Windows 64-bitVST3 + standaloneoffline license
Your whole rig in one window, everything but the amp. NoAMP loads NAM captures (and cab IRs) into a full pedalboard: tuner, compressor, wah, chorus, phaser, delay, spring reverb, looper. Simple knobs (NORM) or every screw exposed (NERD) on each module.
NoAMP.vst3 (and any Modules\ VST3s you want)
into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. Put NoAMP.exe anywhere and double-click it
to play without a DAW, first run, pick your audio device and input. Rescan plugins in your DAW..nam files: amp captures made with
Neural Amp Modeler, the open-source
project by Steven Atkinson. Thousands are free:
tone3000.com (huge library, filter by amp
type and gain) and tonehunt.org (community
captures). Make a folder like Documents\NAMs and download a few..wav), many capture
packs include them. Skip it if your capture is a full-rig (amp+cab) capture.noamp.illsea-license (from your purchase or free
trial at illsea.com). It sticks forever, fully offline, and every future update to NoAMP and its
modules is free with it. Unlicensed, NoAMP still plays 10 minutes of full audio per session.TUNER › SQUATCH › WAH › CHORUS › HAZE › YOUR .NAM A ‖ YOUR .NAM B › ELECTRONICS › LAYERZ › SPRING › LOOPER › OUT
Every module has its own page: tuner, compressor, wah, chorus, phaser, delay, reverb, looper.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| IN knob + meter | Input trim (−24..+24 dB), the very first stage. Aim the IN meter comfortably below the top. |
| OUT knob + meter | Master volume; the meter reads AFTER the safety limiter. A solid RED CAP growing down from the top = the limiter is working, back off OUT (or amp Levels) until it disappears. |
| ENGINE | CPU/quality tier, global (default High). Remembered across sessions; presets never change it. |
| BPM + SYNC | One global tempo for everything synced (delay, phaser, freeze windows, looper grid). SYNC on = follow the DAW when one is rolling; otherwise the BPM knob rules. The knob greys only while a DAW is actually supplying tempo. |
| PRESET bar | Browse folders, ◀ ▶ step (MIDI-learnable), Save, Export/Import. NoAMP ships no factory presets, no amps, no pretending. Park your own. |
| Options | Top-left chip: the Skin menu lives here, load a classic Winamp .wsz (the bottom scope becomes the skin's own EQ windows) or unload back to the Illthy look, plus links. |
| License chip | Right next to Options: shows LICENSED / TRIAL (days left) / DEMO time. Click it to load a license file. See Quick start step 6. |
Every module has two faces; the little mode button shows the one you're ON, NORM = the simple view, NERD = every screw exposed. Click to flip. ELECTRONICS in NORM is just four knobs (Grit = transformer iron + supply sag, Air = presence + sheen + glow, Depth, Shush = noise filter); NERD opens the discrete six, amp coupling, gate Key-HPF, Couple Bite and the Raw Lvls switch.
Every capture you load is leveled to a common loudness AND capped so its peaks stay clear of the output limiter; dual-amp patches auto-duck −3 dB per amp so their sum stays clean. Prefer raw, untouched capture levels? Flip ELECTRONICS to NERD and hit Raw Lvls, global, remembered, never changed by presets. Fair warning: raw capture levels vary wildly (up to ~29 dB between files).
Checking an effect (Verb/Dly/Cho/Phs/Wah) private on an amp CLAIMS it: that amp gets the effect and the other path loses it entirely, one engine runs, so private costs no extra CPU. Claim the same effect on both amps and each gets its own.
Any Choose .nam button (amp or Color) and the IR button become a menu once something is loaded: Load new... replaces it, Clear fully unloads it.
The standalone reopens at the exact window size + position you left it. Every file chooser (NAM, IR, skin, preset) starts in the folder it last loaded from. Your MIDI map persists machine-wide.
Your license covers every future version of NoAMP and every module in the zip. When an update ships, grab the new zip from your permanent license-email links (or illsea.com), install over the old one, done, the same license file keeps working. Nothing more to buy, ever.
Right-click ANY knob, fader, module switch, preset ◀ ▶, Freeze, or SYNC → MIDI Learn, then move a controller, the next CC binds. Clear mapping / Clear ALL mappings undo it. Where learn works (and the Ableton way): see tips. If your MIDI stomp device randomly stops responding until you replug it, that's Windows putting USB to sleep, fix in tips.
| Amps | 2 × NAM capture slots (WaveNet/LSTM .nam files), folder stepping, click-free swaps mid-note |
| Dirt | 2 × Color capture slots (pre-amp), physically-motivated dirt↔amp coupling stage w/ ADAA |
| Cabs | 2 × IR loaders (.wav, any length), partitioned convolution |
| Leveling | −18 dBFS average target, peak-capped ≤ −8 dBFS, dual-amp −3 dB comp, defeatable |
| Output | always-on transparent brick-wall safety limiter, post-limiter metering w/ GR readout |
| Tempo | one global BPM: host-sync or manual; drives delay, phaser, freeze windows, looper grid |
| License | offline Ed25519-signed file; zero network code in the plugin, ever |
| Formats | VST3 + standalone exe, Windows 64-bit, 44.1/48 kHz tested, signed by ILL SEA LLC |