NAM did what Quad Cortex has been promising to do for years now..... great job!
@PippPriss
Ай бұрын
NAM is simply AWESOME! Love it!
@resington
3 ай бұрын
It lives! NAM is glorious. Great to see you doing regular videos.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
NAM indeed is awesome! Good to be back, got some videos up my sleeve which I want to upload soon. :-) I'm on 🔥
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
Been testing it for two weeks now. FYI: It also takes pedals (e.g. all sorts of booster) very well because of the 4 ppV tolerance of the input.
@CTBlaze
3 ай бұрын
Ah, you as well? #meToo #GoldenSample
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Ah okay, I did not combine it yet with any pedals whatsoever. I will do tests on that front today and collect some experience on loading amp only models and run a tubescreamer before the NAM player.
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss TS style pedals work well. So do treble boosters (guess that's not your thing though :D). Also my Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster works well. You can also go crazy with all your fuzz pedals.
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
@@CTBlaze Yes sir. :) My personal birthday gift this month.
@Rocksite1
Ай бұрын
The NAM Player track was richer sounding, and had more chug. Part of that will be A/D D/A conversion, and perh. a difference between the cab impulse and the cab. I think the Facebook guys either have low quality audio interfaces/speakers, or tin ears. The good news is, at least with that very toppy model, NAM player sounds better.
@PippPriss
3 күн бұрын
Great that you hear that clear difference - I personally have to say, I don't mind too much. Both plugin and NAM Player are flexible enough to change anything I might dislike, which is awesome!
@CTBlaze
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video, very informative & entertaining. Can't believe you mentioned the Schuman PLL in the intro 😜 I love the LED brightness settings, BTW. So important for bedroomies or basement warriors 😉
@hcnilsson
3 ай бұрын
Amazing! 🤘 Incredible that there's a pedal out now on NAM.
@BobGuido
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video Phillipe. Exciting times!
@JohnWiku
3 ай бұрын
Flood gates are open, this is a great first version, thus is a bit expensive. I can't wait for other pedals to come in the future that can and will compete directly with ToneX!!!
@CTBlaze
3 ай бұрын
I think you meant the other way around? The others have to come up with pedals that can compete with the NAM Player!😁✌️ Price is not the only selling point, and for sure not for amateurs and professionals that seek for a high quality, stage-worthy, computerless platform for NAM Models, with presets at your foot. Some deem NAM superior to other modeling technology, too. Makes "competition" very relative, IMHO.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
I think the price has to be viewed as that of an early adaptor price. Yes, the ToneX ONE is hard to beat, price wise, but alone the fidelity ToneX vs. NAM is totally worth it. But that said, I am biased as NAM in general has a soft spot in my heart. ❤
@JohnWiku
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss Indeed! Just being able to load any reverb in existence, makes it all worth it, tbh, especially considering that you can also replace a delay pedal. There are reverb and delay pedals that can do what they NAM player does, and still cost way more! As soon as they add more effects, it will be unbeatable. Is it possible that they could chorus, flanger and maybe phaser?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
@@JohnWiku While I have no insight, both simple Delays as well as the majority of Modulation pedals somehow or another rely on bucket brigade chips/schematics. I'd say if a Delay is possible via DSP, I see no issue in having a Chorus as well.
@SenseiKreese
3 ай бұрын
This thing has a major oversight in my opinion - no high cuts - and while you can do this later if you're recording, it's not so simple live. I mentioned this on their FB page and they wrote - 'great idea, we can implement that later in a firmware update!' - but I'm not gonna buy it unless it's there.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
I am in close discussion with the inventor, and this is also on my Feature Request list in the IR section. HP and LP would be beneficial adjustments. And to be honest, I had issues with the noise gate, it was totally stuttery. After a single day of recoding, Dirk provided me a test firmware update with a vastly improved noise gate. ONE.SINGLE.DAY. ;-) So I have high hopes for highpass/lowpass. Also; eventually reshoot your IR with the High pass and Low pass cut which you usually go with. Might be worthwhile a workaround.
@angepozzo6162
3 ай бұрын
Very promising new piece of gear ! In my watch list now ....
@PippPriss
20 сағат бұрын
Rightfully so!
@LucasLeCompteMusic
3 ай бұрын
Awesome breakdown!!
