Project BIAS-X

[JiveTurkey]

Looks like Bias FX with a Google Gemini wrapper. Not... particularly excited about this stuff, tbh.



Also, guys, NDSP Tim Henson much?

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[metropolis_4]

Tech isn’t going to stop for any of us. This sort of thing is inevitable in the digital race to the bottom.

That said, I think voice controls would be pretty badass on any of these platforms. “Siri, tell FAS to crank the gain to max and dump the mids to zero”… “Run a plate reverb in parallel with a tape delay after the cab block”. That sort of integration of tech would be pretty cool imo.

At the same time, how hard is it to reach over and turn the damn gain and mid knobs?

I’m not against technology, but it seems like we keep finding ways of using really complex technology to accomplish very simple tasks.

“What if I told you you could spend a bunch of money to connect your lamp to a relay that you connect to your Wi-Fi router so that you can use facial recognition to open an app to use voice commands to turn the lamp on so you don’t have to use your finger to flip a switch?”

Our world is becoming one big Rube Goldberg machine

 

[JiveTurkey]

At the same time, how hard is it to reach over and turn the damn gain and mid knobs?

I’m not against technology, but it seems like we keep finding ways of using really complex technology to accomplish very simple tasks.

“What if I told you you could spend a bunch of money to connect your lamp to a relay that you connect to your Wi-Fi router so that you can use facial recognition to open an app to use voice commands to turn the lamp on so you don’t have to use your finger to flip a switch?”

Our world is becoming one big Rube Goldberg machine

Not sure if you are a fan; but the last episode of Sunny in Philadelphia from last year (S16, ep 8 "Dennis Takes A Mental Health Day") is the perfect embodiment of us using technology to make things "better" only to realize it's going to the exact opposite direction

 

[Whizzinby]

At the same time, how hard is it to reach over and turn the damn gain and mid knobs?

I’m not against technology, but it seems like we keep finding ways of using really complex technology to accomplish very simple tasks.

“What if I told you you could spend a bunch of money to connect your lamp to a relay that you connect to your Wi-Fi router so that you can use facial recognition to open an app to use voice commands to turn the lamp on so you don’t have to use your finger to flip a switch?”

Our world is becoming one big Rube Goldberg machine

As someone that has every light in my house controllable via voice and app, I can tell you with 100% certainty I am not going back to a Clapper.

 

[texhex]

When I listen to the guy saying BiasX all I hear is Bi-Sex.

 

[mikah912]

As someone that has every light in my house controllable via voice and app, I can tell you with 100% certainty I am not going back to a Clapper.

God bless you. I have exactly ONE set of lights connected that way in Google Home (the accent lighting on the "fun floor" where we keep the home theater/video games/etc.). I had to download the manufacturer's app and set it up there, then connect that app to Google Home and I have to repeat that process every time there's a storm that causes us to lose power for a good bit.

Not the future I'm looking forward to, no matter how much it sucks that my teenagers leave lights/bathroom fans/whatever on regularly.

 

[texhex]

I'm trying not to make fun of this... but it's not easy.

 

[Whizzinby]

God bless you. I have exactly ONE set of lights connected that way in Google Home (the accent lighting on the "fun floor" where we keep the home theater/video games/etc.). I had to download the manufacturer's app and set it up there, then connect that app to Google Home and I have to repeat that process every time there's a storm that causes us to lose power for a good bit.

Not the future I'm looking forward to, no matter how much it sucks that my teenagers leave lights/bathroom fans/whatever on regularly.

I was just jumping on the humor opportunity. I had my living room and bedroom setup on voice controlled lights for about a month. Worked well, except you have to keep the lights turned “on” for them to respond, so inevitably someone manually turns one off and then it doesn’t respond.

“Who used the switch, we have to keep it on and turn them off via voice or the app”

Kids be like:

Couldn’t ditch that setup fast enough.

 

[metropolis_4]

As someone that has every light in my house controllable via voice and app, I can tell you with 100% certainty I am not going back to a Clapper.

To me it’s kinda like

Me:
Hey technology, can you take care of all the tedious time consuming chores around the house like mopping, washing dishes, and folding laundry so I have more time to do what I enjoy?

Technology:
No. But how would you like to press a button on your phone to open your garage door instead of pressing that other button on your garage door opener?

 

[laxu]

Technology:
No. But how would you like to take out your phone, open up this app (internet connection required for data harvesting by Big Garage Door Inc), press a button on your phone to open your garage door instead of pressing that other button on your garage door opener?

FTFY.

 

[ian_dissonance]

I wouldn’t mind a lot of these app-controlled things if they worked like my digital mixer app. Software connects to relevant devices on the network, and done. But no. I have to make an account, and I have to give the app all the time access to my microphone, and I have to give the company that makes it permission to access my device etc etc etc. The last place I want ANY of this shit is in my music world.

 

[AlbertA]

I'm willing to give it a chance

 

[BenIfin]

Just watched a couple of the video's..... I think the concept is great .... way to early to judge it.

Maybe in a week or two when people have D/L the demo - a simple test.

I have never heard -any- modeler or profiler get this sound right.

Make a .wav of the first 9 seconds of this clip - cut it just before the drums come in - %100 pure and only guitar tone

Feed it into Bias X

Lets hear the result ?

If it nails this .... I'd buy

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[mikah912]

Just watched a couple of the video's..... I think the concept is great .... way to early to judge it.

Maybe in a week or two when people have D/L the demo - a simple test.

I have never heard -any- modeler or profiler get this sound right.

Make a .wav of the first 9 seconds of this clip - cut it just before the drums come in - %100 pure and only guitar tone

Feed it into Bias X

Lets hear the result ?

If it nails this .... I'd buy

How would it account for whether you're using a flying V with EMG 81s in it versus a Les Paul with Gibson Burstbuckers? Will it adjust the low-end based on whether you're listening through big studio monitors as opposed to high-impedance headphones?

I watched the videos too, and I'm not opposed to the concept. I just think Line 6 is doing a waaaaaay smarter and more enjoyable take on it by having five focus zones on each model, and just letting you touch and swipe between them. I'm not trying to type out or speak text prompts, then refine that prompt with another prompt, then ultimately ending up having to tweak knobs anyway.

 

[mikah912]

Also,

Check out the prompt he gives it here, then listen to the....errr....."tone" it generates at 11:01 or so:

 

[TSJMajesty]

Techo-nolo-gia!

 

[ian_dissonance]

Also,

Check out the prompt he gives it here, then listen to the....errr....."tone" it generates at 11:01 or so:

That was really, really stupid. He had to type all that shit when it would have been like 3 clicks for a 5150 a TS and a Boogie OS 4x12 IR. Just dragging those in and not adjusting anything probably would’ve sounded better.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Eww silent stages.

It’s like some of you people have never played a golf course.

As for this, fuck PositiveGrid. seriously. They make enormously mediocre products for too much money.

 

[TSJMajesty]

It’s like some of you people have never played a golf course.

As for this, fuck PositiveGrid. seriously. They make enormously mediocre products for too much money.

Really? I've never used their stuff, but I stumbled upon this chick's videos back before I landed on an Axe Fx, and seriously considered buying whatever Bias product she's using, because all her tones sounded great.

Here's 2: