![]() Some of the amp sims are a bit weak, and generally speaking a much better sound can be had with some creative EQing, compression and custom IRs. Bias FX really shines in the variety of FX pedals, and it’s possible to model practically any pedalboard using only the one plug-in. Overall the Archetype range lacks flexibility, you’re stuck with the amps and pedals of that product, which makes it easier to get good sounding tones, and you can’t fault the presets, but for the money you can get as good or better sounds, with way more flexibility and sonic diversity, especially once you’re breaking into the two Archetype plugins price range.īias FX isn’t always the best sounding plug-in, but in my opinion it’s relatively trivial to get a better sound, and when combined with other plugins it’s amazing. The tones you can get out of it are sonically interesting, but it is the least musical of the Archetype range so far. Rabea is the latest release by NDSP, and is the worst release in the range so far. Every plug-in has its strengths and weaknesses, but the NDSP is overpriced and overhyped, and in my opinion it has its own drawbacks. I’ve invested very significant time and money into answering this for myself, so here’s my 2p. I haven't tried that and can not say whether there has been an improvement.Ī good question, and an interesting question. In Positive Grid's defence, the Bias FX that I used was the 1st version, not Bias FX2. I have still a physical volume pedal that I use in front of the signal chain. But with couple good sounding amps and basic effects (plus the multivoicer), I hardly long for anything extra. In the expense of versatility, obviously. ![]() I also bought 3rd party IR pack from York Audio (Vox AC15 pack), and get insanely good tones out of the system. Since then, after trial version tryouts, I ended up purchasing the Archetype Tim Henson, since that seemed to be the most versatile with the acoustic simulator, low gain amp with two channels, and Marshall type high gain amp. The certain thing (whatever you could call it, maybe twang, or amp in a room feeling) was there with the Neural DSP plugin. Immediately the missing piece was found (for me). I don't play metal, mostly low gain and mid gain stuff.Īt some point I heard people recommending Neural DSP plugins, and decided to give the Archetype Cory Wong a try, since it was just released. I couldn't get quite the tones with Bias FX that would 100% satisfy me, but decided to sell the amp anyways, thinking that in the mix, the difference in the tone kind of gets lost. I had bought Bias FX a couple years ago for home training, so that was my go to amp simulator in the beginning.īefore selling my physical equipment, I bought a decent FRFR speaker (Yamaha DXR mk2) and did some A/B comparisons between my Blues Jr IV and Bias FX. During quarantine times, I made a leap of faith and decided to switch from physical amp/pedal setup to amp sim setup. Having went through this exact question myself, I try to answer based on my personal experience. I really wanted to love the DSP stuff but I’m feeling its just all hype and clever marketing. ![]() ![]() Just trying to figure out why its so uncool all of a sudden, everyone bashing how far behind it is and how the tones are bad etc. Downloaded the free trial and was highly disappointed, I couldn’t get a nice sharp metal tone without having the “tight” knob maxed out and even then the amp had a shed load of unwanted fuzz, after some tweaking I can get one useable tone from it, most of the presets sound ridiculous.Ĭurrently wondering if its just me, or if lots of people are just regurgitating the same stuff online without ever having used Bias FX to compare.įor me Bias sits well in a mix, is highly adjustable and works perfectly. I really bought into the DSP hype, was super exited to try DSP Rabea thinking it was going to revolutionise my tone and my mixes, often hearing it feels, plays and sounds like a real amp. Bias FX 2 owner here, keen to hear peoples opinions, obviously the DSP page is full of everyone saying Bias sounds terrible.
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