Structure, not a tone knob
The intended harmonic contribution changes with the incoming signal instead of remaining a permanent static coloration.
TUBE + VINYL · Explicit analogue modelling
Two analogue paths. One reference to return to.
NeuraMuse does not hide analogue colour behind a generic enhancement switch. TUBE and VINYL are separate paths with their own behaviour, telemetry and identity — always comparable against DIRECT.
TUBE · Living Valve
A valve model that reacts to the music.
TUBE is designed around dynamic analogue behaviour rather than a fixed “warm” EQ curve. Its response can evolve with level, crest, programme density and transient structure.
The live panel exposes stage activity, air energy, dynamic crest, headroom and output state while the model is running, keeping the processing path legible.
Level-dependent nonlinear response
Evolving harmonic contribution
Transient-sensitive stage behaviour
Signal-derived live telemetry
DIRECT remains available as the reference path
Stage interaction
Programme level and transient structure influence the model instead of flattening every recording into one signature.
Return to DIRECT
DIRECT remains available as the neutral comparison whenever you want to judge what TUBE is doing. DSD is intentionally converted to PCM while TUBE is active. If DIRECT is selected, NeuraMuse retries the DIRECT DSD/DoP path at the next track boundary; bit-perfect DSD returns only when the local DAC/driver accepts the required DoP carrier. This intentional DSP path is separate from LINK PCM Compatibility.
The objective is not “make everything warmer”. The objective is a responsive analogue-style stage whose contribution follows the programme.
VINYL · Reference Phono
A modelled phono chain, not a crackle generator.
VINYL is built as its own playback path. The model is organised around groove/stylus behaviour, compliance interaction, phono-stage processing, timebase behaviour and a coupled output stage.
The live panel presents stylus contact, suspension behaviour, phono stage, timebase, valve stage, headroom and the final signal route. The product proposition is the modelled playback chain, not nostalgia noise.
Dynamic groove-tracking behaviour
Velocity / compliance interaction
Phono-stage and RIAA-domain modelling
Physical timebase behaviour
Valve-coupled output stage
Playback behaviour
The model represents time-dependent mechanical interactions in addition to spectral behaviour.
A chain, not an overlay
VINYL is treated as a source-to-output model with an explicit phono identity.
Use it when it earns its place
Return to DIRECT whenever you want the reference path. DSD is intentionally converted to PCM while VINYL is active. If DIRECT is selected, NeuraMuse retries the DIRECT DSD/DoP path at the next track boundary; bit-perfect DSD returns only when the local DAC/driver accepts the required DoP carrier. This intentional DSP path is separate from LINK PCM Compatibility.
Three-way comparison
Reference. Valve. Phono.
The point of separate paths is not to declare one universally superior. It is to make the choice audible, visible and reversible.
Reference digital path
No analogue modelling. Use it as the control condition.
Living Valve
Dynamic nonlinear and harmonic/stage behaviour that follows the programme.
Reference Phono
A broader phono-style playback model with mechanical and electrical interactions.
Listen, switch, decide
The models only matter if you can hear the difference.
Install NeuraMuse, start in DIRECT, then compare TUBE and VINYL on your own system.