Namaste
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A TONE3000 client for your DAW: a chainable NAM + IR loader with a real library for the
captures you already own, and in-plugin discovery of new ones.


WHAT THE INSTALLER PUTS WHERE
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  Namaste.vst3        /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
  Namaste.component   /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components      (Audio Unit)
  Namaste.app         /Applications                           (standalone)

You can untick any of the three on the way through. One password prompt, and the installer
places each item itself - there is nothing to drag.


AFTER INSTALLING
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Open your DAW and rescan your plug-ins. Look for "Namaste" under VST3, or under Audio Units
in Logic Pro and GarageBand.


SIGNING
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This installer, and each of the three bundles inside it, are signed with an Apple Developer
ID and notarized by Apple. Each bundle is stapled individually as well as the installer, so
an installed copy validates with no network connection.

You should see no Gatekeeper warning. If you do, the download was damaged in transit -
fetch it again rather than clicking through.


REQUIREMENTS
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  macOS 10.13 or newer
  Universal: Apple Silicon and Intel

  A CPU with AVX2 and FMA - roughly 2013 or newer.

That last one is a real limit, not a formality. The neural amp modelling core is compiled
for AVX2/FMA because inference speed is the whole product; on an older Mac the plug-in will
not run. Apple Silicon is unaffected - the arm64 slice uses NEON.


WHAT IT DOES
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The reference Neural Amp Modeler plug-in loads one model at a time from a file dialog: no
library, no metadata, no search, and no link to TONE3000, where the models actually come
from. The result is a folder tree of thousands of .nam and .wav files with no way to see,
filter or organise them.

Namaste keeps a library with metadata and search, chains several captures together, and
gives every module its own drive, level, quality and multiband level-matching - so swapping
a capture in and out does not change how loud the track is.


THIS IS A FIRST RELEASE
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0.1.0. The engine, the network layer, the chain and the library are built and tested.
Expect the interface to keep moving.


LICENCES
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Namaste embeds NeuralAmpModelerCore (MIT). TONE3000 is a trademark of its owners; this is an
independent client, not affiliated with or endorsed by them.


  https://neap.cloud/downloads
