PG offers an IR Loader but only if you buy BIAS Amp Pro, which is just way too expensive. More recently, I tried using an IR Loader and found that my tone improved dramatically in realism the problem was that now I couldn't use any of the timed/mod/reverb effects. I felt that they only had two cabs that weren't fizzy (a 2x12 blue and the 4x12 v30, I believe?), but I was able to get any tone I wanted from these two cabs so it wasn't a big deal for me. With that being said, I will say the cab modelling was always a downer for me. In comparison to Line 6 POD Farm it was leaps and bounds higher quality and I felt like I had to actively work to dial in a bad sound, lol! Overall I found Bias FX to be great for an all-in-one VST at a reasonable price (at the time of its release). I grabbed BIAS FX Std edition as soon as I played the demo when it was first released. Here is a video of the platform in 9 different styles: Perhaps more so than with other platforms. Just expect to have to put some time into getting some convincing tones. I definitely don't want to knock Bias because I really think the concept is cool and there definitely are some great sounds in there. I think that this is a good sign and it shows that this company is willing to listen to their customers.Īlso, maybe it's just me so I'd love to hear more about your experiences with this platform.Īnd if you have any cool clips or videos, please share them here! I'm also not a huge fan of the stock cabs so it would be great if Positive Grid also added a dedicated IR loader into the platforms.Ī representative of Positive Grid has recently acknowledged this issue of this harshness recently in one of my threads and he has assured us that they're developers are looking into this. Too bad because this does limit the tonal versatility. The cabs are fixed so you're not allowed to choose your own IR's. The only drawback for me is that those amps don't let you turn off the cabinets. Having said that, some amps still sound pretty good.Īn example of good sounding amps were the metal expansion amps by Ola, Keith Merrow and Jeff Loomis. I know, some people feel like those amp are too 'loose' or fizzy, but not ear-piercing harsh. They definitely don't sound harsh by default in those areas. I'm a huge fan of Mesa Boogie rectifier amps so I know how they should sound. Sometimes the eq settings also helped with this of course, but sometimes the eq tonestack was helpless.Ī good example of amps that exhibited this problem were the Rectifier amp models. Usually the solution was to just pick another amp or dial it out by using another IR. There seem to be some harsh frequencies going on in the 1 to 4k area and they can be hard to tame. In most cases this had to do with a kind of spikey harshness that some of the amps seem to have. However, it took quite some effort in some cases and this happened too often for my taste. So there are definitely ways to make this platform sound good. In the end I was able to get some pretty good an convincing sounds as you'll hear in the video below. I'm going to be completely honest here because I don't think I'll be of much use if I don't. Many effects can be added and of course you can customize the order of the effects etc.įeature-wise Bias FX has most things you'd probably want out of an all in one amp modeling/fx platform.īut now let's talk about the most important thing. Of course they need to make money so I guess that's the main reason.īias FX allows for a dual amp setup and cool routing options. It does leave me wondering why they just couldn't do all of this in one plugin. That's why it's handy that you can import the edited amps. There are plenty of options in this program that lets you customize your amp tones.Īfter you 'made' your own amp you can also use it in Bias FX which I think is cool.Īs you may already know, Bias amp doesn't feature any effects, only the amps.īias FX on the other hand features many effects but it doesn't allow you to edit the amps. It's not unique but Bias amp seems to have it's own approach, or at least, it looks a little different. The whole concept of editing or designing your amps is a cool. I also picked up the metal pack for Bias FX since I love high gain tones so much. I decided to get Bias amp pro and Bias FX pro to get the full experience. I had never tried any of the Positive Grid amp modelers so I felt it was time to see what the fuss was all about. Up until a while ago I tried and owned many guitar amp modeling platforms including the Axe FX, Helix, Kemper and many more. Time to talk about Positive Grid's Bias amp and FX plugins.
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