Because of that, I can’t really speak to whether the Looper in BIAS FX 2 is comparatively good or how it would be in a performance situation as compared to an outboard pedal. By the time they got popular I was already recording on PC and didn’t really see the benefit of using one live. I have something to admit… In three decades of playing guitar, I’ve never used a looper pedal before. The tuner is muted by default and features a mute toggle and frequency controls for setting ‘A’ in a range between 430 and 445. The Tempo control in BIAS FX 2 is pretty standard and includes a host DAW tempo lock/unlock and a tap tempo button. There are thousands of presets to choose from in numerous categories, making the tone possibilities quite endless when paired with the enormous gear library available in this plugin. Tonecloud allows you to download other users’ setups as well as sharing your own. Other favorites presets of mine include ‘I’ve Got Blues’ and ‘British Dirt.’īIAS FX 2‘s Tonecloud is the real prize, however, as it opens this plugin up to the innovation and creativity of the entire world. Positive Grid BIAS FX 2‘s preset library includes some cool starting points the ‘American Dream’ preset that the plugin initially loads to, for example, is a lush, whooshing chorus, delay, and reverb with split vintage amps and cabs that had me noodling and playing with settings for quite literally an hour when I first bought it. (This plugin is really that immense.) We’ll start at the top left and work our way across and down: Tonecloud and Presets In the interest of keeping this review to a readable length, I’m going to summarize the features in Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 the best I can in an effort not to leave anything out. Overall, it’s an attractive and well-laid-out plugin with an intuitive interface. There are options for single or dual routing, pedal scenes, adding effects and amps, clearing the whole pedalboard to a default view, and undo/redo. Double-clicking gear opens a gear browser that allows you to change effects and amps. Clicking any of the pieces of gear in the Routing screen provides a zoomed-in view of the pedal, amp, or routing box where you can tweak its settings to your liking. Hitting the Pedalboard button in BIAS FX 2 takes you to a screen where you can quickly and easily modify the settings of the amps, pedals, and rackmount gear but can’t swap them out, perfect for changing settings on the fly in a performance situation. The bottom bar includes input and output volumes, Guitar Match toggle, Quick Snap buttons for quickly loading favorite gear setups, and a global output settings menu and toggle. Starting from the left, the top bar includes an icon for Positive Grid’s Tonecloud, a preset loader, a preset editor button, a link to the Positive Grid store, tempo controls, Pedalboard view toggle, Tuner, Looper, Settings menu and Help. Above the main screen is a menu bar, and below are volumes, output settings, preset Quick Snap and Guitar Match. LooksĪfter the splash screen, BIAS FX 2 opens by default to the Routing screen, where you can customize your signal path through the myriad effects and amplifiers included with the plugin. Today we’re going to put BIAS FX through its paces and get neck-deep in tone. What would you pick to play through? Would you create an intricate signal path using a vintage tube compressor, wah, fuzz, and delay to recreate Jimi’s sound? Would you run a split setup with an authentic ’59 Tweed on your left and a ’67 Blackface on your right, each with its own separate effects chain, creating the ultimate dirty blues tone? Or would you do the same, except with a JCM800 and a 5150 and get crunchy? Would you use Celestion Greenbacks or a Mesa cab? Would you mic up with Royers, MD421s, or C414s?īringing this imaginary room full of gear to your DAW is the goal of BIAS FX 2, an guitar amp and effects simulator suite from Positive Grid. Imagine there’s a room in your house chock full of nearly every major amp, speaker cab, effects pedal and microphone ever created. Choosing the Best Digital Audio Workstation for your Home Studio.Best Acoustic Treatments for Home Studio 2021.Best MIDI Drum Pads for Home Studio 2021.Best MIDI Control Surfaces for Home Studio 2021.Best MIDI Keyboards for Home Studio 2021.Best Audio Interfaces for Home Studio 2021.Fixing Up a Vintage Reel-to-Reel Tape Recorder.How To Build a Studio Guitar with 48 Tones.How to Calibrate Your Studio Monitors with Sonarworks Reference 4 Studio.
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