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@ItaiIfrach
3 ай бұрын
The future is here, thanks for an amazing demo, a bit expensive for nam when u have it free on daw but still a nice release
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Your welcome, and thanks for the nice words! Yes, it's not exactly cheap, but well worth the investment. As with anything as an early adaptor, that always costs a bit to get in the market. But DIMEHEAD being a small company, I would love to see them success!
@rethinktone
3 ай бұрын
It's cheap compared you upgrading your computer enough to run it. Not everyone has the specs that can run it properly.
@RyoCanCan
3 ай бұрын
NAM is one of the best things that has happened in guitar/bass VST world in a long time.
@PippPriss
20 сағат бұрын
Truly a game changer in the field of capturing analog gear.
@chopshop777
3 ай бұрын
You are a killer riffer, not enough riffs in this video. every video for whatever reason must have tons of RIIIFFFFSSS, WE WANT MORE RIIFFFFSSSSS LOL . Cheers. Ed😅🤣😂😂🤣😅
@marcelolivier7685
3 күн бұрын
To low-end on the pedal is different / bigger, but that is probably the AD/DA on it
@plecogod
3 ай бұрын
Interesting piece of gear, but a little too pricey for me. I have been using NAM captures directly in Audio Assault Amplocker software via their custom NAM Player. I load a capture, tweak it with stomp boxes or effects pedals as needed and save that as a Amplocker preset. I then use my midi control pedal to assign different presets to banks in the pedal. It's a low tech way to do it, but it works.
@PippPriss
Ай бұрын
Absolutely fair to do so. If you feel fine with bringing a laptop to a gig, which I played with a guitar player doing so successfully and getting great sounds, who would I be to argue against that :-) I personally love the form factor and like devices to be intended for a singular/particular purpose, so this unit is perfect for me.
@Mr_Bollie
3 ай бұрын
Mine is about to ship and I'm also super-pleased how quick Dimeheads reponds to e-mails. I wanna use this in conjunction with H90. I'm a bit bummed, the NAM pedal doesn't have a pre-IR stereo insert. In that case, we could do stuff like sending a stereo signal with IR to FOH, and let's say a monitoring signal without the IR to a guitar cab, both with all effects from the H90 or whatever FX pedal you are using. Maybe an idea for the next product: The NAM Player Plus. ;D
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
Evolution is a continuous process. ;-)
@PippPriss
3 күн бұрын
With the new firmware, maybe partially your desired scenario is possible, or at least somewhat manageable! I got a full video on the Update and its core features, if you want to check them out! :-)
@gerrykavanagh
3 ай бұрын
Great review! With IK and MOD Audio, and now Dimehead, it's great to see EU based companies killing it in this space.
@TudorAdrian
3 ай бұрын
Re 31:30, I've asked about the maximum input gain rating quite a few times on DimeHead's posts but they never answered. Needless to say, that didn't do much for me to get me onboard with the unit. Will have my eyes peeled if ever they do a revision 2 that can also act as a audio interface & have some sort, even if very limited just for the files, computer management.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Totally get that, I also read your post and was waiting for the reply as well ;-) Gain set at 1.9/10 gives me the same fidelity as my audient iD44 with +10dBu (at least that's what the data-sheet says), I could see your captures mostly aimed for +16dBu of headroom work well within this context, since I would have to gain them up a bit, and the headroom is there to crank the gain. I think that the gain parameter is not exactly modelled after the simply input gain as in NAM, but made within the DSP. But a gain knob is a gain-knob, and with numeric values 0.0 - 10.0 vs. dB reference like in the NAM plugin, the transition has to be done anyways by ear. A bit unfortunate for us NAM-nerds, but I guess a benefit for the lesser technical sophisticated people.
@soulscollector81
3 ай бұрын
The gain seems promising!
@rethinktone
3 ай бұрын
I think this is totally worth its value. Im a huge fan of the nam as it compares side by side with the other profilers. It just absolutely smokes everyone. I just have a fear of buying this because I've never heard of this company and i feel like there is no consumer protection from the states (thats where im from). What if they get stuck on backorder for two years? What if my product comes broken? What happens if there is a flaw in the machine that makes it break after a few years? Im super impressed with the latency, sound quality, and convolution reverb. But yeah, i trust boutique builders with analog circuits but this just seems like a risky purchase. Call it my anxiety though lol. I wish them nothing but success and i hope to see them do rewlly well because i love that they are putting nam on live stages.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
It's a early adaptors product, that's for sure. But I genuinely believe that this could bring the company to new exciting heights, and therefore it's well worth the investment and "risk". To be fair - if my warranty period expires, then I am also screwed at any other retailer. And I trust this basis more than the ToneX Pedal, to be honest - that one already failed me after 7 months of rudimentary use, and took 6 weeks and 10 mails (not exaggerating) from the seller to IKM to be repaired.
