Building one of these was the exact thing I wanted to create when I went to school for electronics engineering. Guess I don't need to finish now! Score!
@@SurecDs-dw7uo Electronics without the 'engineering' part on the other hand can be a lot of fun. Important is a basic understanding of signal flow. Once you understood what the most basic signal voltages and processors in a modular synth do, you kinda get a feeling for that stuff. Electronic components like ICs, transistors, pots, switches, resistors, capacitors are like modules in a modular synth, they just do certain tasks and processing of incoming electric voltages on a lower level and you there's plenty of instructions on how to combine them according to what you wanna do out there on the internet. Even without some kind of electronics degree or deeper understanding of the circuits you'll evolve into getting a better understanding of what the components do so you can tweak or replace them to taste or combine them in other ways. Big rabbithole. I will now force myself to stop the infodumping on you. :D
But then you still have no cabinet... Also, Here in Germany a Invective MH costs 750€, and the Precision Drive clone costs around 50€ at minimum. So you're suggestion, it's 200€ more costly.
Looks like he figured it out around 10:40 :) Dual NAM: Load two amp models simultaneously for unique sound combinations. Convolution Reverb: Up to 60 seconds of reverb time, with the ability to upload custom IRs. Additional FX: Includes high-quality delay, tremolo, and more effects coming soon.
missing is wireless control preset functions, as well as a better screen and optional external pedals (what vol) so to me its mediocre, Ola knows it and so do I, but if yu dont your stupid!
@@mikehunt576 Go ahead and quote anything I said that amounts to me saying "I don't know that this unit is missing a lot of common features of other DSP modelers". I'll wait.
@@HimothyOHooligan just saying there are too many boxes with buttons, led screens from the 80s and out dated parts f at all a midi in out for a pedal to control vol wah..and only few of them are wireless, u have to cum up with something good, go wireless as well at the price of a tonnex and sell entry level prices out the door, lower the price, less profits for 6 months= 5 star product for decades..unless you have a flash in the pan of a quick buck cause of fear its worth nothing in a month or so
@@mikehunt576 No you're not "just saying" that. You added "if yu dont your stupid" in reference to what I might not realize about the lack of features on this product. I never said anything about those features because I honestly don't give a shit. I only think it's neat that some company went through the trouble of designing hardware/firmware for an open source implementation of an amp modeling framework. None of the other units you're alluding to can make the same open source claim. Unit features aside, that's a nice milestone for the open-source community. No one is saying "OMG I can't believe I can use open source amps AND have all the features I could ever want in a DSP unit". Literally no one.
*Nerdy Side Note* IR loaders and Convolution Reverb are exactly the same thing - they use the same core FFT buffer stack code e.t.c. Some times you'll get extra manipulation functionality (stretching , prefiltering, emulated predelay e.t.c.)
@@GuitarsAreGreat I do share only plugin reviews but yeah I’m using mostly for doing Hendrix-clapton-srv-to queen and EVH sounds. In fact it sounds exactly like the devices captured. It’s a little more alive than the ToneX and better than nano cortex for sure. I’m pretty sure ToneX HD or equivalent will use the NAM sorcery at some point. And of course Neural DSP
@@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin your taste are right up my alley, Hendrix to classic rock and early metal. How does it take pedals? I need a fuzz face and wah before the pedal. I'm getting sick tones out of ToneX...
@@youscreamiscream it’s better than ToneX in my experience. It takes most of my pedals very well, Suhr comp, Ibanez drives, many boss, have tried some fuzz too and it’s perfect. For the wah I only tried a special wah that reproduce the money for nothing one and it’s was reacting the same as with the marshall amps. You can’t go wrong with the NAM. Also opened it and it’s very very well made. Two Notes CEO told me that it would have cost twice the price at least with same component if made by his team.
Personally, I love illuminated black and white dot matrix screens on devices like this. My GT1KCore has a similar screen and I just love how simple and readable it is
The screen furthermore is protected by a thick temper proof glas and is military/medical grade certified. So it should last for years and years to come.
Wow Ola, That thing sounds incredible. Very tweakable. Good job showing us the unit Diamondhead player. I can’t keep up with all the guitar amp options lol. Thank you Ola!
Thank you for your work and for using your reach making this product gain more attention, Ola! Since the 500 bucks will be out of scope for me in the near future, I hope they're successful enough to throw a solid bunch of units on the market so I can grab one too one day. @painful acid burp: a tsp. of baking soda soluted in a glass of water will turn the pain acid into a satisfying burp. Soy milk, plain tofu or the dry TVP soy "meat" will neutralize the acid as well but less burpy.
Cool! Since the unit can handle two NAM-models at once, you can combine amps or load the Neutron Audio Quantum Speakers, which are NAM-captures of different speakers and combinations and simulate real speaker behavior (not IRs!)
@@michaellankton2771also you can use a preamp before this player with a PA and Speaker capture. Sadly there's no FXLoop to play with the signal chain, and without the FXLoop if you're gonna try real preamps with it you'll need to use also real boosts before the preamp.
