Positive Grid Bias!

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CaseyCor":2xin4tqk said:
Try using a low pass and high pass filter at the end of your signal chain. It can really help filter out the "digitalness".

Running a boost in front (either a real boost or a plugin) can help too. Boosting the input into the amp sim seems to generate a more lifelike tone for me. I use the TSE Audio tubescreamer plugin for high gain sounds, along with my OD pedalboard in front of the interface. Bad Monkey, a homebrew treble booster, and a B.K Butler Tube Driver. You can always use the pedals included with Bias FX, of course. It looks like a lot of fun to play around with. Check out the TSE Audio stuff as well. It's all free and very useable. That's the beauty of VSTs/sims. Rarely are you limited by choice.

Here's a link to the TSE Audio stuff. https://www.tseaudio.com/software/tse808

Mercurial Audio also has a free TS style plugin which sounds really nice in my limited experience. Their amp sims are really good too. There is a free version of their U530 with some limitations. There is a couple of different JCM800 style plugins for free on their site, as well as an emulation of a Cornford amp that sounds really cool. I should use that one a bit more.

Mercurial Audio - https://mercuriall.com/cms/

Does Bias FX have a BOSS OC-2 emu? I've been looking for a VST that can do the filtered low octave thing. Adding a low octave to only the low strings on the guitar. I'd like to use it to fill out the bottom end when I do solo acoustic shows. I'm already using my Macbook with my acoustic rig, so running an emu instead of a pedal would be nice. Right now I use a Waves plugin called LoAir to add some depth to the low end. It helps, but it's not exactly what I'm looking for.

One more thing you can try is adding a channel strip/mic-pre plugin at the top of your signal chain. Waves make a bunch of channel strip emulations based on classic mixing desks. I use the Schelps 73 with acoustic, and the SSL Channel with electric guitars. It's not really their intended use (LoAir isn't for guitars either) but it sounds great to me.
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All good stuff to try. I have the Tse808 I'll try later today. I didn't realize BiasFX was so limited. I might just go ahead and buy BiasAmp today as well. Cant really do any fine tuning with what I have now.
 
What about it do you find limiting? I haven't used Bias FX myself. I'm interested in picking it up sometime soon, though. It seems like it's a supplementary tool to Bias Amp really. Use Bias Amp to get a good dry sound, then feed it into Bias FX. Is that how you see it at this point?

I suggest going on the ToneCloud and downloading some popular presets. Marty Friedman has a board up there, that would be a good start. Take a look at how the rigs are designed to get an idea on how to use the program. When I use Bias Amp, I pretty much only use other people's ToneCloud presets. I tweak the EQ and the components as needed and use my own IRs.
 
CaseyCor":2xmbwr24 said:
What about it do you find limiting? I haven't used Bias FX myself. I'm interested in picking it up sometime soon, though. It seems like it's a supplementary tool to Bias Amp really. Use Bias Amp to get a good dry sound, then feed it into Bias FX. Is that how you see it at this point?

I suggest going on the ToneCloud and downloading some popular presets. Marty Friedman has a board up there, that would be a good start. Take a look at how the rigs are designed to get an idea on how to use the program. When I use Bias Amp, I pretty much only use other people's ToneCloud presets. I tweak the EQ and the components as needed and use my own IRs.
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You just don't have access to all the amp parameters like you do on BiasAmp. You just get the main amp controls and that's it. But you can use the 2 together I think.
 
So I'm lost. I was going to buy Bias Amp Pro and Bias FX standard. Should I not get the fx ? Or is the amp pro unnecessary? This thread has me all spun out.
 
stompboxfreak72":2z269jjh said:
So I'm lost. I was going to buy Bias Amp Pro and Bias FX standard. Should I not get the fx ? Or is the amp pro unnecessary? This thread has me all spun out.
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I don't think amp pro is necessary unless you want to use it to do amp matching... which seems a little ridiculous to me since you can download so many amp matches from the "Tone Cloud". If you want to tweak the amps more than just basic - like tubes and such, you will just need the Bias Amp standard (not pro). Bias FX pro includes all of the effects, so this is what I went with.

Bias FX Pro / Bias Amp Standard
 
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