For NAM pedal owners · Windows & macOS

A whole studio rig,
in one slot of your NAM pedal.

Dial the sound in NAM 9000: drives, amp channel and gain, EQ and cab. Then export it as one standard .nam file that your NAM hardware player loads. It comes with the input level to set, so the pedal hears the rig the way the plugin did.

Download free How it works

Why a rig, not a profile

A capture is one ingredient. Your pedal has room for the whole sound.

A downloaded capture is one amp at one setting. The sound you actually want usually has a drive in front of it, a channel and gain you chose, some EQ and a cab you like. On a computer that is five blocks. On a pedal it is often one model slot and an IR.

Everything static, in one file

Drives, the amp's channel and gain position, tone stack, EQ and the cab are rendered and trained into one model. That gives you one file and one slot on your unit.

Dialled by ear first

Build the tone where it is easy: a big screen, a mouse, A/B presets, and the amp and pedals in front of you. Send it to the pedal only when it is right.

Level-matched to your playing

How hard you drive a neural model changes its tone, not just its volume. NAM 9000 listens to you play, then tells you the input level to set on your unit.

Standard .nam, nothing locked

The result is an open Neural Amp Modeler file. Keep it, back it up, and load it into the plugin again next to the original to compare.

How it works

From preset to pedal in four steps

  1. Right-click a preset, then Export for hardware

    Any preset works: your own, the stock ones, or one built on an amp from a pack. NAM 9000 loads it and starts the export. To export a sound you haven't saved yet, use Render Rig in the toolbar instead.

    A preset's right-click menu with Export for hardware highlighted

  2. Play for a few seconds

    NAM 9000 measures how hard you play and gives you a target for your unit's input, with a plain verdict: healthy, too low or too hot. No meter on your pedal? It tells you what to do instead.

    The playing-level check before an export: -7.6 dBFS, healthy

  3. See what is baked in

    The prompt lists what goes into the file and what stays behind. Delay, reverb, modulation and the noise gate are switched off for the render, because a capture is static. Name it and write down the input level.

    The export prompt: what is baked in, which effects are switched off, the input level to use, and the name

  4. Train it, then load it on your unit

    The app runs the capture signal through the rig on its own, so you need no interface, no cables and no reamp box. On Windows with an NVIDIA card it trains on your computer. On a Mac, or without an NVIDIA card, train it free in the browser at TONE3000. Copy the .nam to your pedal, set the input level, and add your unit's own delay and reverb on top.

    The capture page cloning the rig, 37 percent done

What travels in the file

Made for the unit, not just the plugin

  • The full-quality model. The plugin stores a FULL and a LITE model in one file; the export unpacks the full one into a plain .nam, the form hardware players load.
  • Gear type. The file says whether it is a full rig with cab or an amp without one, so your unit can tell a cab-included capture from a DI.
  • Input calibration. If you have set INPUT CAL to your interface, the reference level goes into the file for players that read it.
  • Dual amps, kept apart. A dual-amp rig exports two files, "…L" and "…R", one per head. Load them into two slots and the stereo picture comes back with no width lost and nothing cancelled.

What stays behind

Moving effects belong on the pedal

  • Delay and reverb. They have tails, and a capture holds none.
  • Modulation and tremolo. They change over time; a model is a snapshot.
  • The noise gate. Gate on the unit, after the model, where it belongs.

Every NAM pedal has these effects built in. The model brings the part a pedal can't fake: the amp, the drives and the cab.

Two amp heads side by side in NAM 9000's dual rig

What you can export

Free for your captures, Pro for whole rigs

  • Your own captures, free: every capture you make in NAM 9000 exports for hardware in the free app.
  • Whole presets and rigs, with Pro (€19 one-time): Export for hardware and Render Rig bake anything you dialled into one file.
  • The five house heads come with Pro: Vintage, Wreck, Hot Rod, Modern and Brutal, three channels each. Dial them in and export any channel and gain.
  • Amps from packs, inside a preset: a purchased profile isn't exported on its own, but a rig you built around it is.
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At a glance

What you need

The appNAM 9000, free, on Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) or macOS 11 and later. Standalone or as a plugin in your DAW.
TrainingWindows with an NVIDIA GPU trains on your computer. A Mac, or a PC without one, trains free in the browser at TONE3000.
Your unitAny NAM hardware player that loads standard .nam files, such as the Dimehead, HoTone and Darkglass units. We don't certify individual models, so check your unit's manual for the file types and sizes it accepts.
OutputOne standard .nam per rig (two for a dual-amp rig), with gear type, name and calibration in the file.
PriceExporting your own captures: free. Whole presets and rigs: NAM 9000 Pro, €19 one-time.
LicencesPro and packs unlock offline with a key. No activation server, ever.

Questions

NAM pedal export FAQ

Will an exported file load on my NAM pedal?

The export is a standard .nam file holding one plain model. That is the form NAM hardware players load, not the two-in-one A2 container the plugin uses internally. We don't certify individual units, so check your unit's manual for the NAM file types and sizes it accepts.

Why does it ask me to play before it exports?

A .nam file has no level of its own, and how hard you drive a neural model is part of its tone: a few dB off is a different amp, not a louder one. NAM 9000 measures how hard you play and tells you the input level to set on your unit, so the pedal hears the rig the way the plugin did.

Do I need an NVIDIA graphics card?

Only to train on your own computer, on Windows. On a Mac, or on a PC without an NVIDIA card, NAM 9000 renders the rig on your computer and you train it free in the browser at TONE3000, then download the .nam.

Can I export the amps from packs I bought?

Yes, inside a preset. With Pro, any preset exports as one .nam, including presets built on purchased amps and on the five house heads that come with Pro. Purchased profiles can't be exported on their own, only as part of a rig you dialled.

Are delay and reverb in the export?

No. A capture is static, so delay, reverb, modulation and the noise gate are switched off for the render. Add them back with your unit's own effects.

Is exporting free?

Your own captures export for hardware in the free app. Exporting a whole preset or rig is part of NAM 9000 Pro, a one-time €19 upgrade with an offline licence.

Step by step with every screen: Render Rig and Export for hardware in the manual.

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