r/NAM_NeuralAmpModeler

It just arrived! I'm really looking forward to trying out this integrated Tone3000 software for NAM files. Who else already has one and has feedback or suggestions?

Hey everyone! 👋 We just shipped NAM A2 support on Stratus as a preview, with full launch coming in the next week or so. Running natively, no conversion. Would love your feedback!

If you have a Stratus: Update the app (if you're on Android) or join the TestFlight (if you're on iOS) and try it out! NAM A2 profiles load directly from TONE3000.
https://testflight.apple.com/join/bcRfDFjz

Don't have a Stratus? You can still download the Chaos Audio app and explore the TONE3000/NAM browser interface. We'd love feedback on the experience even without hardware!

We've been exploring NAM on Stratus for years, so I want to give a major shoutout to Steve Ack and TONE3000 for finally making it possible with A2. ❤️

Link: https://chaosaudio.com/pages/neural-amp-modeler

Hi Guys,

I posted a month ago with a WIP state about my Guitar Plugin.

It's now released and I'm really happy with it.

I have worked on a lot of features since last shared:

• Mac Support
• ASIO Standalone fix (to support multichannel audio interfaces)
• POST Amp Section with 3 Delays and 5 Reverbs
• PRE Amp Section with 2 NAM Pedal Blocks (hand selected high end guitar pedals profiled by me) and a Compressor inspired by UAD 1176
• Dual Amp Support for Stereo Rigs
• Added Metronome and Tuner
• Added a Diezel Herbert late MK1
• Clipping Safety

Here is how it's used and sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J-rSKlvL8A

You can download it here: https://github.com/guitarlum/VoLum/releases/tag/v1.0.0

User Guide: https://github.com/guitarlum/VoLum/blob/main/docs/user-guide.en.md

Follow me on Github: https://github.com/guitarlum/VoLum

Thank you already so much for the feedback given in the first thread!

I hope you enjoy it!

Been loving NAM and using it heavily for about two years now! It's replaced almost all of my digital amps for guitar and bass, but I got tired of the workflow friction of splitting a bass signal, compressing the low end, and distorting the high end. Ended up building a free, open source plugin over top of NAM that emulates the workflow of some of the more modern bass processing plugins for heavy music with split band processing, built in compression, and distortion. All the distortion is handled via loading NAM captures. It's working great for me, so I put a little documentation on it and wanted to share it with the community in an attempt to give back. There's two plugins in the repo (the other is an IR loader with static and dynamic blending), and a folder with some of the IRs and NAM captures I made from my own gear that I use regularly.

https://github.com/gianni-cappelletti/October-Production-Co

Been working on creating an app for iphone/ ipad that processes guitar tone. Broadly the app will-

Feature 1650 stock amp profiles
Support NAM profiles
The ‘Gravity’ feature lets you enhance your existing NAM profiles, reshapes the behaviour of capture for richer harmonics and tonal depth.
Stock amps are tonally spaced on a map. Similar sounding amps are grouped together. If you move further away from an amp on the map, gravity does it’s work. It’s a great place to discover tones.
Record your tones, record video from the app, play alongside backing tracks.
Tonematch EQ helps you reach your desired tone
iPad only features: Perform mode will let you control the app via midi - bluetooth/ cable will be supported. Recording section will be a DAW like setup where you can lay down, edit multiple tracks.

Hope to post some demo’s soon. The app is still being developed

Hey, NAMmers!

TL;DR; if you own a guitar with combination of a magnetic and piezo pickup - we need you!

Yesterday I discovered NAM and I got very very excited! Today I already started capturing all my uncomplicated analog stuff and exploring tone3000.

For capturing and training I use hardcore Python and NVIDIA GPU, as I am also a fan of ML, PyTorch and Lightning (if you now what I mean).

Now the idea: Can we get a natural piezo acoustic tone from an electric guitar?

It would be cool if it would possible to get acoustic tone playing on singles/humbuckers. I know there modules in digital modellers but those are (I believe so) combination of dynamic compression and EQ.

I think we need to try to do it NAM way.

What is the plan?

We need to gently ask those of you who are lucky enough to have Godins, ESPs, PRSes, Music Mans or any other guitar with the combination of electric and piezo pickups. Also the guitar must have two separate outputs so you could record both of them at the same time in isolation.

So the setup must be:

- connect both outputs into two Hi-Z inputs of a sound card

- no processing on either output (we need natural original guitar tone both for electric and piezo pickups), if you are absolutely sure about your piezo tone - you can use a nice hardware compressor and/or an EQ for the piezo output. So all your unique hardware will be part of the final model. Absolutely no spatial effects (delay, reverb). Absolutely no any processing for the recording of the magnetic pickup.

- set piezo eq to some neutral flat settings and maximum possible level without clipping

- record two tracks: one for the electric pickup and one for the piezo pickup

Playing must be:

- record multiple individual notes with different level of volume

- record chords with different levels of volume

- record artificial harmonic with different levels of volumes

- record strumming with different levels of volume

- record different random picking noises with different levels of volume

- record all kind of insanely crazy string actions, slides, picking, kicking, licking

- if you have a tremolo bar would be nice to make a dive bomb

- play on different strings and in different positions

- switch the electric pickup switcher to another magnetic pickup and repeat

- would be nice to have 3-5 minutes or even more of different sounds, tones, and playing in different styles.

You do not have to play melodic and professional, basically it is totally OK if you cannot play at all, we just need sound sample pairs.

Result:

After all the result is a pair of WAV tracks. Would be nice if you can record them in 48kHz and 24bit, as this is default sample format for NAM. Pack both WAV tracks, compress into ZIP archive and share with the community.

The task overall is much harder and noisier than a normal NAM training, but the more examples we have, the more robust the training will be.

Success is not guaranteed, this is just an experiment, but I promise I will apply all my skills.

Also I believe here we have a lot of enthusiasts who also know about `input.wav`, `output.wav` and `nam-full` BASH script.

UPD1:

I found https://www.tone3000.com/tones/di-guitar-acoustic-simulator-50323 and it sounds pretty good with the removed low frequencies and a compressor on top.

UPD2:

As a proof of concept I created a NAM model using a good and expensive VST3 acoustic guitar plugin, so I could use it live with a NAM hardware player.

I cannot share the NAM model itself, as it will definitely be a violation of the license. But I can share the example.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cOmIiGZGOoj0bMIduDsrNoURJTeGtCkn

- `input.wav` - what I used as input for the training (the standard `input.wav` didn't work well). You will need to record something like this, the longer the better, the more diverse the better.

- `acoustic-test.mp3` - the example how the final NAM capturing model works, I've used a stratocaster with middle pickup.