about the price point, kinda being stuck in that "Open Source" paradigm, or ever comparing to Tonex, where IKM must have done a "special calculation" to enter mass market with price. I know that "musicians with a vengeance" and a heart/interest for modeling will always go for the better solution, be it re fidelity of the model, audio-technically, feature-wise or usability wise.

[@VanjaSpirin]

@@CTBlaze Tonex One is 3 times cheaper. C'mon

[@smeemusic]

This is the piece of gear I’ve been waiting for.

[@PippPriss]

Nice video! Glad to see you are digging the interface so far. I already gigged with it, best sound ever! Worked wonderfully!

[@TONEWARSgearshow]

Thanks for commenting, I'm glad you liked the video. Hopefully we can do that Zoom call soon so I can learn how to do the profiling.

[@RolandBieri-dk2zg]

Thx for this cool vid! I appreciated that it‘s all factory setup, so we know what to expect out of the box.

[@jamproject9]

Sounds like the best in its class . Slam that into a Fryette ps2 into a 4x12 . With midi it’s now at the top of the food chain 👊

[@blakeoms]

Holy crap this is a haste evolution of that NAM, its amazing.

[@BradRocker]

This thing is certainly a contender, I love the virtual NAM player for my DAW. This tech is so cool !!

[@seanmichael8411]

Like to see a video with an honest comparison of the tonex, nam player, and qc . Capture the same amp with each and see which unit produced the most accurate capture.

[@CTBlaze]

that's been done elsewhere before, with the NAM Plugin. The NAM Player provides same accuracy & fidelity!

[@UroboricNate]

Damn those stock captures in the unit sound fantastic

[@martinhensley2377]

This would be a great addition to my Helix.

[@leifwavetv5285]

Awesome review as always

[@DavidJosephBoth]

That SLO sounds pretty good. a different guitar and that JCM sounds on the money also. Probably just need to get some captures of your own, as you said. I believe I'm sticking with Tonex (though IK software and manager both get on my nerves). This generation of the Dimehead is cool though, and that latency sounds super cool!!! like .5 they claim. (@17:05 "dial in your sh**, and get to work", has me re-thinking maybe getting it" - that was a good sales pitch and it does sound good!! lol)

[@CorrosiveMatter]

Wow they are proud of that puppy!

[@shaunlafountain7189]

Nice! I see you got to this one! 👍 I hope you can get that Prometheus captured!

[@Claimjumper55]

Really cool! I've been using the NAM software for awhile, and I have a Tonex and Tonex One too. I'll probably get one of these. Be sure to do your Mr. Scary Modded Badlander pack for it.

[@TONEWARSgearshow]

Thanks for commenting. I'll definitely do that pack for that unit

[@VanjaSpirin]

I use NAM regularly for my production. Is NAM so much better than Tonex to prove this price over Tonex One?

[@jcugnoni]

I did a few comparison on PC between NAM, Tonocracy and ToneX, and concluded that NAM was near perfect both in terms of feel, dynamics and sound. ToneX sounded a bit more flat with a stiffer feel (more dirext, not much 'sag'). Tonocracy was pretty good, close to NAM and with a great interface. I hope that we will be able to use Tonocracy (or similarly simple) tool to capture NAM models in the future .

[@PippPriss]

NAM and Tonocracy are fairly similar. You can load NAM profiles into Tonocracy ,they are then indicated as Tonesnaps. But I guess NAM will somehow push through as a standard, similar to IRs. Might take 5 Years or so to get there, but it will eventually happen

[@otter5555]

i love simple and one knob suits me just fine

[@CTBlaze]

Hint: put a smooth light on the pedal / screen - since it's transflective, you can then see screen and pedal body/labels fine.

[@matthewf9500]

Definitely want to see it used with an effects unit. Figured it’d be limited like the tonex there.

[@PippPriss]

In what sense do you find ToneX limited in conjunction with a multi FX unit?

[@steveareton697]

@@PippPriss I could be wrong , but I read his comment as saying that both the tone-x and this Nam thing are primarily great amp sims with limited on-board FX (which seems to be true) Jared almost always runs his tone-x through the HX FX with great results and he also says in this video that he hooked the Nam up to the same HX FX and "it worked perfectly". Problem, I think(?) that the tone-x is a LOT less expensive than this and I'm curious to see what the justification is for at least a few extra $100s needed. I'm guessing YT will be flooded with dozens of comparisons soon so I guess time will tell!

