Jade Starr Music

NAM XT: Neural Amp Modeler

by Artera DSP

NAM and IR loader with two amp slots and two cab slots

Apr 23, 202551 minWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 12:16Tone3000: browsing and filtering captures, then downloading and unzipping them
  2. 20:37Importing NAM files into the loaders through the Files app
  3. 21:43An amp head on its own, then the same head with a cabinet IR behind it
  4. 24:35Dual mode with a second amp, and stacked against parallel
  5. 30:57Two IRs panned hard left and right, and the link control
  6. 32:40Saving a rig into one of the 128 empty preset slots

What it does

A player for Neural Amp Modeler captures and impulse responses, with no sounds of its own. Two NAM loaders run single or dual, stacked or in parallel, each with a noise gate, three-band EQ and level. Two IR loaders sit after them with their own pan, low cut, high cut and a link control that ties both sides together.

In the demo

Jade browses Tone3000, filters by amp head and thrash metal, downloads captures and unzips them into a NAM folder on the iPad. She plays an amp head raw, then adds a cabinet IR to show the difference, pans two IRs apart, and re-amps four guitar tracks in one of her own projects.

Worth knowing

Nothing is included, so the tones depend entirely on captures you find and load, and there are no delays or reverbs inside. Artera DSP’s GigFast Light is the same idea with built-in models and presets.

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