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I still appreciate what is happening on iOS though and I accept the limitations as well. I use a Roland VG 99 and I wouldn't want to compare it to iPad guitar amps. You can buy any car and it will take you from A to B but a Rolls will have a smoother ride than a banger although they both perform the same function. After using a Mesa Boogie in the studio and then come home to iPad/BIAS, I can tell you that there is a world of difference. I have all the guitar amp emulations on iPad and they come to nowhere near real amps.

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If BIAS was the dogs bollocks as you seem to be suggesting then all professional guitar players would be buying iPads and using BIAS. Really? I know we want the best for iOS apps but sometimes we need to get real. But it sure is a great option to have, and spending dozens of dollars on apps sure beats 50, 100, or 200 dollars chasing that 'perfect tone' with a new stompbox.

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Does monitoring guitar through headphones and digital modeling software give you that same aural experience of feeling a 10' combo or 4x12' cabinet vibrating your chest and becoming one with the acoustics of the room? No. That is pretty freaking cool.Ĭan even a halfway experienced guitarist tell the difference between that additional 5 - 10% in quality between BIAS and the real thing? Sure.

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My opinion on BIAS is that it takes tens of thousands of dollars (not to mention 100's of pounds) of amplifiers, and can get perhaps 90-95% of the tone and character of those amps - offered in portable iOS app for less than $20. (I actually have a Vox Pathfinder 15 - a now discontinued 8' speaker, solid-state amp that does a better job of that chimey sound at volumes I actually use.

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And his point is well-taken about practical uses of real-life amplifiers - yeah, the AC30 is probably my favorite sounding guitar amp, but it's a 2x12' beast that doesn't sound anything like it does at full volume once you turn it to bedroom levels. I think I largely agree with especially on his point about once you get guitars into a mix. One day when I'm a better player or songwriter I might change my mind, but right now BIAS is everything I need. I love playing guitar, but I love writing songs even more, and, at least for me, once the guitar is in the mix with drums, bass, vocals, etc the convenience and just-close-enough tone of BIAS beats out any sonic advantages a big tube amp would have. And the convenience can't be beat - as fun as it is to just fill a room with cranked-up tube sound, I don't really play live so BIAS is so much easier than micing up a real amp. That is really impressive to me, that they can beat Fender at Fender tones.

It destroys my old $300 Fender Mustang combo amp for any type of tone, even the Bassman or '57 models, in my opinion. I do think BIAS wins over real amps in a number of areas, though. The tube amp I've spent the most time with is a Vox AC30 2x12, and nothing can rival the pure electricity and power that comes from just sitting in a room with the volume turned up, drowning out the world! So, from that standpoint, I don't think BIAS comes close, and I don't know if any sims ever will.

I keep waiting for some of their bass amps and some items I didn't purchase (like the Plexi) to go on sale, but they haven't since the holidays.

Or at least make it clear that the amp is an IAP in the description, and that nothing else was updated.ĪmpKit+ is still a very solid guitar app, but it probably sits 3rd on my depth chart behind JamUp/BIAS and Flying Haggis right now. I don't necessarily oppose to them only adding new content as IAP's, but given that the purchase price of the app is $20 and many of the packs are $10 - $20 and rarely go on sale anymore, I thought maybe a free amp now and then in addition to the option to buy other new stuff would have been a nice gesture for them to stay in competition with Positive Grid. Haven't heard that amp in real life - the preview clips sounded decent with a notably bright clean channel and a lead channel that sounds like the Brown Sound with additional saturation and raunchiness. The amp is the 'Meteor' and modled after an ENGL Fireball E625.

Turns out they just added it to the store for $3.99 U.S.

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This kind of irritated me - I got the notice for an update to Agile AmpKit+ and the description indicated there was a new amp. Caveat emptor - this amp is not for the faint of heart. Boasting a remarkable low end distortion along side superior cleans, its 3 band EQ, Bright Switch, Depth and Presence controls earn it a “Heavy” classification in the AmpKit arsenal. It cranks a super tight response with a planet-sized punch that sends metal and rock solos into the upper stratosphere. NEW Meteor Amp: Patterned after ENGL’s Fireball E625.