It's happended to me a couple of times. I think NAM is not perfect and that some times tonex does better.So, the order was NAM -> Tonex -> Amp.
Odd thing, the wave form for Tonex was almost identical to the real amp making it very easy to line them up.
NAM was wildly different.
Any thoughts on this?
Ugh, my bias once again reinforced...So, the order was NAM -> Tonex -> Amp.
I knew that.So, the order was NAM -> Tonex -> Amp.
So, the order was NAM -> Tonex -> Amp.
Odd thing, the wave form for Tonex was almost identical to the real amp making it very easy to line them up.
NAM was wildly different.
Any thoughts on this?
Yeah, I could have added some gain when in the capture process for Tonex.You can only really gauge so much from the waveform for something as harmonically rich and full range as a guitar amp. There are many reasons for why it may or may not look similar, too many to pin on one reason.
Results were as I and several others guessed - the amp has a certain feel in the low end that’s hard for any modeller to get quite right. ToneX has some giveaway clues that can make it stand out - less gain, and a different low end and top end. I’m not sure why ToneX seems to need a bit of extra gain once a model is made to get it to unity, it’s been that way from the start.
How many epochs did you train with NAM? Have you tried xSTD or Hyper Accuracy models? They’ll close the gap a good amount more often than not.
I’m not sure why ToneX seems to need a bit of extra gain once a model is made to get it to unity, it’s been that way from the start.
Half of it is down to the user to get their levels right, but even when that’s correct ToneX seems to be consistently under. Quad Cortex does this too but I believe that’s because of its reamp levels not being aligned to the input. Harder to say for Kemper, in my experience it’s just more random in general.Even with known hardware, it is hard to get the calibration perfect to a fraction of a db accuracy.
Yeah I’ve found more often than not ToneX needs about another 2dB more gain once the model is made for it to sound right. Not much that can be done for closing the gap on the other stuff.Yeah, I could have added some gain when I the capture process for Tonex.
Yeah that sounds about right. I think for most people, example A would be satisfactory. It’s possible to get more accuracy but it involves doing some tweaks within NAM and maybe playing with different reamp files. The off the shelf reamp file and training are optimised for speed of reamping+training, as well as CPU, and you still get pretty good accuracy. But if accuracy is the goal then you can spend more time on the reamping and training.For the NAM Captures I used Tone 3000 with the 1000 epoch setting. It stopped at around 770 epochs due to whatever measure it uses to predict the benefit of further processes.
It's happended to me a couple of times. I think NAM is not perfect and that some times tonex does better.
Maybe the amp has intermittent stability issues?I have had a few NAM captures that came out poorly, but I had similar outliers with Kemper and Tonex. I haven’t done enough with a QC to say one way or the other, but I am sure it happens there too. I have no idea what causes it.
Maybe the amp has intermittent stability issues?
Before my turn to play the harp in the sky gets here, I need to play a SLO100 in real life!
This was amp and cab.Tonex really stood out in a negative way there, compared to the NAM (that got incredibly close) — though, of course, we're talking about subtle differences. Was that capture just from the amp (with an IR used later), or was it amp+cab? How Tonex compares to the Quad Cortex captures in your opinion?
Edit: Just to be clear, not bashing Tonex at all. I use Tonex and love it, but in this case it really lacked some gain and low end compared to the real amp.
Have you tried amp direct and making an IR of the cab in the same setup? Curious how much closer that gets for both ToneX and NAMThis was amp and cab.
I've had profiles turn out weird but it was due to the amp acting up during reamping.Maybe the amp has intermittent stability issues?
I apologise for the following attempted derailment but the (NAM) reamping and training process can actually be a pretty useful tool in provoking weirdness in an amp that wouldn't show up at normal signal types and levels. Sort of like an automated, unmedicated signal generator with a readout.I've had profiles turn out weird but it was due to the amp acting up during reamping.
If the power's stable & the amp doesn't do crazy stuff, I've had great & consistent results with NAM.
I wonder if it could be used to make an automatic diagnostic tool by teaching it to recognise typi
This was amp and cab.
Turning up the gain does increase the low end. It is possible to adjust this when making the capture but in this case I chose not to.
I think the Quad Cortex is great. Each have theor weak points.