BIAS FX
Guitar amp and pedal modeling you play through instead of an amp
Models amps, cabinets and effects pedals in software, so a guitar goes into an interface and out through headphones at any hour of the night. Home players use it to avoid owning, miking and annoying the neighbors with a real amp. Sold as a one-off license, with tiers by how many models you get. Purists say it never quite matches a valve amp in a room.
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Lex FridmanDoes it
AI researcher · Lex Fridman Podcast
Asked by Rick Beato what amp he plays guitar through, he owned up to an amp sim, BIAS FX, and apologized for it.
Source: Lex Fridman Podcast: Rick Beato transcript
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