u/JimboLodisC

Free Download — 5 presets, pedal, amp and cab rig with Tone3000 integration and library. macOS and Windows. iOS available on the App Store.

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Mac (AU, VST3, standalone): https://get.maple-dsp.com/download
Windows (VST3, standalone): https://get.maple-dsp.com/download/windows
iPhone / iPad, on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nam-live-neural-amp-modeler/id6778012976

Hey shredders and fellow guitar aficionados! Long-time lurker round these parts, but this is my first Reddit post about my app NAM Live because I wanted to take the time to make it as polished as possible before I would share it properly . I brought this out in June this year on iOS and macOS, and due to a number of requests I've finally made a Windows version too and decided now would be the time to share it here.

Firstly, NAM Live is now available directly from me on macOS as a standalone application, and comes with AU and VST3. The App Store version is still good. I'm also really happy to say there's finally a Windows version, available as a standalone application and a VST3 plugin.

NAM Live is a complete package with over 40 blocks included, all of which I'm really proud of. The whammy is smooth, The circuit-modelled overdrives break up in the right way, tighten the signal and respond like a real circuit rather than a static waveshaper, which makes them super engaging to play. There's a fuzz with memory that changes over time, plus lush ambient reverbs, delays and modulation effects that inspire you to dig in. There are lots of new things coming as well, which you can expect to see fairly imminently.

Parametric NAM. I think parametric NAM deserves far more attention than we've given it so far. It's the next frontier in NAM tech. Phillip Self has kindly allowed his model to be shared in NAM Live, and I think this becomes the next big thing in capture tech as soon as people realise what it is: a single capture that recreates every permutation of knob positions at once. If someone gave it a trendy name it would get all the attention it deserves. You won't be disappointed. Of course A2, standard and custom architectures are all supported, in mono and stereo, and still sound as wonderful as ever.

Tone3000 is built in. Search, preview before you commit, and download into a library you can actually organise inside the app, with drag-and-drop and folder import that make tidying a doddle.

Tonestack modelling. My upcoming app ToneBench was built around circuit modelling, so I wanted to show some of that here. Over 30 tonestacks can replace the standard tonestack for a more refined and realistic response than a generic 3 band EQ, the frequency choices suit the guitar and provide more tone shaping options, plus there's a schematic editor so you can build your own circuits in a block called Tonestack Lab. Have a go, it's good fun.

Turn your guitar into a synth. There's a mono synth module with three oscillators, each able to run multiple voices for really thick sounds. It's great fun, and there are more improvements and enhancements coming to this shortly too.

Built for playing live. Not just tone-chasing: preset banks, a proper scene manager, a MIDI footswitch setup utility with tap and hold actions for supported controllers, expression pedal setup, and of course the basics like a tuner and metronome.

AUv3 hosting. On iOS you can host your own AUv3 effects inside it as pedals in the chain.

The free tier is an amp and cab with five presets, a tuner and a metronome. It's a great NAM loader, but it also gives you a chance to sniff around a bit and see how it works and what's on offer. Happy to answer anything, and bug reports are welcome and super helpful.

I just want to say a massive thanks to some very generous folks who have been there from the start. I've had nothing but kindness from everyone in the NAM and guitar community and I'm so grateful for that. I'd like to give away a couple of copies as my way of saying thanks for the love, so if you're interested, comment below and I'll choose a couple of people tomorrow. Until then, if anyone fancies downloading and having a look, please do.