If you have questions about guitar sound,go for it😉.

FizzyLizzy27

Ever tried any guitars with lipstick pickups? A Danelectro with Lipsticks has been my “dream guitar” for a while. Currently I’m using an Ibanez Artcore Semi-hollow body with humbuckers and a Squire Starcaster with single coils. The Ibanez is really warm, kinda dark, and great for jazzy stuff but doesn’t cover solos for certain genres very well. The Starcaster is a bit too twangy. I’d like to get that scooped sound from lipsticks.

mjcouche

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@Squishy said:
I’ve noticed you using a variety of different NAM amp captures lately. Question about input levels: does each capture take the same input level? How do you go about setting your guitar input level to get the most out of each capture in regards to sound quality and response to dynamics? I’ve tried lots of different captures and a lot seem off and I think it might be due to my input either being too hot or low.
Thanks for the topic! 🤙

The NAM player responds to what you feed it with. In my own experience, A good practice is to keep your guitar signal's highest peaks at -6dB and ensure you have good dynamic range between quiet and loud playing. Then some gain staging on your signal chain to mimic analogic signal chain. Another thing is that some profiles seem to respond better to single coils where other like more humbuckers. I personally have a telecaster with the 4 way switch mod, so it is easy to check on that. If you have humbuckers with coil split, that could also help.
If after all that the profile still doesn't sound good, it might be a piece of crap like many on Tone3000.

There are also many ,many good ones😉.

J'en conviens, mon doux seigneur 😉

Je ne vois pas de seigneur ici😉😂.

Quelle humilité, Maestro !🤣

Pas d’humilité déplacée non plus😂😂.
Juste de l’objectivité 😉😉.> @mjcouche said:

@flo said:

@mjcouche said:
What plugins do you use other than NAM XT? Do you use AUM as a host? And do you use NAMxt for loading IRs or something like Thafknar?

I’m trying to run a similar setup to yours with pedals into interface into iPad, with some effects and out again from the interface into post amp effects (reverb and delay pedals) finally into the speaker system.

Thanks!

I use AUM as my signal chain.
I use Nam xt as an amp and ir loader.
I like to experiment,so if I need something else,I will use it.
It may be another ir loader if needed (jamp ir is interesting,jamp convolve too.)
Sometimes,I will put a compressor before Nam xt.fabfilter pro c2,or whatever works for getting the sound I hear and need.
I like plate reverbs on guitar.Gemini by yonac is really good,but there are many other options.
That’s it,I think.
Hope it helps.
Flo

Thank you! What are you doing to keep latency low but limit crackles? I am getting around 70-80% CPU with 4 plugins, buffer size of 32. Any more plugins I start to get crackles. Any higher buffer I start to notice the latency.

I have an iPad Air M4.
I use a 64 buffer size,with absolutely no problems.
Previously,I used an M1 iPad,and i,more than often,pushed it on its knees😉.

Thanks.
Flo

Thank you Flo. I currently have an M2 but trying to run an old iPad 6th gen (no M!)

flo

@FizzyLizzy27 said:
Ever tried any guitars with lipstick pickups? A Danelectro with Lipsticks has been my “dream guitar” for a while. Currently I’m using an Ibanez Artcore Semi-hollow body with humbuckers and a Squire Starcaster with single coils. The Ibanez is really warm, kinda dark, and great for jazzy stuff but doesn’t cover solos for certain genres very well. The Starcaster is a bit too twangy. I’d like to get that scooped sound from lipsticks.

To be fair,since I have my Luke,I have almost no interest for guitars anymore.
I play it since 18 years now.
I can’t play with anything else.
I have had many guitars in the past.
Enough of all that😂😉.
That being said,I love the sound of telecasters,Stratocasters,les Paul,etc….
Just not the need.
Thanks.
Flo

flo

@mjcouche said:

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@flo said:

@JanKun said:

@Squishy said:
I’ve noticed you using a variety of different NAM amp captures lately. Question about input levels: does each capture take the same input level? How do you go about setting your guitar input level to get the most out of each capture in regards to sound quality and response to dynamics? I’ve tried lots of different captures and a lot seem off and I think it might be due to my input either being too hot or low.
Thanks for the topic! 🤙

The NAM player responds to what you feed it with. In my own experience, A good practice is to keep your guitar signal's highest peaks at -6dB and ensure you have good dynamic range between quiet and loud playing. Then some gain staging on your signal chain to mimic analogic signal chain. Another thing is that some profiles seem to respond better to single coils where other like more humbuckers. I personally have a telecaster with the 4 way switch mod, so it is easy to check on that. If you have humbuckers with coil split, that could also help.
If after all that the profile still doesn't sound good, it might be a piece of crap like many on Tone3000.