@rethinktone
3 ай бұрын
@PippPriss but at least there was support for that. I feel like they are too small to be able to fix the issue. But you have a good point... will definitely think about it. The build quality on high production models are intentionally not the best so you have to buy it again. I can imagine this boutique brand wanting to make something that lasts a while.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
@@rethinktone I think planned obscolescence is not necessarily a thing within the guitar gear market, because this stuff is not underlying that of needing constant refreshing, like in other consumer hardware. But absolutely, think well about what you need and spend your money wisely. If you are more into needing full suite effects, maybe the Kemper Player is better for your needs. If you want the highest fidelity capture, well then it's NAM. If you want middle-of-the-road, but way cheaper, then rather ToneX. 🙂
@rethinktone
3 ай бұрын
@PippPriss for me the kemper player is just pointless. I know people like the UI of it. But I'd rather just pair my tonex with an hx effects. This really is compelling and I wouldn't mind having both. And I'm not one to usually have extra shit I don't need. The ecosystem of the tonex looks so nice and easy compared to nam.
@DavidJosephBoth
3 ай бұрын
"smokes" dude you can't her a difference in the NAM on pc vs tonex quality profiles. Null test maybe, but in real world? "Smoke"? that's hype
@cipralex666999
23 күн бұрын
Great video! Do you have a link for good reverbs?
@PippPriss
14 күн бұрын
Thanks! Unfortunately, I have no source for reverbs. I personally would do my own using reverb plugins from plugins which I enjoy. I made a video on how to create IRs on my channel, the process is exactly the same for reverbs.
@stormyandcold
3 ай бұрын
Closest competitor is the Amperium Live, which is out of stock, but, really good as well.
@PippPriss
3 күн бұрын
St. Rock also makes the React:IR II, which I would love to try out, besides the Amperium Live, as well!
@jumpbackgeno
3 ай бұрын
Sorry if I missed it but can it run in stereo?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
No, unfortunately not.
@jumpbackgeno
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss Ok thanks for the Reply, the unit sounds bad ass and thank you for the update.
@miked5487
3 ай бұрын
Does it play regular NAM files or only the micro ones?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Regular, standard! Number of epochs does not matter ;-)
@CTBlaze
3 ай бұрын
all kinds, whatever you prefer. But the DSP is mighty enough for standard architecture and more (i.e. the added convolver)
@miked5487
3 ай бұрын
@@CTBlaze that is quite brilliant.. cheers
@dillpereira250
3 ай бұрын
Great pedal, but for me the major feature (parallel output without IR) isn't that good because the pedal doesn't have FX loop. If your use some modulation pedals and/or specific reverbs/delays (which normally are used after drives) the parallel output becomes just useless because one of the two signals will be dry. Cool video, bro!
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
The order of linear reverbs / delays and modulation effects don't matter if they are before or after the Cab IR (which is also linear). Delay pedals usually take a mono signal and then become stereo, so that's solved too. You'll be fine either way!
@dillpereira250
3 ай бұрын
@@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs You're right, but the cab sim out is still XLR, probably mic level (I didn't found this info). So you'll need extra equipment to match connections/impedance anyway
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
@@dillpereira250 *it can be on both the xlr and 1/4" jack outputs. You can choose CAB on/off with the 1/4" output.
@dillpereira250
3 ай бұрын
@@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs Yeah, but I can't use it this way on stage sending a signal to the poweramp + real cab and other signal to FOH with all the fx and cabsim. That's why hx stomp is still so usefull on stage
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
If you have a Hx Stomp, you should then run the NAM player with 4 cable method into your Helix. Job done!
@eoinodonnell
3 ай бұрын
How many stock captures come with it and do you know where they came from (such as ToneHunt)? Same question for IRs
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
Stock captures sound great. I personally enjoy all of their Marshall captures the most. But the SLO 100 capture also sounds great, too. But to be also frank: there are not many stock captures yet. But I confident there will be more in future.
