Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 Standard

I have tested more than ten guitar sound emulators. This one is definitely the best. A variety of different devices, a clear control system, banks of presets

Great intro to Positive Grid Products

Having never really explored amp and fx plug-ins before, this is a great introduction. Easy to use and navigate, simple to install and some excellent amps and effects to use. The guitar simulator is a nice addition but I didn't spend much time with it. The Delays and Reverbs are very nice sounding and it is easy to build rigs, store and recall presets.

Great product !

I use this as my main pedal board now. No need for all the external pedal boards now. I just carry around my laptop.

Great for the price

I used the LE version so I wanted to buy the Standard to expand on what I already had tho it didn't feel like I got much more than I already had. I feel like going from LE to Professional is more worth it.

As for the sound.. It's okay. It's mostly fun because you get many pedals and cabinets in one easy to understand package but I don't think I would use it on a recording.

At the end of a sustained note, it will have that typical digital sizzle and cutting in and out so you got to have a bit filters and a gate to filter that out completely.

Therefore I recommend it 100% for the playing guitarist messing around or using it as a "study"/demo tool.

It's easy to use and understand.

The guitar match is a bit gimmicky but fun to play around with.

It didn't seem to impact my computer a whole lot which is great for larger sessions when recording demos. (Based on an AMD x3700 Ryzen processor with 32gb of ram.)

pretty easy to use - good sound

disclaimer: im a super basic user so sound quality can very much be down to me being bad & my equipment not being pro.

Having said that for the base price of the tool paired with a basic audio interface its unbeatable value. For a beginner its just amazing as a platform to have fun with a ton of sounds & amps. I still think you'd probably be better off with a decent amp + a few medals if you know what sound you want - but if you want a ton of creative sounds with pretty good quality in a few clicks thats a great product.

The interface once you're stting up the pedals etc is super nice and easy to use but I dont like that to me it feels a bit like an app ported ot PC. Window and options are a bit "clunky" but its a super cable software and once you get past those it is very easy to use day to day.

To wrap this up I still want to address the sound issue. Clean and slightly distorted sounds I find super nice but I really struggle to get even a decently clean tone when it comes to high distortion. For sure a lot of it is me being bad at it but I struggle a lot less with an amp & a pedal than the same in the app.

Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 Standard

User friendly. a lot of options. Good sound. Exchange of presets with other users is very good.