Another Review of Neural Amp Modeler
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- Another Review of Neural Amp Modeler
Today I'm checking out NAM (again) as part of my month long Amp Sim Reviews (SimTember)!!!
Download NAM from here - www.neuralampmodeler.com/
Checkout these FREE NAM Packs from ToneHunt
MirrorProfiles Mark FREE - tonehunt.org/MirrorProfiles/d...
Peavey 5150 Block Letter - tonehunt.org/helgab/d4cc40e2-...
EVH5150III LBXS Hi Gain Pack - tonehunt.org/Drewhast/0914828...
MirrorProfiles Full Mark iii pack - mirrorprofiles.myshopify.com/...
Join the AmpsPedalsPickups DISCORD Server - / discord
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Overview
00:38 - Full Mix
02:21 - Guitars Only
03:54 - Sim Walkthrough
10:05 - Final Thoughts/Score
GEAR USED
- SOLAR 1.6A Vinter
- Gibson SG 61 Reissue
- LTD EC-1000
- Fishman Fluence Moderns
- Evertune
- RedSeven AmpCentral LoadBox
- STL Amphub
- EBS Patch Cables
- RME UCX II Interface
- Creation Audio Labs MW1 DI/Reamp
- Samson Patchbay
- Shure SM7B
- Rode Wireless Go
- Rode VideoNTG
- TC Electronic Sentry Noise Gate Pedal
If you have any gear or software demos you want me to take a look at just comment or email and I can chuck it on my list.
Thanks for watching!
- Nathan
![NEURAL AMP MODELER [NAM] || 10 commonly asked questions ANSWERED!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zAbobd7MNrs/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks for checking out the Block Letter pack and I am glad you enjoyed it. It is a personal favorite of mine, and had brand new caps installed as of 2 days before NAM capturing, everything else is bone stock. Definitely the best amp I have ever played, so it was an absolute joy to get those sounds NAM'ed 😎
That’s the stuff I love to hear!
Surprisingly a lot of my NAM usage hasn’t been to cruise tones, download and use. I love using it as a personal tone archiver once I get a good tone for a project. The tech is just so amazing that there’s so many ways to approach it.
If/when I get my amps serviced to tip top condition it would make sense to do a pack like yours so I have captures of them at their peak, great idea!
Thanks for all the packs, amazing theres people out there so dedicated and contributing tones to the masses, legend 🤜🤛
The EQ is a post amp studio style EQ for cuts/boosts, not any particular amp tonestack FYI, so you can use any EQ plugin after NAM which will do the same thing and/or give you more control. Apparently the new Melda Guitar Architect has implemented his own build of NAM into his plugin with STEREO routing finally, but that is paid for software. But yes, hands down, Neural Amp Modeler is the highest quality amp capture/profile software out there right now, regardless of paid for or free.
4:41 Finally, I see someone using the GGD Goldstack for high gain stuff instead of GGD Cali. When it came out, I knew I had to try those Marshalls with high gain sound. :)
The calis and the gold stacks compliment each other so well. And yeah I totally just saturated my ears on calis so freshened things up with goldstack only. So many awesome 90s/00s punk albums were made with Marshall cabs it just sounds like home to me 💪
Thank you for playing chords.
Soloing takes up *maybe* 10% of my playing time building a song with chords is the VAST majority of what I do so hearing how stacked strings sound and respond is the only thing I care about.
I've been watching evolution of digital ampsims all the way from 2002 until today. Let's say the worst experiences were Pod 2.0 and Behringer V-Amp. Especially the cab simulations were mostly crappy. Amplitube 1.x and stuff. The freeware SimulAnalog guitar suite did the best job during those years. Even when Guitar rig came along. ReValver always sounded a bit off to me. Then Magix Vandal came into the game. Nice but still not quite right. I lost focus then, but in 2021/2022 I came around the free Amplitube 5 Mesa Triple Rectifier, which was big and clunky to my DAW but gave me a way more realistic experience than anything before. Then came Bogren Ampknob RevC which I bouoght and which was then one year later shredded out by Neural Amp Modeler with all it's power amp breakup goodness finally giving me the guitar tones I've been craving for during the last 20 years. Never owned a real tube amp btw. :D
Yeah that almost sounds similar to my mileage. I had an old guitar port using podfarm which was decent back in the day. Then I remember seeing the eleven rack and axefx stuff. Used the axefx2 for ages grabbed the fm3 then upgraded interfaces and the works. All the modern amp sims are just so good it’s going to be crazy to see the next evolution in the next 5-10 years
Hi, awesome video just getting into the world of NAM after getting a AXE One and AT5.
How are ypu loading the IR? And csn it be found on Tonehunt? Sounds amazing!
