Neural Amp Modeler is the best Guitar Amp for Linux - but which NAM?

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• RY

  @ryan_nstuff · 10 months ago

  Excellent demo, and hell yea more linux musicians, and METAL. Subscribed and will be coming back here often I imagine.

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• RO

  @ronlewkowicz9656 · 1 year ago

  Ratatouille comes to us from the same developer who gives us Guitarix so one can expect greatness there as well.  I have yet to try NAM as I've been down for a bit and not playing but I hope to be able to check it out soon.

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• NE

  @needsLITHIUM · 1 year ago

  I know Steve, the guy who makes NAM, personally. He lives in Seattle, and I live in Tacoma. Somewhere on my facebook page there is photo of us on stage at El Corazon for an improv jam. <br>Personally, I&apos;m fond of either the NAM LV2, Ratatouille LV2, or the implementation found in Audio Assault&apos;s Amp Locker and Bass Locker suites as a USD $5 unlock.<br>Using the NAM LV2 or Ratatouille in mod desktop is pretty nice, too. I use NAM profiles of either an EL34 power amp to play my ampless rig with the cab sim turned off, or I play my Orange Super Crush&apos;s XLR out into it, with an IR of my Seismic Audio cab or the Audio Assault 3D Citrus cab, usually redback or G12K-100. I have my own NAM&apos;s of my pedals and gear, too.<br><br>Funny story, I installed NAM for the first time and tried making my own profiles the night before I met Steve, which was purely by accident. TIMING!!! LMAO

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• DI

  @dinecas5002 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve played arround with guitarix and the NAM lv2, haven&apos;t check out the other ones yet.<br>NAM is an amazing tech, the best digital clean tones I&apos;ve got!<br><br>You the goat for sharing this stuff for the linux side 🎸🐧

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• PR

  @pramkriuk · 1 year ago (edited)

  Ratatouille can also open JSON files, which are usually used by RTNeural-based plugins such as AIDA-X

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• MA

  @maggotbrain7824 · 11 months ago (edited)

  Thanks for giving some insight. I recently smashed Windows into the well deserved trash bin and switched to Linux Mint. Used Cubase and Amplitube. But on Linux I&apos;ll do some more research and build up something nice and powerful with open source plugins. Probably will go with Reaper to test it out (EDIT: No, I actually settled on Ardour since it reminds me a lot more of what I was working with, which is nice) ... Coming from Windows to Linux is a beautiful experience, at least for me. Never felt so free and good whilst working with my computer - plus you learn something new everyday. All the best!

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• KA

  @karlosnoir · 1 year ago

  Excellent demo. Thanx!

• DE

  @deathfeel · 1 year ago

  Thank you my friend

• AD

  @AdamKaliszewski · 1 year ago

  Recently discovered AIDA-X, as CLAP plugin; works with NAM profiles very well and seems to be lightweight. Switched from M. Oliphant&apos;s NAM version, happy so far. ;)

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• KA

  @karlosdajackal · 1 year ago

  This was very helpful. I use the NAM native LV2 currently but its nice to know about the options. Seeing the gate and IR chain was nice as then its easy to swap in / out amp sims. The IR loader though doesn&apos;t show let me specify a file so i had to use mirkko2 instead.

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• NE

  @needsLITHIUM · 1 year ago

  Also, Ratatouille is available as an LV2 for Windows, and I think Mac, as well, but I&apos;m not sure. LV2 technically stands for LADSPA Version 2. Brummer10, who makes Guitarix, the UI for the LV2 NAM, and also Ratatouille, also makes the Tone Twist plugs, and those are also available as VST3 and LV2 for Windows and Linux. Also, last I saw Steve, at a mutual friend&apos;s birthday party, I was talking to him about how great Linux support has become, and he apparently has regular contact with FalkTX and Brummer10 online. He was also super excited about how many companies were either using NAM to make their own models, or implementing a fully exposed NAM with profile loading into part of their product. He especially liked Audio Assault and Tonacracy for their implementation, and was interested to see all these new pedals that were either converting NAM to their own format or using it outright. I still want either a DIMEHEAD NAM Player or a MOD Dwarf.

• PV

  @pvsnoir · 5 months ago

  didn&apos;t figure out how to install NAM :/, i am on linux from scratch, had to install gcc and make but there are errors that don&apos;t accept my NAM to be installed properly yet