HOTONE AMPERO STOMP / STAGE NOW " IMPORT " NAM FILES

[JCW308]

If the Ampero II Stage had 2x the horsepower, it would be unbeatable at that price point. Unfortunately, it is a bit weak in horsepower once you start adding in captures.

 

[laxu]

If the Ampero II Stage had 2x the horsepower, it would be unbeatable at that price point. Unfortunately, it is a bit weak in horsepower once you start adding in captures.

For sure. That said..just using the amp models is not bad, especially into a good poweramp and cab.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

Leo Gibson just dropped a comparison:

 

[DLC86]

Leo Gibson just dropped a comparison:




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I wonder if he thought about matching the gain in the ampero vs whatever he used to create the software profiles... The last result especially is a bit suspect.

PS: the last two samples in the second part of the video sound like they have quite a bit more gain

 

[timbuck3]

This is great news

 

[GTR37]

If the Ampero II Stage had 2x the horsepower, it would be unbeatable at that price point. Unfortunately, it is a bit weak in horsepower once you start adding in captures.

I think the Ampero 3 will be very interesting
According to a post from FAS a while back there are new chips that are pretty powerful
One chip is equivalent to a full helix floor or beyond cpu wise
I am sure once those start getting utilized it will be a new game for the lower tiered units like Hotone

 

[Mike Oliphant]

I assume they have some sort of conversion process for the weights in the NAM files to work with their capture system.

Most likely, they just run their tone capture audio through NAM, producing the output of model. Then they would just capture it as they would any other signal.

 

[Mike Oliphant]

What I can see happening then is a lot of those will be uploaded back online to Hotone's version of a tone cloud server, where people can upload and exchange worse quality files (not NAM files). I don't like that. It feels wrong to me.

I never think it is a good idea to criticize a technology because of potential misuse by users. That would be like saying NAM is bad because you could use it to model Kemper or QC captures.

 

[BenIfin]

I think the whole "NAM Conversion" vs "NAM Purity" is totally irrelevant - the *only* thing that matters is the resulting sound and tone.

Yes - it looks like what Hotone is doing may (?) not be "good" (?)

But then - look at the Sonulab pedal

It too takes NAM Captures and modifies them to run in its proprietary format - result - see the video below - A/B audio demo starts at the 1min 25sec mark - I cant tell the difference.



And before anyone says "what about the "Null Tests" .... well .... from Leo's own video tests

- NAM Software -40.8
- Dienhead Pedal -40.3
- Tonex Software -38.1
- Tonex Pedal -34.9
- Sonulab -33.7
- Quad Cortex -33.3
- Kemper -30.9

The Sonulab Pedal which loads and then "propriotizes" the NAM Captures to the Sonluab Format -null tests better- than the Quad Cortex or Kemper and is virtually identical to the Tonex Pedal !!

 

[laxu]

Most likely, they just run their tone capture audio through NAM, producing the output of model. Then they would just capture it as they would any other signal.

The NAM transfer to Ampero is too fast for that.