@@fuzzaldryn9626 it's easy to use with a typical TRS insert cable. And in the settings, you can determine where the send is put in the chain, pretty cool. Yet the very first batch(es) did not have the FX loop yet.
Very cool to see this on here, I've been really enjoying NAM profiles via plugins, and afaik this is one of the only real hardware/pedalboard friendly devices out there for now, great tones and feel most importantly, very curious to see where this goes
this should become supported by every platform out there. Kemper, ToneX, Quad Cortex, Axe FX, Helix, Headrush, anything at all... should start supporting NAM captures as bocks in their chain.
I think, over the years, this might actually happen. If Line 6 brings out their next modeler, they'd be very wise to allow for NAM blocks, maybe with their own proprietary capturing tech which can be trained instantly on their unit. They would crush the competition.
@@PippPrissalternatively all the platforms that use captures can release tools to convert captures from NAM format to their proprietary formats. I bet some of them are already working on that.
im still loving my kemper as ive finally been able to afford one, still trying to learn all of its capabilities as this thing is crazy with what it can do, paired with a marshall 9005 power amp. its just amazing. ive been a tube amp guy forever until now. my boogie triple rec now just sits on top of my cab and doesnt get used. love my rack setup.
I use GigFast (NAM wrapper) and TONEX with AUM on my 9" 2017 iPad with a Focusrite Scarlett. That's it. Absolute BEST TIME to be a Guitarist. Thank You OIa and Best Regards and Best Wishes!
That thing looks very cool.... but I just bought the Nano Cortex and am loving it. Think I will stay with it for a while. It actually has stereo outs and basic stereo effects. I use it with a Rocktron All Access midi controller and have 15 presets per bank at my feet. Add to that the fact it does captures with just the unit, its a win for me.
@@bluematrix5001 Yes ! 🤘😁🤘 Before the amp head you can load pedal profiles or put an amp into an amp if you want ! Or make a capture of an eq with fab filter pro Q, create a nam profile of the Eq setting and putting it before the amp head !
All of these things are amazing considering what we had 20 years ago having said that i just love the thump and "feel" of a tube amp through a 4x12 cab its indescribable but if you know you know
Yeah but again, this is not what these things are supposed to do. So you and I shouldn't compare. It is different. Coming from a guy that yesterday used two 4x12 and two 1x12 combos running together with multiple routing and effects I get what you're saying. How the hell am I suppose to drag all that to a gig, even if it was in a bigger space which probably will not... Volume aside I have to downsize and find a way to send a signal to the board which will be good and consistent no matter what...that is what these units compare with. That is why Joe Satriani used a tech21 plugin for the latest album and he had every or most hi end amps in his studio it was pretty amazing for him to actually acknowledge that. Many purists would deny to even use that.
i never got the use of that. i had to use ear protection because of the volume, micing it sounds way worse than going direct and shit's heavy. i had tons of boutique tube amps and different 412 cabs and now i'm playing a hx stomp/nano cortex board. never looked back.
@@marianstephan4676 It is what it is. As far as inspiration goes, for me it does not compare. I like my bubble of guitar sound bouncing around 3d in the studio. I throw delays and choruses and the dry guitar cabs and it will never ever compare. It also does not compare when you have a loud band, unless you are running twin SRXs with subs you do not have a wall of sound with an hx stomp whereas with a tube amp or solid state and cab you have. Micing does not sound worse it can even sound way better for two reasons. One, you have the micing position changed in real time and second, you do not have blend shit in the IR departments. IRs are long eqs. Multi point. Nothing more nothing less. They are not dynamic and even faking impedance curves via software is not the same feeling or magnet interaction with the speaker. You need real current to have real negative feedback for your amp. But even if you say you don't need that a lot of times these multi point eqs come with power amp curves or room reverb curves eq'ed in. That is what they do. Now, micing a guitar cab always can have problems with close micing with a dynamic mic to avoid the band noise etc and getting insane low end due to proximity. You have to eq out some stuff. IRs don't have that problem but, room reverb is then played in another room and that causes a lot of times phase cancellations and empties the sound in some areas. Which is why a lot of times guitar modelling dudes live tend to get lost in the mix and overcompansate with honky mids...it is what it is. You can hear the alice in chains sound guy analyzing it in tone talk. So guitar cab micing? Needs experience and some work on the fly. Many players don't have the patience or experience to do so. Yeah modelling stuff is great for that. But is it the same or as inspiring as a guitar amp even live? For some it may be. For me it is not. Never ever. I kind of don't like it because I don't hear what I play as easily. I also don't want in ears. If these solutions work for some, more power! I'll try to carry as little as amps effects etc live and it will still be a burden vs modelling but as long as I can I will to be honest. It's about the experience and joy. If it was my money to live with I'd go live as cheap and as efficient in weight as possible. That is why every major band carries lightweight axe-fx racks vs multiple tube amps and cabs.
