NAM 9000 v1.18.0 Adds Twin Reverb-Style and D-Lux Heads, a Spring-Reverb Pedal and a Preset Grid
The free amp-sim's October 1 update adds two new amp heads, a standalone spring-reverb pedal for Pro users, circuit-based reverb and tremolo on the Blackface Deluxe-style amp, and a grid view for presets.
Oct 2, 2026
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NAM 9000 released version 1.18.0 on October 1, about four weeks after the v1.13 update that added Stage and Studio views. The headline additions are two new amp heads: a Twin Reverb-style multichannel amp with Vibrato, Normal and later Silverface voicings on one head and a real channel switch, and a D-Lux, a brown-panel early-sixties combo recast as a head, whose single channel runs from a warm, round clean to thick breakup with its own bias tremolo. The developers list them at €12 and €9 respectively, with free auditioning, and either can serve as the free amp that comes with Pro.
The update also adds a REVERB UNIT pedal for Pro users, based on the 1961 standalone valve spring reverb with DWELL, MIXER and TONE controls; on the free version it can be tried for 60 seconds per session. The Blackface Deluxe-style amp's reverb and tremolo are now rebuilt from the real circuit, which means existing presets will sound different and closer to the amp. A new grid view shows a card per preset with the amp it plays and small icons for the pedals and effects it uses, and the VIBE pedal has been rebuilt from the original circuit. Licences, packs and saved sessions carry over unchanged.
Why it matters
An independent, mostly free amp-sim keeps adding circuit-accurate amp families and time-based effects at a steady pace, giving players a low-cost route to Twin- and Deluxe-style tones.
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