Play guitar through NAM: check input, model, and cabinet IR
Set up browser NAM and diagnose doubled monitoring, duplicated cabinet filtering, and latency.
NAM, Neural Amp Modeler, processes audio using models trained on equipment behavior. LA Studio offers browser NAM. This is different from loading a native VST binary directly into a web page.
Prepare the signal path
Use a guitar, an interface with an instrument input, and wired headphones. Input gain affects distortion as well as recording level, so avoid clipping. Check usage conditions for any third-party model.
Get sound in order
- Open NAM from Guitar Amp.
- Check browser microphone permission and the selected input device. Establish that the input receives signal.
- Select an amp model. Check its description to learn whether cabinet and microphone characteristics are already included.
- Add a cabinet IR only if needed. Begin with low output volume.
Avoid duplicate cabinet filtering
An amp-only model and a complete amp/cabinet/microphone capture need different processing. Adding a cabinet IR to an already complete capture can dull the sound. Change the model and IR one at a time and compare the same phrase.
Latency and doubled sound
Hardware direct monitoring plus browser monitoring can produce overlapping clean and processed signals. Choose the path you want to hear. Bluetooth and heavy processing can add delay. A browser does not necessarily expose every audio-driver setting.
Keep a DI recording
Save the clean guitar signal if you may change the tone later. A distorted-only export cannot be turned back into the original clean input. Record model and IR names to reproduce the setup.
Listen to the model and IR separately
Compare the same phrase as input, NAM, and NAM plus IR. These teaching renders use synthetic plucks and the deployed processing engine, not a recorded guitar DI. Input is 0 dB and output is −12 dB, with no subsequent loudness matching. They demonstrate tone changes, not real-time latency.