It is way more than convincing 😳. Because of living in an apartment It is impossible to play any sort of amp for me, so I can't be any happier. I remember when I first tried Revalver and now I look at today's technology....mind blowing....
Too me it blows a lot of the fractal units out of the water , with the exception of the axe because it’s capable of a lot of amazing sound design ! But here’s the thing , why would I want to try to do that when so many guys have dialed in the perfect sounding IR’s , how many hundreds of hrs would I need to do to achieve good sounding guitars sounds ! How many hrs would that take away from playing and making music ? So having both would be nice, it’s a monetary time dilemma !
iv noticed guitarguitar in the u.k stock solar, do you know if/when they'll stock some v's? they've only had the wolfmasters for the last year, looking for one with a neck pickup and evertune bridge, thanks man
I am using a nice Ampeg Portaflex capture with the according12" cab IR and a P-Bass with flats on it and I'm loving it. Definitely not the most versatile setup but the sound I always was longing for.
@@fuzzaldryn9626 oh man, I could not find a good sound for my P-Bass 😢 My sound is a Darkglass emulation for my Spector bass. Any chance you could share that with a fellow bassist?
Less than 1ms latency is nuts. 500 + tax and this replaces an entire basic rig: on board tuner, an overdrive, an amp, delay, tremelo, reverb, a cab IR loader... what else am I missing? I may be insane, but I think this is not only the best priced, most powerful, but also most well spec'd modeler on the market?
If you can sacrifice the delay, it can also be turned into a Chorus/Flanger, because you can set the time super low up to 6ms and set LFO Depth 🙂And it also has the capability to split the signal before the IR loader, so you can run both into a poweramp+cab and into FoH simultaneously!
Ola I thank you for doing all these reviews! Learning the ins and outs of ALLLLLLLL these different I/Os and stupid proprietary softwares must be MIND NUMBING.... Hopefully one day we can just have open source modeling? \m/
Can these things be used with bass? I think it'll work great with a bass too. Bass parts usually don't change tone in the song. I just stick with one and just change like 2-3 times throughout the whole gig.
Yes! You can make NAM models of any amps / pedals / preamps etc... just load up some nice bass amp models / IRs (plenty on Tonehunt) and then you're all good!
I was really on the fence about what rig to build for my pedal board rig. But, this convinced me, this, my effects as needed, a power amp pedal for where cabs are usable, Ola you've sold me on it. I was SO CLOSE from going nano cortex. Thoughts on this Vs nano cortex?
I am not Ola, but DIMEHEAD all the way - reason is neither Kemper Player, ToneX nor Nano Cortex can put out one signal with IR, another without. With DIMEHEAD, you can do both simultaneously. I describe how to do that on my channel in my full review of the pedal, but it's just what it is: this thing is more flexible, and sounds awesome 🙂
@@PippPriss all of the devices CAN do that. You just run the rig stereo 🤣 only IR left and right as straight out to power amp. My B rig is a line 6 pod xt live. All cabs disabled as the preamps are KILLER! And then a 150w power amp and a 412. If I can go dimehead I'll be able to get rid of the B rig
Anyone know what this riff is at 3:09 ? Been tryna learn this for YEARS and have never come across a tab or anything! Drives me mental! Such a dope riff both with gain and clean. Banging video Ola as always! Sounds absolutely incredible
@@Ottophil To ignore the passive aggressiveness of your reply - Yes! I have used my ears for the time that I've been watching and recurringly seeing this riff be played by Ola, and I have gotten through some of it but mainly the structure changes via video as it seems to be a riff he enjoys noodling with in variations. If you wanna give it a go do let me know if you manage to figure it out though!
Awesome demo! I am really glad you are digging the tones and the unit and especially you liking my profiles. As a long time fan of yours I am very proud of my small involvement in preparing the tones on the pedal sent to you! 🙂 I love my NAM Player, it's super flexible in the output routing. Use that to send signals to a power amp as well as to FOH in parallel, which is something ToneX, Kemper Player and Nano Cortex unfortunately are lacking.
Same here, I'm a huge fan and I couldn't be more proud today. Big ups Pipp! You have done such an awesome job lately with helping out and being so proactive with everything.
@@CTBlaze I’m not sure if they did it right with this price tag. A linux based “whole computer” with a lcd display and a embedded sound card is sub-optimal both engineering wise and cost wise. On top of that, assembling far east imported parts in Germany adds another layer of inefficiency.
I have the fm9 which is so great but so big. The fm3 has only 3 switches which is too little. All i need is my amp and one nice delay sound and one nice chorus sound. Bottom line: im buying!!
The modulation delay so far flying a little bit under the review radar, albeit it is pretty tweakable and powerful. By setting the delay time short you can get some decent chorus sounds or by setting it even shorter and adding more feedback, flanger sounds. If you apply some high pass and low pass filtering you can make the delay really sit well in your mix without interfering to much with your original signal. So, to me it is a little bit more than just a nice to have gimmick but an actual full replacement of an external delay pedal.