@PippPriss
2 ай бұрын
There are around 20 stock captures or so, maybe a bit more (haven't counted). The stock captures, to my knowledge, are not taken from ToneHunt or anything, since that is not legal to just take them and include them into a commercial product without prior consent of the actual capture-creator. I guess, these are self-made by the folks at DIMEHEAD with their own equipment..
@mialarssen2627
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for that great review :) ... This unit is quiet overpriced !
@PippPriss
20 сағат бұрын
It is costly, but also very good. Also, it received a v1.0.0 firmware update making it even more usable. Made a video on it on my channel, maybe that might be interesting for you!
@RockGuitarVibes
3 ай бұрын
Latency?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
The official statement is ~ 0,5ms of latency. I have to calculate that yet, but for me indescernible, no latency to detect at all, and I am quite sensitive. Anything around 10ms is already a tad too much to me.
@fuzzaldryn9626
3 ай бұрын
Highly overlooked pedal fact for me: runs full NAMs with zero detectable latency when playing. In fact it feels like realtime. Of course technically it's not. But man, 0.5ms... that's 0.0005s. Thats just a tad slow than a lighting strike.
@VanjaSpirin
3 ай бұрын
It is to expensive. You can buy 3 Tonex One things for the price. I use NAM regularely, but the free plugin. You see? free vs expensive?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Well, first off, I think a comparison vs. the ToneX ONE is flawed.and unfair. Nobody is going ahead and comparing the big ToneX vs ToneX ONE, since everybody agrees that MIDI, more I/O etc. are making a difference in price. So I think you have to compare the NAMplayer to the original ToneX. If you compare NAMplayer vs. ToneX, here is my personal list, why NAMplayer is better: - You have a Delay - Convolution Reverb is a cool feature - DI out can have IR on, line out can have IR off; this one is huge for me personally - NAM captures have a way higher fidelity to them, ToneX never got the captures quite right for high gain - The Noise-Gate is substantially better - Importing IRs and NAM models is simple and straight forward; load files in USB Stick, USB Stick in, import, done - Small development team, super fast changes are possible (I ask today for a better gate, Dirk gives me a test firmware tomorrow) ToneX has these advantages: - Has a compressor, nice for cleans - Has the editor software - More global configuration features - built in tuner (we had to wait 1 year for this update!) If you now take into consideration, that DIMEHEAD is a small company and cannot produce at scale, and this is an early adaptor device (the worldwide first commercial device which can use NAM profiles), you just have to expect a higher price. You can find that too expensive, and that is okay. But I think given these points the price point is totally okay. And comparing NAM as an open source container being free vs. any product made with NAM costing money is nonsense. NAM has been specifically designed to be embedded into products, and they will cost money after all.
@Madlikedad
3 ай бұрын
I think there’s a couple other things missing in the equation you have there. MIDI, stereo, a marketplace, warranty, support, etc. These guys have done great in getting NAM into a pedal format. I would avoid comparing to Tonex. That’s a common sales error though. Sell the benefits, pure and simple.
@DavidJosephBoth
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss i do like the usb feature!! and DI on or off in line out is cool also. Built in delay, pass! Built in reverb, pass. That latency sounds awesome if true. wow. Makes me curious no doubt
@VanjaSpirin
2 ай бұрын
@@Madlikedad it is illogical not to compare it to similar but cheaper product.
@Madlikedad
2 ай бұрын
@@VanjaSpirin you would just do a disservice to your own product. Tonex destroys this in the monetary value department. So comparing something that doesn’t have 150 onboard profiles, or 20,000 captures in a centralized location for easy access, or stereo output to something that does but is $200 cheaper just seems like a horrible marketing strategy. But what do I know, I only manage to coordinate 1.5 mil in sales each year. This product stands out much better without mentioning the Tonex ecosystem is my only point. It looks great by itself to NAM users. But standing next to Tonex diminishes the perceived value….a bunch.
@WholeLottaBulldog
3 ай бұрын
This vs tonex for high gain? Purely tones.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Is there a specific reason how you can't to this conclusion? NAM is generally known to make better captures overall. But curious to hear different thoughts around the subject
@ErikAnders
3 ай бұрын
How much space is available for profiles cab etc?
