http://mod.audio/desktop/
A guitarist on the NAM Facebook Page recommended I check this out. Does anyone have experience with it?
According to their website:
EXPLORE, CREATE & PLAY
Sculpt your tone, community-enhanced.
Effortlessly create your dream rigs using a familiar pedalboard workflow, enriched by a vast library of community-driven plugins.
Mod Audio: Any thoughts?
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- KVRAF
- 15338 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
We are the KVR collective. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. 
My MusicCalc is served over https!!
My MusicCalc is served over https!!
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- KVRian
- 997 posts since 6 Jun, 2016 from San Marcos, Texas
The main developer behind the MOD software is falkTX ( https://github.com/falkTX/falkTX ), and he's the real deal. He's a legit FOSS guy and has been contributing to libre/linux pro audio for like over a decade now.
The company MOD (MOD Audio, MOD Devices, etc.) otoh has had a bumpy ride, if you ask me. I was burned by them through their MOD Dwarf kickstarter ... I could say a lot, but I'll hold back.
Nonetheless, the MOD Desktop thing is quite cool, and the basis of it has been developed since 2013, free and open source.
Then comes the addition of AIDA-X, which is a lighter weight NAM sort of thing. It uses far less CPU, but gives approximate results--almost indistinguishable. The existing amp sims were good, but, obviously this new ilk of AI modeling is sonically superior.
In addition to this, the MOD suite of tools are quite powerful, and goes WAY beyond what you might expect from a guitar/bass processor. You could practically run an entire show from one instance.
So ... I'm not a fan of the so called MOD "devices", i.e. the pedals/interfaces they sell, BUT, I am a fan of the software and the main dev behind it.
The company MOD (MOD Audio, MOD Devices, etc.) otoh has had a bumpy ride, if you ask me. I was burned by them through their MOD Dwarf kickstarter ... I could say a lot, but I'll hold back.
Nonetheless, the MOD Desktop thing is quite cool, and the basis of it has been developed since 2013, free and open source.
Then comes the addition of AIDA-X, which is a lighter weight NAM sort of thing. It uses far less CPU, but gives approximate results--almost indistinguishable. The existing amp sims were good, but, obviously this new ilk of AI modeling is sonically superior.
In addition to this, the MOD suite of tools are quite powerful, and goes WAY beyond what you might expect from a guitar/bass processor. You could practically run an entire show from one instance.
So ... I'm not a fan of the so called MOD "devices", i.e. the pedals/interfaces they sell, BUT, I am a fan of the software and the main dev behind it.
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- KVRAF
- 9187 posts since 6 Oct, 2004
The latest version of the linux Guitarix software supports .nam and .aidax captures, and the 'RTNeural Multi Engine' module allows loading and A/B blending of two amps, great fun finding useful combos...like a Fender clean with something high-gain, blended to taste 
Lunardigs is right about the aidax low cpu use and good sound quality.
Lunardigs is right about the aidax low cpu use and good sound quality.
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- KVRAF
- 16621 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
My experience with NAM and AIDA-X models within Two Notes Genome has been quite poor. Dunno if they're really that bad or if it's an issue with Genome. Anyway, give Mod Audio a try, give Tonocracy a try, and give Tonex a try, then decide for yourself. The free version of Tonex comes with 40 amp captures (20 preset and 20 of your choosing):
https://tonocracy.com/
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonex/
https://tonocracy.com/
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonex/
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 22 Jan, 2024
Hi Uncle E,Uncle E wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:05 am My experience with NAM and AIDA-X models within Two Notes Genome has been quite poor. Dunno if they're really that bad or if it's an issue with Genome. Anyway, give Mod Audio a try, give Tonocracy a try, and give Tonex a try, then decide for yourself. The free version of Tonex comes with 40 amp captures (20 preset and 20 of your choosing):
https://tonocracy.com/
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/tonex/
Amy from Two notes here! Sorry to hear this - have you tried turning off the Tone Stack, Enhancer and EQ, set the Input to Neutral and Oversampling to Off? This should provide a like-for-like representation of the capture
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- KVRAF
- 16621 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Thanks, Amy! Sorry, I hope that didn't sound like criticism, everything else about Genome is fantastic and Two Notes has provided one of the best customer experiences I've ever had (as we can see by your post here).
Turning those things off helped but most of the NAM and Aida-X captures still sound quite rough. For example, Cali Bman.nam is harsh and edgy sounding at every setting except 0.0 Gain (even with a cabinet added after), and thus it can't do the smooth saturation that Bassman's are known for. I get better results using the other Genome amps, which are great!
Turning those things off helped but most of the NAM and Aida-X captures still sound quite rough. For example, Cali Bman.nam is harsh and edgy sounding at every setting except 0.0 Gain (even with a cabinet added after), and thus it can't do the smooth saturation that Bassman's are known for. I get better results using the other Genome amps, which are great!