Would love to see you start selling NAM capture bundles! Would go perfectly together with your IR packs. You have so many great amps and cabs, and you could even train the models locally on your gaming PC (I don't remember what GPU you have, but I suppose it's a pretty powerful one?).
Many of us bought and received this best NAM Player pedal many months ago, I had mine from the second batch! Anyway, better late than never for you bro!!
Weird that we're getting all this awesome live gear post-coof. Seems like gear like this & in-ears are all you really need to shred. If one had a small profile guitar like a headless, you could travel with your rig & some clothes with just a carry on.
No Spillover, but ZERO switching gap. Literally, none, 0ms. They could establish a prebuffer which has all the profiles "cooking", ready to go off at all times, so there is no latency at all when switching presets.
I love the NAM plugin - it sounds better than my Line 6 POD Go and POD Express. Highly recommended for home studio guys. Do you think the NAM Player could endure life on tour? Is it built well?
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Being a guitarist has never been better. We are basically living in the golden age of electric guitar technology right now
@@jessehutchings except almost no one cares about your music anymore, unless you do youtube
Building one of these was the exact thing I wanted to create when I went to school for electronics engineering. Guess I don't need to finish now! Score!
Audio plug-in development is pretty fun!
Electronic engineering sucks
@@SurecDs-dw7uo Electronics without the 'engineering' part on the other hand can be a lot of fun. Important is a basic understanding of signal flow.
Once you understood what the most basic signal voltages and processors in a modular synth do, you kinda get a feeling for that stuff.
Electronic components like ICs, transistors, pots, switches, resistors, capacitors are like modules in a modular synth, they just do certain tasks and processing of incoming electric voltages on a lower level and you there's plenty of instructions on how to combine them according to what you wanna do out there on the internet. Even without some kind of electronics degree or deeper understanding of the circuits you'll evolve into getting a better understanding of what the components do so you can tweak or replace them to taste or combine them in other ways. Big rabbithole. I will now force myself to stop the infodumping on you. :D
@@davidchavez81 I’m a graphic designer, I can just design you a diploma of your choice :-)
NAM player is LEGIT! I reviewed it a few weeks back and it is absolutely amazing. The sound and feel is second to none.
I can dig the looks feel and so forth, but man, I can buy an invective mh and percision drive by demon fx for this price.
But then you still have no cabinet...
Also, Here in Germany a Invective MH costs 750€, and the Precision Drive clone costs around 50€ at minimum. So you're suggestion, it's 200€ more costly.
Well, it is second to a real amp for sure. Will never beat the real deal.
@@PippPrissI play my Invective mh through my studio monitors it’s a power load in it
1:50 Ola, it it's a multi effects unit already, they updated it with lots of effects and Doble stereo captures!
Looks like he figured it out around 10:40 :)
Dual NAM: Load two amp models simultaneously for unique sound combinations.
Convolution Reverb: Up to 60 seconds of reverb time, with the ability to upload custom IRs.
Additional FX: Includes high-quality delay, tremolo, and more effects coming soon.
A boost and full length IR’s. Kills the Nano Cortex.
Demonfx or joyo will have a complete copy out this week.
i have demon fx kelley kodded tube screamer and is great!
@@theM3talMan there’s already the m-vave blackbox and tank-G which play NAM captures
I hope they do so I can afford it.
Demon fx are badazz
I bought the Demonfx "TS and BE-OD" pedals out of curiosity and they are outstanding.
NAM getting recognition! Bit pricey for me but amazing that you're covering it Ola.
It sounds absolutely gnarly on some of those high gain metal tones. Really bringing that midrange grind that's missing so often these days.
This is absolutely fucking wild. Hardware for an open-source guitar amp sim.
missing is wireless control preset functions, as well as a better screen and optional external pedals (what vol) so to me its mediocre, Ola knows it and so do I, but if yu dont your stupid!
@@mikehunt576 Go ahead and quote anything I said that amounts to me saying "I don't know that this unit is missing a lot of common features of other DSP modelers". I'll wait.
@@HimothyOHooligan just saying there are too many boxes with buttons, led screens from the 80s and out dated parts f at all a midi in out for a pedal to control vol wah..and only few of them are wireless, u have to cum up with something good, go wireless as well at the price of a tonnex and sell entry level prices out the door, lower the price, less profits for 6 months= 5 star product for decades..unless you have a flash in the pan of a quick buck cause of fear its worth nothing in a month or so
@@mikehunt576 No you're not "just saying" that. You added "if yu dont your stupid" in reference to what I might not realize about the lack of features on this product. I never said anything about those features because I honestly don't give a shit. I only think it's neat that some company went through the trouble of designing hardware/firmware for an open source implementation of an amp modeling framework. None of the other units you're alluding to can make the same open source claim. Unit features aside, that's a nice milestone for the open-source community. No one is saying "OMG I can't believe I can use open source amps AND have all the features I could ever want in a DSP unit". Literally no one.
