NAM calibration & calibrated profiles: quick & easy [2025]

A quick & easy way to get started with calibrated NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) profiles in 2025.
Get calibrated NAM profiles on Tone3000: https://www.tone3000.com/search?calib...

NAM trainer 0.10.0 introduced "calibration metadata" which profile authors can optionally embed in their profiles for the best user experience when their profiles are used on different setups.

Timestamps:

08:15 - TLDR
00:00 - Howdy
00:28 - User experience & input calibration
01:20 - Turn the Gain knob DOWN to minimum (yeah, I know)
02:23 - Find YOUR interface's instrument input MAX. INPUT GAIN
03:40 - Get profiles with Calibration Metadata
04:34 - Use NAM Plugin version 0.7.12 or newer
05:02 - Load the NAM profile (and IR) inside the NAM plugin
05:52 - Enable the "Calibrate Input" option in the NAM plugin
06:06 - Key in your interface's INSTRUMENT input's MAX. INPUT GAIN
06:42 - BONUS: Kill the noise (Bertom Denoiser) & dynamic range

Steve's (NAM creator) blog post about calibration metadata:
https://www.neuralampmodeler.com/post...

My NAM profiles on TONE3000: https://www.tone3000.com/2dor

Shout out to Edward Sokolowski for his dauntless pursuit on calibrated profiles & paving the way for an overall better user experience.
His spreadsheet that still helps for other plugins is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...