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Darkglass Anagram Multi FX Announced
- Thread starter Elmstreet
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NAM will give you all the vintagey goodness you'd ever need. The FX loop will add latency.
I'd try NAM options waaaay before I'd stick anything in the loop.
There's a ton of amazing sounds, I had listened to the video already, and did so again. At 7:22, there is a "Peggy Party" set up... That one really jumped out at me, though I can't play like that!! It seems to be a flexible and amazing pedal. Waiting for it to become available somewhere where I can try it.
Waiting on my Anagram order to ship… kind of like waiting for a custom bass build order, only 12mos faster 
Mine changed status to "Out For Delivery". Yay!Waiting on my Anagram order to ship… kind of like waiting for a custom bass build order, only 12mos faster
Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) was found by Steve Atkinson in 2019. It is open standard that Darkglass adopted for their Anagram device.
How is NAM inherently better or higher resolution or whatever than say the Line 6 HX models? Educate me.
I don't care for any of the Line 6 HX drives. Are the Anagram drives nearly identical to their analog counterparts?
Waiting on my Anagram order to ship… kind of like waiting for a custom bass build order, only 12mos faster
Man, me too... was told yesterday they should be on the way to my dealer. Been staring at that Crux for over a week now. Just sitting there, taunting me.
Not jealous at all... nope
Looking forward to your impressions of it.It's not about resolution.
NAM is a near perfect snapshot of a sound. Including fuzz. It's not a model.
NAM is the only thing I've ever used that has proper sounding fuzz.
Two popped up on Reverb yesterday and were both gone when I got up this morning. Both appeared to be from authorized dealers. I put myself on notification e-mail lists for several dealers.Waiting on my Anagram order to ship… kind of like waiting for a custom bass build order, only 12mos faster
I am a soul, jazz, funk player. Got the Anagram about a week ago. So far very happy with the vintage tones. The fender bassman (leo bass) sounds great. The Ampeg sound is good but a bit to juiced out of the gate so I need to spend more time with it. I downloaded a B15 NAM that I am very much digging. That combined with the 1176 compressor is really working for me.
Right. So that if you want to alter something about the NAM capture, it would be done with processing pre/post the NAM. And if that doesn't work then you have to find or make a new capture. EQ'ing a NAM might be fine for some adjustments, but more of an issue if you want significantly more or less drive. NAM vs. component-level modeling is more about work flow IMHO than it is about subjective or measurable technical quality of what you get.
Players have been getting satisfying results from various forms of "captures" and modeling for quite some time now. Modelers allow for focused tweaking of individual parameters, which may be a high priority for performers. Parsing between the final output of a Helix, Headrush, Fractal, Boss or other multi-fx modeler vs. a Kemper, Tone-X, Anagram or other multi-fx w/capture (playback) is a highly individual choice based on needs. They all work. Use what you like, like what you use.
I'm taking a serious look at the Anagram at some point when it's a bit more mature, not because I might think NAM is superior sounding ( maybe it is), but because it offers highly customized sound options not available otherwise, and from a growing user base to choose from. Anagram offers BOTH modeling and NAM playback, which is VERY appealing. Things have gotten interesting.
Just curious @DaBigBadaBoom : what is your experience with Fractal gear?
Per a post on the Darkglass Anagram (Bass Users) Facebook page, someone else had this issue and Darkglass commented:
"...Thanks for pointing this out! We were able to replicate it. We are preparing a fix for this before the weekend. ..."
Not positive this is the same issue, but it seems pretty likely.