There are also many ,many good ones😉.

J'en conviens, mon doux seigneur 😉

Je ne vois pas de seigneur ici😉😂.

Quelle humilité, Maestro !🤣

Pas d’humilité déplacée non plus😂😂.
Juste de l’objectivité 😉😉.> @mjcouche said:

@flo said:

@mjcouche said:
What plugins do you use other than NAM XT? Do you use AUM as a host? And do you use NAMxt for loading IRs or something like Thafknar?

I’m trying to run a similar setup to yours with pedals into interface into iPad, with some effects and out again from the interface into post amp effects (reverb and delay pedals) finally into the speaker system.

Thanks!

I use AUM as my signal chain.
I use Nam xt as an amp and ir loader.
I like to experiment,so if I need something else,I will use it.
It may be another ir loader if needed (jamp ir is interesting,jamp convolve too.)
Sometimes,I will put a compressor before Nam xt.fabfilter pro c2,or whatever works for getting the sound I hear and need.
I like plate reverbs on guitar.Gemini by yonac is really good,but there are many other options.
That’s it,I think.
Hope it helps.
Flo

Thank you! What are you doing to keep latency low but limit crackles? I am getting around 70-80% CPU with 4 plugins, buffer size of 32. Any more plugins I start to get crackles. Any higher buffer I start to notice the latency.

I have an iPad Air M4.
I use a 64 buffer size,with absolutely no problems.
Previously,I used an M1 iPad,and i,more than often,pushed it on its knees😉.

Thanks.
Flo

Thank you Flo. I currently have an M2 but trying to run an old iPad 6th gen (no M!)

My pleasure.
Enjoy playing guitar.🎸
Thanks.
Flo

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Ailerom

@sigma79 said:
What guitar would you recommend for a beginner ?

What sort of music do you want to play?

Are there any particular guitarists you want to learn from?

How important is the guitar appearance to you?

How much are you happy to spend? (consider you may not like the guitar at all, or you might find quickly you prefer something different and want to sell etc etc)

abf

@flo
How do you get smooth distortion, no fizz, without losing definition or without sounding muddy?

I hear many tracks in which the guitar is quite distorted but still crystal clear with none of the fizz as the note fades. Obviously, a loud amp does that well, but with software I struggle to achieve a smooth, clear sustain.

flo

@abf said:
@flo
How do you get smooth distortion, no fizz, without losing definition or without sounding muddy?

I hear many tracks in which the guitar is quite distorted but still crystal clear with none of the fizz as the note fades. Obviously, a loud amp does that well, but with software I struggle to achieve a smooth, clear sustain.

It is a great question.
The answer is…..Nothing special😉.
I choose the right amp and the right Ir cab.
No EQ or whatever,except when really needed.
You could use an eq,to cut the highs.
You can go as low as 6-7 khz.
Real guitar speakers don’t often (never?) go higher than those frequencies.
But the real key is to spend time choosing the good Ir for the given amp.
From my experience with real amps,speaker is the heart of guitar sound.
Maybe more than the amp itself.
Hope it helps.
Flo

pbelgium

@JanKun said:

@Squishy said:
I’ve noticed you using a variety of different NAM amp captures lately. Question about input levels: does each capture take the same input level? How do you go about setting your guitar input level to get the most out of each capture in regards to sound quality and response to dynamics? I’ve tried lots of different captures and a lot seem off and I think it might be due to my input either being too hot or low.
Thanks for the topic! 🤙

The NAM player responds to what you feed it with. In my own experience, A good practice is to keep your guitar signal's highest peaks at -6dB and ensure you have good dynamic range between quiet and loud playing. Then some gain staging on your signal chain to mimic analogic signal chain. Another thing is that some profiles seem to respond better to single coils where other like more humbuckers. I personally have a telecaster with the 4 way switch mod, so it is easy to check on that. If you have humbuckers with coil split, that could also help.
If after all that the profile still doesn't sound good, it might be a piece of crap like many on Tone3000.

