Amp Modeling
Amp Modeling news, gear, and software — everything Guitar Radar has covered about amp modeling guitar.
Guitar Radar has 11 stories tagged Amp Modeling, collected here from across every section of the site. Most of it sits under gear. The most recent story, from Oct 13, 2026, is “Zoom’s NEURIG Combines Dynamic Neural Models, NAM and AI Stem Separation”. Coverage here goes back to Aug 30, 2026.
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Zoom’s NEURIG Combines Dynamic Neural Models, NAM and AI Stem Separation
The floor modeler pairs Zoom’s DNA Engine with NAM A2 Lite, cloud tone discovery and a broad live-and-recording feature set.
Oct 13, 2026
BOSS marks 10 years of Katana with three blue flame-maple Artist editions
The made-to-order Artist Gen 3 combo, head and 212 Waza cabinet are limited to Roland’s flagship stores in New York, London and Tokyo.
Oct 12, 2026
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
Two Notes' Torpedo Captor X Pro adds a 150-watt load box to its cab-sim engine
The new flagship load box, attenuator and stereo DI adds multi-impedance support and passive attenuation on top of the Captor X's DynIR cab simulation.
Sep 27, 2026
Aethis 1.1.0 turns a neural guitar amp sim into a paid all-in-one plugin
The first paid Aethis release combines three neural amp models, cabinet tools, effects and a polyphonic harmonizer that can process chords.
Sep 10, 2026
Positive Grid brings Spark amp modeling, effects and a looper to the Spark PEDAL
The compact floor unit turns the Spark ecosystem into a pedalboard-ready rig for electric, acoustic and bass players.
Sep 10, 2026
NAM 9000 v1.13 adds Stage and Studio views, MIDI-ready Scenes and three multichannel amp packs
The independent NAM-based guitar rig gets a live-performance interface, scene switching and a signal-chain view in a substantial September 2 update.
Sep 3, 2026
IK Multimedia launches TONEX Board with four simultaneous Tone Models and a 5-inch touchscreen
The new $999.99 flagship expands TONEX into a full pedalboard rig with dual signal paths, 76 effects, flexible routing and more than 1,400 preset slots.
Sep 3, 2026
Kuassa posts Amplifikation 360 v1.4.0 with NAM A2 support
The September 2 update brings Kuassa's all-in-one guitar rig host into the Neural Amp Modeler Architecture 2 ecosystem.
Sep 3, 2026
TONE3000 releases a free, open-source plugin with access to more than 700,000 NAM captures
The largest Neural Amp Modeler library is now a plugin and standalone app that pulls community captures and IRs directly, with no downloading or file management.
Sep 3, 2026
Hotone Squeezes AI Tone Creation Into the Pocket-Sized Pulze Jr.
The $299.99 battery-powered modeling amp can build a tone from a typed description and pull guitar parts out of a song to build practice tracks.
Aug 30, 2026