Positive Grid Releases Even More Powerful BIAS FX 2 Guitar Amp and Effects Processor Software

Positive Grid released BIAS FX 2, the next generation of its acclaimed BIAS FX guitar amp and effects software. Completely re-engineered, with a higher-resolution DSP engine and hundreds of improvements, BIAS FX 2 delivers the ultimate in responsive, detailed and truly authentic guitar and bass tones. The second-generation version of BIAS FX software includes a massive collection of amps, pedals, FX, and now even emulation of the guitar itself.

Celestion, the manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers whose classic guitar tones have made the company famous as the voice of rock and roll, added two new Impulse Responses, the PULSE12 and the BN15-300X to their line of Bass Impulse Responses. The new Bass IRs, along with the complete collection of genuine Celestion speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

From March to August 2014, in his Sound Control column dedicated to acoustics, Richard Honeycutt reviewed and wrote a series of articles on the evolution of predictive acoustics and acoustical modeling software, including a review of some of the available tools. This first article in the series revisits Sabine’s reverberation time equation, all the way to the use of impulse responses and ray-tracing and convolution auralization techniques using modern computers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2014.