Funnily enough @Jankun ‘6’ is the magic number. As I understand it the trick is to hit the DAC of your audio input device with a strong enough signal to make it do its job properly. On my iD4 I have to boost my input gain by about 6dBu to get an input level of around -6dB. This boost makes the amp sim too hot. So, reduce the input level of the amp sim by -6dB to make the app sound how the dev intended it to sound. We can’t all have @flo’s magic touch.

espiegel123

@pbelgium said:

@JanKun said:

@Squishy said:
I’ve noticed you using a variety of different NAM amp captures lately. Question about input levels: does each capture take the same input level? How do you go about setting your guitar input level to get the most out of each capture in regards to sound quality and response to dynamics? I’ve tried lots of different captures and a lot seem off and I think it might be due to my input either being too hot or low.
Thanks for the topic! 🤙

The NAM player responds to what you feed it with. In my own experience, A good practice is to keep your guitar signal's highest peaks at -6dB and ensure you have good dynamic range between quiet and loud playing. Then some gain staging on your signal chain to mimic analogic signal chain. Another thing is that some profiles seem to respond better to single coils where other like more humbuckers. I personally have a telecaster with the 4 way switch mod, so it is easy to check on that. If you have humbuckers with coil split, that could also help.
If after all that the profile still doesn't sound good, it might be a piece of crap like many on Tone3000.

Funnily enough @Jankun ‘6’ is the magic number. As I understand it the trick is to hit the DAC of your audio input device with a strong enough signal to make it do its job properly. On my iD4 I have to boost my input gain by about 6dBu to get an input level of around -6dB. This boost makes the amp sim too hot. So, reduce the input level of the amp sim by -6dB to make the app sound how the dev intended it to sound. We can’t all have @flo’s magic touch.

FWIW, the magic number depends on the capture. It can vary pretty widely based on how the capture was set up; both how the hardware was set up and how the software was set up for the capture come into play. There are quite a number of factors that come into play. This is equally true of Tonex and NAM captures. So, with any capture it is worth experimenting with the input level. This is info gleaned from discussions involving NAM’s developer and various people with good capture reputations on the NAM Facebook group. My satisfaction with NAM and TONEX captures has gone up immensely since learning about that.

JanKun

@pbelgium said:

@JanKun said:

@Squishy said:
I’ve noticed you using a variety of different NAM amp captures lately. Question about input levels: does each capture take the same input level? How do you go about setting your guitar input level to get the most out of each capture in regards to sound quality and response to dynamics? I’ve tried lots of different captures and a lot seem off and I think it might be due to my input either being too hot or low.
Thanks for the topic! 🤙

The NAM player responds to what you feed it with. In my own experience, A good practice is to keep your guitar signal's highest peaks at -6dB and ensure you have good dynamic range between quiet and loud playing. Then some gain staging on your signal chain to mimic analogic signal chain. Another thing is that some profiles seem to respond better to single coils where other like more humbuckers. I personally have a telecaster with the 4 way switch mod, so it is easy to check on that. If you have humbuckers with coil split, that could also help.
If after all that the profile still doesn't sound good, it might be a piece of crap like many on Tone3000.

Funnily enough @Jankun ‘6’ is the magic number. As I understand it the trick is to hit the DAC of your audio input device with a strong enough signal to make it do its job properly. On my iD4 I have to boost my input gain by about 6dBu to get an input level of around -6dB. This boost makes the amp sim too hot. So, reduce the input level of the amp sim by -6dB to make the app sound how the dev intended it to sound. We can’t all have @flo’s magic touch.

Paul, Last time I asked what was your answer to the strange creature you met at this remote Korean crossroad in the middle of the night, you were vague and elusive... Now I know ... 666 ...🤣

pbelgium

Good info @espiegel123, cheers. Just to be clear people should adjust the input level in the app, ie. not on the audio input device - that would affect the optimal level needed for the DAC. I’m still more than happy with Nembrini amps, so haven’t dived down the NAM rabbit hole.

@JanKun he’s still looking for you! 🤘