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
There's approximately 3gb of storage on the device... a NAM file is about 290kb, and an IR is roughly 100kb. Everything is loaded via a USB stick, so it's easy to quickly change things up whenever you need to do so.
@PippPriss
3 күн бұрын
Enough space for thousands of NAM profiles as well as thousands of IRs. Since you only got 128 presets, I guess that's more than enough ;-)
@djabthrash
2 ай бұрын
Great video
@luckyluc25
2 ай бұрын
I'm a big fan, but I think $640 U.S. is WAY TOO MUCH just a "Player" with no additional effects other than reverb. $399 U.S. would be better IMHO as you'll most likely use your own made tones, or others made by other people, not NAM. Please understand I'm not putting this down in any way. But my $179 Tonex One can do 90% of what this can for over 3 times less? Sounds just as good. I run a $179 Tonex One Pedal into loop 1 of a $449 Boss MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher, and it's crushing. That $629, and I have almost every effect Boss makes, with all the tones in the world I want with the Tonex. I believe to be the best budget option right now for every guitar player to be honest. If this was $399, I'd consider running this onto my Boss MS-3 instead as I do believe this is the future of Modeling.
@PippPriss
2 ай бұрын
I think a straight comparison between the ToneX One and NAMplayer is somewhat misleading, since the NAMplayer is capable of quite alot more than the original ToneX pedal as well, and that in turn has more capabilities than the ToneX One. But, it also cannot be argued that IK Multimedia have struck a master coup with the ToneX One. The feature set for the price point is sheer insanity, and they are selling the ONE pedals like hot cakes, rightfully so. Combining that with the BOSS MS-3, or a Line 6 Helix Stomp or similar is a super powerful rig which gives you more than you could ever need. The NAMplayer on the other hand is and will perhaps remain a niché product for early adaptors and fans of the NAM technology. I really hope they take off however, as the product is great. NAM captures are just a tad more responsive in the way it reacts, and I am at a point where I only can hardly live with the compromises ToneX let me live with. I received an heavy discount for making the video, but I would have certainly as well bought the pedal full price.
@artquantmindproject2116
3 ай бұрын
Compared to Tank G, it is 20 times cheaper, but the quality difference is no more than 30%.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Have not tried or heard really of the Tank-G, I will read a bit into what i5 is and what it can do. But it seems to be a very cheaply made Chinese product, kind of a rip off of the ToneX pedal. As time progresses, things will become cheaper and more accessible. However, I also find it important to support domestic and underground pedal developers who really innovate. DIMEHEAD definitely are in the second group of companies :-)
@zeppo20
3 ай бұрын
What about latency?
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
None at all - official statement is 0,5 ms of latency, and I believe that.
@zeppo20
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss That´s good.
@maxammo6282
3 ай бұрын
Foot switches that close together is never a good thing. These switches are the closest switches I've seen on any unit. SMH. Seriously you guys couldn't have made it a couple inches bigger.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
Fair point, although I am only the messenger, so please don't shoot me 🙂. I personally think that a lot of people however will not use the footswitches of the device, but rather use a midi controller to change presets, like they are doing with the ToneX pedal in conjunction with the Line6 Helix, which seems to be able to send the MIDI program change commands to the ToneX (and, in this case, NAMplayer).
@maxammo6282
3 ай бұрын
@@PippPriss yeah I'm not shooting the messenger bro just making an observation. This products going to be a pass for me. The new Katanas are looking very good especially with Bluetooth connectivity to control everything from your phone if you choose. And then the screen on this thing, definitely doesn't have a good workflow. And then they want an arm and a leg for this. And again those foot switches the two in the middle are practically useless in a live situation. Not looking to get another pedal to operate a pedal. And I'm pretty sure the midi on this thing is like every other one. Confusing and vague. I think I just sold myself the Katana LOL.
@PippPriss
3 ай бұрын
@@maxammo6282 Looks indeed like the new Katana is then for you ;-) all cool, we are just super fortunate having all of these options. We are truly spoiled
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
On that note, I'd say the Quad Cortex probably wins the award for "The closest switches on any unit".
@daviddurden8391
3 ай бұрын
I find Nam profiles too sterile!!!
@DomMcsweeney-DoomPlugs
3 ай бұрын
Hey, not sure what that means - but for me, the best thing about NAM is being able to train models of my own gear. Have you had a go at reamping and training your own amps/pedals yet? I assure you it's one of the most awesome experiences =)
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