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Go pick up BIAS Desktop ASAP and prepare yourself for the inspiration that follows. Considering the amount of work put into it (over two years of development), this is an insanely generous price point – especially for the standard version.
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PositiveGrid is asking $99 MSRP for their standard version of BIAS Desktop and $199 for the professional version. I mentioned before that you can actually feel the tones produced in BIAS Desktop– you have to experience this software. It amazes me that data can produce such a rich and life-like sound that is completely reactive to the way you play into it. Is BIAS Desktop Worth It?īIAS Desktop might just have the best sounding tones I’ve heard from the digital domain. There are so many options to choose from and knowing how each parameter affects your sound is a key with BIAS Desktop.īut at the same time most guitar amp connoisseurs will find themselves right at home because the tube algorithms in BIAS Desktop behave exactly as they do in reality.Ī “simplified/expanded” GUI option for beginners to intermediate users to help them understand the parameters could be a helpful addition.
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(click to enlarge)įollowing a strong philosophy of trial by fire, I did find myself overwhelmed at times when choosing between different tube types and adjusting parameters. BIAS Desktop - Pros and Consįloat on over to the ToneCloud. I love my combo, and I would never replace it with software, but the tones in BIAS feel closer to the real thing than I could have imagined. Now, I would consider myself a hybrid user. Can’t afford it? Capture it now and you’ll have it forever! Or at least until your computer crashes…īIAS is for everyone! Beginners and veterans alike owe it to themselves to experience such a rigorously developed piece of software.
Perfect for musicians or producers who encounter opportunities to play through priceless amps.
36 HD amp models are included, and users can swap and fully customize preamps, tone stacks, power amps, transformers, cabinets and mic selection and placement.Īgain, the Professional version comes with Amp Matching. Let it inspire you or let it influence your next guitar rig purchase. VerdictīIAS Desktop is for creating or demoing from a huge variety of possible guitar tones. Search for artists, and load their tones. O Similar to other tone-sharing services but works more like Spotify. Testing out the different parameter interactions will result in more tone exploration than you may have thought possible. O The modules are static in the signal chain but have completely variable parameters. O Possibly my favorite part of BIAS Desktop – rather than choosing from dozens of modeled amps and cabinets, users adjust internal components of their “skeleton” modules. Also, this feature is a larger majority of what you’ll be paying for in the Professional version. As long as everything goes according to plan, the results will be surprisingly accurate. Users unfamiliar with creating guitar tones could get lost here.
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To get the best results, users will have to dial in a patch that sounds closest to what they are trying to match. Routing a pre-recorded guitar track as an input will also work. Users can play a mic’d amp as an input signal that the amp matching module will analyze. O The process can be tricky if you go in blind.
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Countless combinations can be created through variable tube types and local parameters that update visually in the GUI. There are really only four deeply customizable modules – The preamp, power amp, amp match and transformer. Internally, these are two completely different programs.īONUS: Users can actually transfer patches from BIAS iOS to BIAS Desktop for (shocker) a better sounding patch. Development of the Desktop version actually began before the mobile version.
That said, let’s clear up any possible confusion between the two – BIAS Desktop is not the same as BIAS iOS. PositiveGrid first released a mobile BIAS iOS – the same idea with identical interface. We now have more than enough options to choose from that matches the need, so what does BIAS bring to the table? “All About Guitar Tone”
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Innovation: Hardware is fixed while software is variable – What creative solutions can developers come up with next that wouldn’t be redundant on a piece of hardware? Whatever it may be, these ideas will improve over time.
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