In-Depth Look: NAM player Hardware and Software Walkthrough

Hello, we are dim head and today we would like to introduce you to the N

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. Nam means neural amplifier modeler. It is an open standard for modeling amplifiers and, in our humble opinion, the best technology currently available. We have implemented this technology in a compact format and portable device before we dive into the user interface, let's

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at the connectors on the back from left to right, you have the input jack coming from your guitar or pedalboard, a line output if you want Connect it to an external amplifier, a headphone output and an XLR. output for your studio monitor mixer or as an output for your PA a midi input for remote control a USB host for uploading models and updating firmware and finally a standard 9V center negative power connector that requires less than 500 milliamps the interface User interface is clean and as simple as it is for the task at hand, it has four footswitches at the bottom, each of which selects one of the 128 available presets.

You can control the gain directly at the input of the signal chain. The built-in equalizer allows you to fine-tune your sound with the base mid and treble pots the volume knob sets the output volume after The equalizer with room control can set a variety of parameters depending on your settings, in this case it controls the mix of the spring reverb. All of these potentiometer values ​​are stored individually for each preset except headphone volume, on the screen you will see the currently selected preset at the top with its number and name below, it is the complete signal flow starting with the noise gate , you will navigate through the settings by turning the encoder, the currently active item is highlighted, pressing the encoder knob activates the selected option.

Options that have a dedicated knob cannot be controlled with the encoder, such as input gain. Next is the Nar model, the core of the entire device, allowing you to replicate any amplifier you want. Clicking on it opens the file explorer where you can select the model the factory folder contains our preloaded models that cannot be deleted your own imported models are located in the users folder can be deleted with a long press the model is followed by the equalizer and the volume also controlled by Dedicated Knobs that open the room menu allow you to choose between no effect, a convolution reverb and a delay, more effects will follow.

You can change the effect mix. The small knob symbol also indicates that this parameter is currently controlled by the Room knob when selecting the reverb file. the file dialog to select a different reverb the reverb file can be up to 60 seconds long the delay effect has a few more parameters, you can select the one that should be controlled by the room knob with a long press of the encoder and finally Go back in the overview, you can select a speaker impulse response on the left and right corners of the screen, there are input and output level meters, if you modify the current preset, a save symbol will appear at the top right , select it to save changes if desired. to discard the changes simply switch to a different preset the LED symbol allows you to change the preset LED color you can also change the preset with the rotary encoder long press in this position allows you to edit Ed the name of the preset another long press gets you back to the preset number to import new models, impulse responses or reverbs, copy the files to a USB drive and insert it into the USB port, the file explorer will open, select the files you want to import for wave files, the N

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will ask you if is it a speaker impulse response or a reverb, the default selection is a guess based on the file length, after that you can correct the gain of the file, where the system will also give you an educated guess by analyzing the input file what we have.

We now cover all the settings relevant to an individual preset by opening the settings menu you get access to global settings and a few other things. The line output impulse response option defines whether the speaker impulse response should be applied to the line output; is always enabled. for XLR and headphone outputs The noise gate threshold is defined globally and must be configured according to your configuration. LCD screen and LED brightness settings can be useful in different environments. You can also set the midi channel used for the middle input. There are two foot switches. modes one to four mode where the four footswitches select presets 1 to 4 or bank mode where you rotate through 64 banks with the two right footswitches and select any two presets in the bank with the two left foot switches activated on the second page you will find more features like load factory settings which will delete all your models and load default settings and presets so be careful with this you can also export and import all settings and models of your profiles to have a full backup or To duplicate the settings on a different device, we hope you enjoyed our brief introduction to the N player and that you like our interface options.

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