*Nerdy Side Note* IR loaders and Convolution Reverb are exactly the same thing - they use the same core FFT buffer stack code e.t.c. Some times you'll get extra manipulation functionality (stretching , prefiltering, emulated predelay e.t.c.)
@@zardozjones more nerd notes, interest rate models in finance are the same as climate models.
I have it and it’s my number one device since day one. No issue, no latency, perfect to run all my NAM captures. Love it
Does it do blues sounds? you got a demo anywhere?
@@GuitarsAreGreat I do share only plugin reviews but yeah I’m using mostly for doing Hendrix-clapton-srv-to queen and EVH sounds.
In fact it sounds exactly like the devices captured. It’s a little more alive than the ToneX and better than nano cortex for sure. I’m pretty sure ToneX HD or equivalent will use the NAM sorcery at some point. And of course Neural DSP
@@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin your taste are right up my alley, Hendrix to classic rock and early metal.
How does it take pedals? I need a fuzz face and wah before the pedal.
I'm getting sick tones out of ToneX...
@@youscreamiscream it’s better than ToneX in my experience. It takes most of my pedals very well, Suhr comp, Ibanez drives, many boss, have tried some fuzz too and it’s perfect. For the wah I only tried a special wah that reproduce the money for nothing one and it’s was reacting the same as with the marshall amps. You can’t go wrong with the NAM. Also opened it and it’s very very well made. Two Notes CEO told me that it would have cost twice the price at least with same component if made by his team.
This axe is so beautiful in natural finish 😍
Personally, I love illuminated black and white dot matrix screens on devices like this. My GT1KCore has a similar screen and I just love how simple and readable it is
The screen furthermore is protected by a thick temper proof glas and is military/medical grade certified. So it should last for years and years to come.
@@jessehutchings it is transflective too! Bright sun or stagelights? No problem.
Wow Ola,
That thing sounds incredible.
Very tweakable.
Good job showing us the unit Diamondhead player.
I can’t keep up with all the guitar amp options lol.
Thank you Ola!
Dimehead about to get swamped with orders - and totally deserved, what an awesome product! :)
I used NAM to record some demos and I wanted to be able to harness that for live use. This is amazing.
Thank you for your work and for using your reach making this product gain more attention, Ola! Since the 500 bucks will be out of scope for me in the near future, I hope they're successful enough to throw a solid bunch of units on the market so I can grab one too one day.
@painful acid burp: a tsp. of baking soda soluted in a glass of water will turn the pain acid into a satisfying burp. Soy milk, plain tofu or the dry TVP soy "meat" will neutralize the acid as well but less burpy.
Been using the NAM player for a while and this is seriously top of list at the moment.
This is pretty much what I’ve been looking for I really like how you can upload most or all of your own shit and the price is right
oh hey the NAM player!!! so cool to see you try this one out!
Awesome!! Would love to hear how it does with the power amp testing as well.
Cool! Since the unit can handle two NAM-models at once, you can combine amps or load the Neutron Audio Quantum Speakers, which are NAM-captures of different speakers and combinations and simulate real speaker behavior (not IRs!)
another good example is I have a KSR Vesta preamp NAM stacked with a KSR PA50 power amp nam
@@michaellankton2771 Amp stacking in general can be a whole new thing with those two NAM slots 😜🤘
@@michaellankton2771also you can use a preamp before this player with a PA and Speaker capture. Sadly there's no FXLoop to play with the signal chain, and without the FXLoop if you're gonna try real preamps with it you'll need to use also real boosts before the preamp.
@@szveszs It has an effects loop, albeit not that obvious and convenient to use. Check out the bottom scheme on their FAQ section on their website.
@@fuzzaldryn9626 it's easy to use with a typical TRS insert cable. And in the settings, you can determine where the send is put in the chain, pretty cool.
Yet the very first batch(es) did not have the FX loop yet.
Very cool to see this on here, I've been really enjoying NAM profiles via plugins, and afaik this is one of the only real hardware/pedalboard friendly devices out there for now, great tones and feel most importantly, very curious to see where this goes
this should become supported by every platform out there. Kemper, ToneX, Quad Cortex, Axe FX, Helix, Headrush, anything at all... should start supporting NAM captures as bocks in their chain.
I think, over the years, this might actually happen. If Line 6 brings out their next modeler, they'd be very wise to allow for NAM blocks, maybe with their own proprietary capturing tech which can be trained instantly on their unit. They would crush the competition.
@@PippPrissalternatively all the platforms that use captures can release tools to convert captures from NAM format to their proprietary formats. I bet some of them are already working on that.
NAM is essentially an open-source approximate implementation of what NeuralDSP is doing. It wouldn't make any business sense for them to support it.
The NAM plugin sounds better than 90% of the paid plugins rofl. This is quite a fantastic thing
Tonex and Neural DSP Bros have already bitten the dust; they just can't admit it yet.
It has thar raw "unprocessed" sound a real mic'd amp has, a bit more than the big names tbh. I'm very impressed with how this thing sounds!
