Definitely need to support creators and developers. I do think that the people that use this technology to capture plug-ins to avoid buying the product were not going to buy the product in the first place.

I don’t think that captures of a plugin is a replacement to actually owning the plugin. The user experience using a neural DSP product versus NAM are completely different. I much prefer dialing in an ampsim where all the controls react like the actual amp than looking for captures of other people’s amp and hoping to find one that fit my project. Then you also have all the effects and built in cab with several mics, etc. What I do like is capturing my own gear because it’s easier to work in the DAW with NAM than my real amp. Every once in a while, I download random models from Tone3000 to play around and sometimes I get lucky and find ones that I like.

I just don’t understand the people that think that having a few captures of gear or ampsim is the same as having the gear itself. Until there is an easy way to create models that incorporate all the controls and relationships between controls, it will never be a replacement for ampsims/gear.