[@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs]

I'm looking forward to the v1 firmware update =) Watch this space =)

[@PippPriss]

Oooouuuu yeeeaaaah

[@CTBlaze]

YEAH YEAH YEAH

[@lucwilson1]

Interface reminds of a 80s Mac.

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

It’s been done on propose. It’s build like a tank with the most durable screen (military tools and medical ones also use this screen)

[@xycl2008]

The green color of my TS9 reminds me of the 70s. But I still like it.

[@VanjaSpirin]

Well, why this thing doesn't have boost as an internal option?

[@randomdude2531]

I know. This should be among the first updates

[@underthethrone668]

Hi Jarrod...you always make cool videos..Love your humour and your love for the 80's 90s Rock (Dokken etc...Lynch one of my fave players...STILL.) I know you are showing this interesting NAM player...BUT...I noticed something recently... WHERE did you get that Marshall power amp? This is something I have not seen since I started playing guitar Lol. Is Marshall making these again?? I always make bad decisions . I should have bought one of those instead of trying other things. I had an ADA MP-2 and sold it like an idiot. That would have been a KILLER sound. I regret it.

[@TONEWARSgearshow]

Thanks for commenting and for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the channel. Regarding your question, a friend of mine, Chris from Eva Under Fire let me borrow it for a week so that I can do some demos and videos with it. I'm also going to be doing some captures of the whole setup for tonex and quad cortex.

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

Do you still have it? Want more of these in your videos :)

[@BlazonStone]

Seems like the stomp switches are close together = can be a risk of misclicking 2 at once in a gigging situation where you cannot calmly press exactly how you want

[@dimehead]

It's always a compromise between board space and ease of use. You can easily connect an external MIDI controller to change presets.

[@mehdiboussaid4511]

this gear is great ! it just misses a built in tuner

[@dirkmeyer328]

is planned for a later firmware update.

[@dirkmeyer328]

is now included with the latest firmware 😊

[@mannyfragoza9652]

I don't see any of the big music stores in the US selling this Dime Head NAM Player, looks like EU only right now?

[@PippPriss]

They do sell into the US as well, but simply direct distribution from their webstore

[@jamproject9]

Saves you money , buy direct.

[@mannyfragoza9652]

@@jamproject9 how much for shipping 100.00?

[@dirkmeyer328]

​@@mannyfragoza965239€

[@truthfactreality6814]

If only there was a unit that could capture, had effects, switching and had a brilliant user interface touch screen on the market ………………. Oh yeh. QUAD CORTEX.

[@VanjaSpirin]

Yes. But it is expensive. Out of my reach. Tonex One sounds equaly good and costs 200$

[@stormyandcold]

Imho the last 12months, the focus has shifted towards latency. Something the NAM Player is one of the lowest right now.

[@mrnorbotron3308]

20 min chatter and knob fumbling, 1 min actual sound examples. XD

[@benburnett8109]

For realz................this dude be straight crip hatin while the bloods be crushin the contentz for realz................This crip be a straight knobz fumblerz...............bling a ling a ding a ling and hit that cowbell with some luv..................don'tz be no hater.............crip be straight pimpin the truff

[@mrnorbotron3308]

@@benburnett8109 huh?

[@VanjaSpirin]

@@benburnett8109 What kind of language is that? Or there are some nasty drugs involved?

[@johnb4024]

Sounds good but the interface is really clunky and the price point is just too expensive 600€

[@PippPriss]

The interface looks really clunky, but to be honest, it feels super intuitive. By far superior to the ToneX menu navigation.

[@Liam_Doherty_UK]

@@PippPriss I loved the Tonex, but all the menu messing about palava made me sell it. It was over complicated, a bit like Apple insisting you use iTunes to import music files, if you get me? I'll be interested in seeing how this works.

[@CTBlaze]

plus, it's back lit AND transflective, so you can read it in bright light or in the dark. stage worthy, for professionals. No toy.

[@BlazonStone]

Whats the latency on this? I bought a Hotone Ampero II Stomp that had a horrible 10ms latency and had to return it. The best latency seems to be Boss GT1000 (about 2ms) and Tonex One (1.5 ms) When pairing up with digital mixer for in-ear monitoring, this is really important, the Hotone is absolutely useless

[@dimehead]

0.5 - 0.8ms depending on the NAM model.

[@TONEWARSgearshow]

It's extremely low latency.

[@BlazonStone]

@@TONEWARSgearshow Yeah I saw it, 0.5ms to 0.8ms with all effects on. VERY impressive :D

[@AuntAlnico4]

Seems like a fine product but 😂 that name 😢