Ola & NAM is my favorite combo 🙏
Looking forward hearing this with power amp!
im still loving my kemper as ive finally been able to afford one, still trying to learn all of its capabilities as this thing is crazy with what it can do, paired with a marshall 9005 power amp. its just amazing. ive been a tube amp guy forever until now. my boogie triple rec now just sits on top of my cab and doesnt get used. love my rack setup.
Guitar players have the coolest toys.
Very nice 🤘 Glad to see more NAM love
I have the same wall full of thousands of guitars but mine is only a poster.
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I use GigFast (NAM wrapper) and TONEX with AUM on my 9" 2017 iPad with a Focusrite Scarlett. That's it. Absolute BEST TIME to be a Guitarist. Thank You OIa and Best Regards and Best Wishes!
I use json in BYOD on my ipad. Same Thing in Stereo.
Ola can the dime head pedal be hooked up to just a power amp?
@@mitchellsperling1873 yep - that's my primary gigging rig
@@mitchellsperling1873 Sorry man you replied to my message. He may not see it. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
That thing looks very cool.... but I just bought the Nano Cortex and am loving it. Think I will stay with it for a while. It actually has stereo outs and basic stereo effects. I use it with a Rocktron All Access midi controller and have 15 presets per bank at my feet. Add to that the fact it does captures with just the unit, its a win for me.
I've been using it for 3 weeks now, definitly the best unit i ever had
totally agree!!
the unit has pedals profiles too?
@@bluematrix5001 a few
@@bluematrix5001 Yes ! 🤘😁🤘
Before the amp head you can load pedal profiles or put an amp into an amp if you want ! Or make a capture of an eq with fab filter pro Q, create a nam profile of the Eq setting and putting it before the amp head !
@@Orta-Studio NAM and the BluGuitar seems to be the best ones
7:38 the unnamed feeling🗣️🗣️
@@elcuckpro666 dude, that jam is SO underrated.
Underrated song fr
This is gonna be HUGE
All of these things are amazing considering what we had 20 years ago having said that i just love the thump and "feel" of a tube amp through a 4x12 cab its indescribable but if you know you know
Yeah but again, this is not what these things are supposed to do. So you and I shouldn't compare. It is different. Coming from a guy that yesterday used two 4x12 and two 1x12 combos running together with multiple routing and effects I get what you're saying.
How the hell am I suppose to drag all that to a gig, even if it was in a bigger space which probably will not...
Volume aside I have to downsize and find a way to send a signal to the board which will be good and consistent no matter what...that is what these units compare with.
That is why Joe Satriani used a tech21 plugin for the latest album and he had every or most hi end amps in his studio it was pretty amazing for him to actually acknowledge that. Many purists would deny to even use that.
i never got the use of that. i had to use ear protection because of the volume, micing it sounds way worse than going direct and shit's heavy. i had tons of boutique tube amps and different 412 cabs and now i'm playing a hx stomp/nano cortex board. never looked back.
@@marianstephan4676 It is what it is. As far as inspiration goes, for me it does not compare. I like my bubble of guitar sound bouncing around 3d in the studio. I throw delays and choruses and the dry guitar cabs and it will never ever compare. It also does not compare when you have a loud band, unless you are running twin SRXs with subs you do not have a wall of sound with an hx stomp whereas with a tube amp or solid state and cab you have.
Micing does not sound worse it can even sound way better for two reasons. One, you have the micing position changed in real time and second, you do not have blend shit in the IR departments. IRs are long eqs. Multi point. Nothing more nothing less. They are not dynamic and even faking impedance curves via software is not the same feeling or magnet interaction with the speaker. You need real current to have real negative feedback for your amp. But even if you say you don't need that a lot of times these multi point eqs come with power amp curves or room reverb curves eq'ed in. That is what they do.
Now, micing a guitar cab always can have problems with close micing with a dynamic mic to avoid the band noise etc and getting insane low end due to proximity. You have to eq out some stuff. IRs don't have that problem but, room reverb is then played in another room and that causes a lot of times phase cancellations and empties the sound in some areas. Which is why a lot of times guitar modelling dudes live tend to get lost in the mix and overcompansate with honky mids...it is what it is. You can hear the alice in chains sound guy analyzing it in tone talk.
So guitar cab micing? Needs experience and some work on the fly. Many players don't have the patience or experience to do so.
Yeah modelling stuff is great for that.
But is it the same or as inspiring as a guitar amp even live? For some it may be. For me it is not. Never ever. I kind of don't like it because I don't hear what I play as easily. I also don't want in ears. If these solutions work for some, more power! I'll try to carry as little as amps effects etc live and it will still be a burden vs modelling but as long as I can I will to be honest. It's about the experience and joy. If it was my money to live with I'd go live as cheap and as efficient in weight as possible.
That is why every major band carries lightweight axe-fx racks vs multiple tube amps and cabs.
I like the old school interface. reminds me of the first gameboy screen.
Wow, great sounds!
4:03 Ola gets the "Damn Deal Done!"
