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VerdictīIAS Desktop is a beautifully made amp modelling suite that perfectly lives in the Positive Grid software universe.
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Of course these samples are made with a Metal background in mind, but you’ll also find various clean- and crunch-models in BIAS Desktops amp library. You collect stomp-boxes from various sources in “real life” too, right? On the other hand it kind of recreates how you have to work with real equipment. On one hand that means that for some people BIAS will not be a complete guitar-suite (it isn’t intended to be that full-featured software package). There are various (free) plugins out there though, so you won’t have to look far. There’s no JamUp for your DAW of choice though, so if you want to add a Tubescreamer in front of your new high-gain-monster, you have to look elsewhere. On iOS you are able to load your BIAS-amp into (the separately sold) JamUp-suite to add various stompboxes and effects to your rig. (You can find the ERGNerds-Presets “A N G S T” & “ERGBalls” in the ToneCloud). Now, all these words are no use for you if you can’t listen to some sound-samples, so I created a few different amps and recorded some samples with it. I hope Positive Grid will sort that out but honestly – it’s no big deal anyway. An amp you saved in the plugin sometimes won’t show up in the iPad-version, I got logged-out unexpectedly in the plugin-version without noticing and wasn’t able to quickly save my amp because of this etc. Whereas the app itself is really easy to use and straight-forward, the user account system is somewhat confusing. The “Tone Cloud” – or the user account you have to use to save and load presets – is the only problem I have with the user interface by the way. When you’re happy with the result you can save it in your Positive Grid user account or upload it into the „Tone Cloud“ and share it with other BIAS users. One in front of the tone-stack and one after the cab.
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You can even add two equalizer modules to further shape your tone. You essentially pick an amp as a starting point and work from there – change tubes, tonestacks, cabs, microphone positions etc. That’s the beauty of BIAS – you don’t have to have a degree in electronics to actually work with the app. You don’t know what the transformer does in an amp? Doesn’t matter! Just play around with it until it sounds good. You’ll get to dial in your own amp in a very visual way with every module being represented by realistic graphics instead of nerdy charts and numbers. And it kind of defines the whole user experience of BIAS. Including tolex, knobs and grills! It’s kinda dumb but fantastic. It may be the least important feature of an amp-sim, but I bet it’s the first you’ll play around with: You even get to design your own amp-head. User ExperienceīIAS (or the whole Positive Grid-line essentially) is for people who like to modify, who always liked to finetune their guitars, their cars, their bicycles, their characters in videogames etc.
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It comes in two versions with BIAS Desktop being the entry version with 36 amp models to get started, the complete BIAS amp design modules and sync-functionalities to your mobile devices.īIAS Professional adds a few expansion packs and – most importantly – Positive Grids own „Amp Match Technology“ (we will talk more about this feature in a dedicated review later).īIAS Desktop runs for $99, the Professional-version costs $199. FeaturesīIAS Desktop looks pretty much exactly like it’s iOS-counterpart, but both versions only share graphics and the overall user-experience, while the desktop version was completely developed from scratch. In 2014, Positive Grid announced their entry to the Mac- and PC-world with BIAS Desktop, the advanced guitar amp modeler for your DAW of choice. Gamification galore!Ĭould we please – at this point – take a moment to marvel at the possibility to run your guitar or bass through a palm-sized “super-computer” and actually get a decent sound out of it? Who would have thought that we would be able to do that 10 or 15 years ago? After that they developed BIAS iOS, an app that lets you create your own amp from various modules and presets. Positive Grid first surfaced with their JamUp-line for iOS, a jam-packed guitar-suite for Smartphones and Tablets. I actually think that amp simulators for Guitars & Bass played the second most-important part in todays home-recording-standards (with Drum-Samplers being the number one). “Amp sims” are convenient, quiet, easy to set up and – most importantly – they are getting better and better up until the point where it is extremely hard to distinguish a purely digital, simulated guitar-track from an elaborately miked boutique amp recording. I’ve been an avid fan of amp simulation software ever since I played around with the first decent programs around 2004.