TONE3000

Acoustic Piezo Pickup refined - with Yamaha URX44 digital mixer - 2026

Outboard Capture

NAM

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outlaw69

1 week ago

Description

Refine the sound of your Acoustic PIEZO PICKUP. I used Japanese Takamine P2DC with Palathetic Piezo Pickup. I managed to get it to sound significantly more natural and articulated. This capture bakes in a signal chain to tame harsh transients, smooth out the tone, and pull out subtle playing details. Signal Chain: High Pass Filter (80 Hz) → Graphic Equalizer that silences "Piezo Quack" Frequencies by 10 Db → Compressor → Compressor + Expander (Yamaha Compander-S) IMPORTANT: Add Acoustic IR, as this NAM A2 captures just focuses on dynamics and tone. To get more natural-sounding acoustic resonance, run your preferred Acoustic Guitar IR together with this NAM capture. FYI: Because dynamic processors (compressors, expanders) rely on threshold levels, your guitar's output signal dictates how this model behaves: 1. Max Out Your Guitar Volume. 2. Adjust Modeller Input Gain: - If the sound feels too compressed, lower your modeller's "Instrument Input Gain". - If the sound cuts off too quickly (gate) or feels weak, raise your modeller's "Instrument Input Gain".

Makes and Models

Yamaha URX44

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Each model captures the gear at specific knob settings.

A2-FullESR: 0.0096

A2-LiteESR: 0.0168

400 Epochs

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Tone3000 - NAM Captures and IRs

A2-FullESR: 0.0096

A2-LiteESR: 0.0132

400 Epochs

Sweep

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Tone3000 - NAM Captures and IRs

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