It is way more than convincing 😳. Because of living in an apartment It is impossible to play any sort of amp for me, so I can't be any happier. I remember when I first tried Revalver and now I look at today's technology....mind blowing....
Well, now I want one of these.
@@gabrielstevens41 that's the Ola effect
would be great if the EQ section can be tweaked to fit the actual amp"s tonestack, such as the frequency and the Q.
Hell yeah!
Almost spit out my coffee at "varför är det så JÄVLA högt!?" 😆
I watched the design on the creator's channel it was promising but if the great Ola strongly approves
I got mine a couple weeks ago im really really loving it. Orange Th30 feeling a little neglected atm
Great Video! NAM Rules!
Sounds really good!
I'm glad to see you put.some Damn Deal Done by Entombed kudos
Dimehead sounds amazeballs.
Too me it blows a lot of the fractal units out of the water , with the exception of the axe because it’s capable of a lot of amazing sound design ! But here’s the thing , why would I want to try to do that when so many guys have dialed in the perfect sounding IR’s , how many hundreds of hrs would I need to do to achieve good sounding guitars sounds ! How many hrs would that take away from playing and making music ? So having both would be nice, it’s a monetary time dilemma !
iv noticed guitarguitar in the u.k stock solar, do you know if/when they'll stock some v's? they've only had the wolfmasters for the last year, looking for one with a neck pickup and evertune bridge, thanks man
Sounds great!
This plus a TC Plethora would be an insane rig!
This thing sounds badass. Might have to make some captures for the people
I use NAM with power amp only captures. I plug into my preamp or pedals, run into PC, use NAM with the power amp capture and Cab IR. It crazy cool.
Hmm, can you point us to a few real cool power amp only captures, please? tone hunt or commercial? or your own?
@@CTBlaze I got them from Tone Hunt. Let me find the name of the package
@@CTBlaze Search there for power amps at the top search bar. You will find them. I can’t name them specifically or my post gets deleted
waiting for the coffee with Michael Romeo Ola
Sounded amazing
Nice to hear an entombed reference there
❤
Nice
Could you do videos of it. Where you show us how to hook it up step by step for a live situation then do the same for the studio situation?
i think I was waiting for something like this.
Bye Bye ToneX LOL!!
Line 6 should team up with NAM for there next gen Helix! Now that would be powerful!!
Yeah! NAM is pretty cool.
The best bass tone I ever achieved was on the NAM. It will be a dream come true to put in on a pedal.
I am using a nice Ampeg Portaflex capture with the according12" cab IR and a P-Bass with flats on it and I'm loving it. Definitely not the most versatile setup but the sound I always was longing for.
@@fuzzaldryn9626 oh man, I could not find a good sound for my P-Bass 😢 My sound is a Darkglass emulation for my Spector bass. Any chance you could share that with a fellow bassist?
That gold bar at the top had me thinking it was a Friedman for a moment.
I will order it!
Less than 1ms latency is nuts. 500 + tax and this replaces an entire basic rig: on board tuner, an overdrive, an amp, delay, tremelo, reverb, a cab IR loader... what else am I missing?
I may be insane, but I think this is not only the best priced, most powerful, but also most well spec'd modeler on the market?
If you can sacrifice the delay, it can also be turned into a Chorus/Flanger, because you can set the time super low up to 6ms and set LFO Depth 🙂And it also has the capability to split the signal before the IR loader, so you can run both into a poweramp+cab and into FoH simultaneously!
Ola I thank you for doing all these reviews! Learning the ins and outs of ALLLLLLLL these different I/Os and stupid proprietary softwares must be MIND NUMBING.... Hopefully one day we can just have open source modeling? \m/
NAM is open source!
This is the future. Nam is superior in captures.
Can these things be used with bass? I think it'll work great with a bass too. Bass parts usually don't change tone in the song. I just stick with one and just change like 2-3 times throughout the whole gig.
Yes! You can make NAM models of any amps / pedals / preamps etc... just load up some nice bass amp models / IRs (plenty on Tonehunt) and then you're all good!
I was really on the fence about what rig to build for my pedal board rig. But, this convinced me, this, my effects as needed, a power amp pedal for where cabs are usable,
Ola you've sold me on it. I was SO CLOSE from going nano cortex.
Thoughts on this Vs nano cortex?
I am not Ola, but DIMEHEAD all the way - reason is neither Kemper Player, ToneX nor Nano Cortex can put out one signal with IR, another without. With DIMEHEAD, you can do both simultaneously. I describe how to do that on my channel in my full review of the pedal, but it's just what it is: this thing is more flexible, and sounds awesome 🙂
@@PippPriss all of the devices CAN do that. You just run the rig stereo 🤣 only IR left and right as straight out to power amp. My B rig is a line 6 pod xt live. All cabs disabled as the preamps are KILLER! And then a 150w power amp and a 412. If I can go dimehead I'll be able to get rid of the B rig
The whole video sounded great OLA! It may not be the equipment... it might be you! 🤨
Anyone know what this riff is at 3:09 ? Been tryna learn this for YEARS and have never come across a tab or anything! Drives me mental! Such a dope riff both with gain and clean.