A video on how you built your chain in Reaper would be awesome, im trying to figure it out but my results vary.
Keep up the great work! 🤘🏼
I’ve got a bunch of IR packs from mirrorprofiles and ownhammer that I blend. If I ever shoot out my own IRs I’ll give them out for free but I can’t send out these ones.
Hi @ampspedalspickups, how did you get such a wide sound on the clean tone at 1:35? Is it just double tracked or do you have some kind of processing going on? Sounds tight and wide and I'm longing to get that kind of sound for a track of mine. Thanks for your advice, in advance. Kind regards
It’s double tracked left/right and then I’ve got an instance of NAM on each track as well as the IR. If you want to accentuate the wideness maybe try slapping on a stereo delay/reverb on top of those left/right tracks. Make it very subtle so the delay is happening in the background and it will help.
I don’t think I used delay reverb here, just right tracking and the basics!
@@ampspedalspickups that’s amazing, thank you so much for your advice. I’ll give it a go this evening! Really appreciate your time, thank you.🙏
Hello bro, a question, the "Super Reverb 65 Head" preset in which pack did you find it?
Hopefully this link works - tonehunt.org/zailm/195f1fca-e27d-4e41-91fa-9732e4d90796
Search for user "ZAILM" in ToneHunt and you'll see the pack there!
@@ampspedalspickups thank you very much bro!!!, greetings
I love NAM and Reaper. I like that Theme. Looks cool. Do you mind sharing the name of it?
Thanks for the video.
Brian
I’ll have to check the theme when I’m back in a week. It was something from the reaper stash I can’t remember the name atm, will let you know!
I just checked its "Smooth_6_Windows"
@@ampspedalspickups Thank you!
Sorry gotta ask, why do you find stereo easier to mix? I've found the complete opposite, that I'd always prefer mono sound, and then use send stereo reverb and delay afterwards. How do you usually do it?
When I have left and right mono rhythm tracks I have a group track ontop of them and they can feed into amp sims “in stereo”. I guess you could call it dual mono. Either way it’s a single amp sim processing left and right at the same time. That way you don’t need two manually update two instances with the same settings constantly
@@ampspedalspickups ahhh that makes sense, thank you!!
How did you emulate the cabinet?
Using IRs. You can do amp captures with them baked in or add them on separately
did you explain your using a doubler in your chain at 2:30 and so forth would have been informative
I’m not using a doubler…… they’re double tracked which is standard for rhythm guitar and you can see it in the session
@@ampspedalspickups okay stand corrected tightly performed well done
what IR are you using here?
04:40 it’s from the GGD gold stacks pack (Greenback inspired pack)
What is your setup? Audio interface and PC? I am trying NAM and no success due to latency can't be less than 256. That is not playable to me.
Rme interface to a pc. I used to use an audient id14mk2 and it was also fine. Can you reduce the buffer in your daw, maybe it’s too high?
If you join the discord I’ve got linked in the video it might help figure it out.. the latency shouldn’t be an issue in general, microscopic stuff. If it’s big and noticeable then something is probably off
@@ampspedalspickups I have reduced the buffer to 128 in DVD quality and it is ok. However my audio interface has an issue when monitoring... And only one side of the headphones sound. Returning back behringer UMC202hd. Will try Universal Audio Volt 176.
Is it possible to run this modeler on a 2011 MacBook Pro or 2014 iMac? Or do they not have it for Mac yet?
It’s a vst plugin so if the machine can run vst plugins it will physically load
If there’s latency issues or crackling then that would have to do with the sound card and machines performance. Hard to say without testing but if the machine can run other modern plugins it will probably be ok with nam
@@ampspedalspickups do you know if it’s available in some form for iPhones or iPads or do I have to use my MacBook Pro or iMac?
@@djbmanifestomode Im not upto date with NAM on iOS. I dont "think" its out but have a look around for the ToneHunt discord group, they're all super knowledgeable on NAM development and will have more of an idea
IR?
GGD gold stacks - A fine place to start
That’s the IR pack and preset I used here
i dont understand how do people get great sound out of the box. Mine sounds absolutely horrible
Are you running an IR as well? If not it would probably sound crackly and weird
Unfortunately I find the tones sound all alike which becomes boring and uninspiring
IR's make a big difference so if the overall sound is same same and youre using the same IR's, try and mix it up. Could also be the models/captures you're trying in NAM, maybe things aren't dialled in to your taste.
I personally use captures as my own backups and when I A/B the real amps to the captures they are 99% accurate. I have no complaints about the technology in general, but I can see how cruising for captures to just play around can be fatiguing.
If you ever get the chance to dial in your own amps / amp sims and then make a copy in NAM I think you'll be pretty damn impressed with the results!