Banging video Ola as always! Sounds absolutely incredible
It looked a bit like Aerials, by System of a Down.
You havent used ears?
@@Ottophil To ignore the passive aggressiveness of your reply - Yes! I have used my ears for the time that I've been watching and recurringly seeing this riff be played by Ola, and I have gotten through some of it but mainly the structure changes via video as it seems to be a riff he enjoys noodling with in variations.
If you wanna give it a go do let me know if you manage to figure it out though!
Awesome demo! I am really glad you are digging the tones and the unit and especially you liking my profiles. As a long time fan of yours I am very proud of my small involvement in preparing the tones on the pedal sent to you! 🙂
I love my NAM Player, it's super flexible in the output routing. Use that to send signals to a power amp as well as to FOH in parallel, which is something ToneX, Kemper Player and Nano Cortex unfortunately are lacking.
Same here, I'm a huge fan and I couldn't be more proud today. Big ups Pipp! You have done such an awesome job lately with helping out and being so proactive with everything.
I've been messing around with NAM in Zynthian, which can run some decent effect chains. the comunity is probabily going to increase a bit.
Sounds great.Can these captures be downloaded somewhere to try?
ToneHunt has a huge collection of NAM profiles. Pipp's & Dom's (chainsaw) are there too.
That shit you was playing at the beginning of the video is fire 🔥👊
These player style plugin loader pedals are the future of this industry. Whoever gets it right will be the winner.
DimeHead did get it right already! Just big player marketing budget missing.
@@CTBlaze I’m not sure if they did it right with this price tag. A linux based “whole computer” with a lcd display and a embedded sound card is sub-optimal both engineering wise and cost wise. On top of that, assembling far east imported parts in Germany adds another layer of inefficiency.
@@CTBlazefor example, go buy a second hand mac mini and a focusrite interface. Open a daw of your choice and insert a NAM plugin. Cheaper.
You putting that on your pedalboard for a gig?
@@ledheavy26 I genuinely do actually every weekend.
This video has really made my day. Thanks Ola!
fuck that sounds good. how does the ui compare to everything else in the pedal board size modeling space?
4:02 “Damn Deal Done” by ENTOMBED ……great !
Btw: sounds real !
Omg first sounds blew me away, totaly insane chuuuugggg
The very first 1 or 2 things he plays sounds so much like Machine Head's first album, damn i want that so bad
is this more like tonex with extra button and delay ?
Ola, plugs into random amp... modeller... pedal... shoe box... and sounds like Ola!
should have wireless option and ext midi pedal option...wireless to change your presets via phone cpu etc,
I have the fm9 which is so great but so big. The fm3 has only 3 switches which is too little. All i need is my amp and one nice delay sound and one nice chorus sound.
Bottom line: im buying!!
The modulation delay so far flying a little bit under the review radar, albeit it is pretty tweakable and powerful. By setting the delay time short you can get some decent chorus sounds or by setting it even shorter and adding more feedback, flanger sounds. If you apply some high pass and low pass filtering you can make the delay really sit well in your mix without interfering to much with your original signal. So, to me it is a little bit more than just a nice to have gimmick but an actual full replacement of an external delay pedal.
Would love to see you start selling NAM capture bundles! Would go perfectly together with your IR packs. You have so many great amps and cabs, and you could even train the models locally on your gaming PC (I don't remember what GPU you have, but I suppose it's a pretty powerful one?).
Many of us bought and received this best NAM Player pedal many months ago, I had mine from the second batch! Anyway, better late than never for you bro!!
Weird that we're getting all this awesome live gear post-coof. Seems like gear like this & in-ears are all you really need to shred. If one had a small profile guitar like a headless, you could travel with your rig & some clothes with just a carry on.
Что то новое интересно звучащее....
ВАША подача материала всегда динамична и интересна....
Мне 65 лет могу сказать что я ваш поклонник....
Somewhere, Chinese Entertainment Publishers be like............... .............................*YOINK*
You know it
Time to pitch shift.
5:15 That's the "And We Die Young" sound in my head
Gapless preset switching and spillover?
gapless switching was added with the firmware update that dropped just a couple days ago
No Spillover, but ZERO switching gap. Literally, none, 0ms. They could establish a prebuffer which has all the profiles "cooking", ready to go off at all times, so there is no latency at all when switching presets.
I'm also wondering let's say you're u have real bad ass combo amp can you capture it and use it live without having to run ir
I love the NAM plugin - it sounds better than my Line 6 POD Go and POD Express. Highly recommended for home studio guys. Do you think the NAM Player could endure life on tour? Is it built well?
It's built like a tank, german style engineering =)
I used it on smaller tours, works perfectly fine.
Seems awesome. I still don't understand the difference between Neural and the Quad Cortex or Nano Cortex stuff - need to watch more Ola videos.