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As an aside, the Analogue Rack FX Bundle, and the individual constituents are now available as AUv3 for iOS as is the free Crunck V2 amp sim. The MRH810 and BST100 are due to launch in the same format shortly.

Thanks - after I posted this morning I tried the headphone jack from the iRig and indeed I think it is slightly better - still mono of course! I think I'll leave the Focusrite set up with Windows - the iRig sounds great with the iPad and it's so portable. I'll float these issues over at AudioBus too. Cheers.

@ZincT @Reid Rosefelt @sarine @tom ...and everyone else....If I plug a guitar cable into the headphone jack of my iPad, and the other end into my audio interface (it's a Focusrite) then I am able to play the output from my iPad and record it into my desktop DAW. This is pretty amazing as I can use the GarageBand Drummer for example, the GeoShred app, and the standalone Tonebridge amp sim which is iOS only. The only thing is that the signal comes through as mono - not the end of the world - but is it possible to get a stereo signal from iPad to desktop? Obviously I can export stereo wav files, but I am talking about playing something "live".

Guys - have any of you stumbled across an EZ Drummer equivalent? A drum player with a ton of midi drum loops? I know GB has loads of good inbuilt options, but I feel Cubasis is lacking in this regard.

What fantastic information - thanks so much to all. @ZincT “GeoShred is also a brilliant guitar come synth app conceived by the great Jordan Rudess.” I couldn’t agree more! There is an issue using it in Cubasis 3 which I’ve raised with GeoShred’s tech - fantastic service (it’s a Steinberg issue). I’m also due to meet Jordan at a Dream Theater meet and greet in Madrid on Friday and I’ll mention it to him!!

Any iOS aficionados here? I’ve recently bought an iRig Pro I/o so I can plug in my guitars use my mics in my iPad. Trying out Cubasis and GarageBand. Cubasis is pretty intuitive if you’ve desktop DAWs for any length of time. GarageBand is my first ever experience of using an Apple product for music making and takes slightly more getting used to. But I’ve managed to record a song in both - mainly audio, but a few midi bits too. Great fun, but of course I’m already wishing I could reach for some of the FX I have access to in the desktop world. I’ve signed up to the AudioBus forum and it’s a decent resource, but I wondered whether you guys know of a central place for iOS “deals” or, actually where I can find quality plugins. It seems that many are available (you really want the AUv3 format), but reviews and demos seem almost non existent. Just because a particular plugin is much cheaper than a VST version, it seems you are expected to take a blind punt, and hope it’s OK. In all fairness, I think it’ll be a long time and possibly never that I complete album standard pieces on an iPad, it may always remain a place for sketching out quality demos and ideas, so the “need” for third party plugins is questionable, but why not have a bit of fun?! I especially miss my Waves Scheps 73, Melodyne and VocAlign, but in terms of amp sims Tonebridge is astounding and it’s free!

I refuse to believe that there is one member on this forum that needs another reverb. Appreciate “need” isn’t really the point in GAS land, but another reverb? In 2020? For HOW much?

I bought the Nembrini MRH810 because it was waaay better at THAT sound than anything in that category that I have dialled up on S Gear. Different league, and I’m glad to own it. I know you’re no fan of suites, but I still use S Gear a lot...for most other sounds.

My amp sim of choice for years, but right now I’m not sure I need this update, even at $29. In my mind, it is in need of a major overhaul to catch up with more recent contenders (Nembrini for example). Not excited by this.

One of the musicians of my life. First saw him with Rush in 1979 in London. A lifetime of memories

Ampire and all the pedal fx look impressive...looking forward to getting stuck in!

Larry, you’ve helped me make better music over many years going way back on the old Sonar forum. Happy Thanksgiving to you, from sunny Spain 😎 Bill

Also occurs to me I should learn to do my own gated reverb effect.

Are there any BF deals for drum samples? In particular, looking for 1980s gated reverb type hits to use in BFD3. Also other single shot electronic drums (stuff I don’t usually use, but experimenting outside my normal genres 😀). Or even good free ones?

https://www.scuffhamamps.com/dark-nights-sale S-GEAR v2.9 release plans S-Gear v2.9 is currently in beta testing. In preparation for release, we've created a web page to answer upgrade questions. S-GEAR v2.9 Upgrade pricing: Customers who purchased S-GEAR v2.7 from 1st January 2018 - Free of charge Customers who purchased S-GEAR before 1st January 2018 - USD $29 S-GEAR v2.9 brings: Support for HiDPI Displays Scalable GUI Improved Preset management system Redwirez ‘Remastered’ Cabinet options New license system allowing up to 3 machine activations VST3 plug-in format on Windows and Mac A fully updated code base for future development

Auto mapping parameters of third party plugins to the FaderPort - wow😀

Ah, that’s what it means! Awesome news, I’ll update tonight

The other element, which makes these come together, tightens everything up and makes it sound "real" to my ears is the OwnHammer Ampeg SVT

It's a great compressor - and it's VST now. The other thing is the EQ - I had almost forgotten I owned PuigTec - haven't used it for years, but at the back of my mind I remembered something about the way it tightens up bass in particular. When I was experimenting the chain described above, I had a stock EQ in there first, then replaced it with the PuigTec, and wow, what a positive difference that made. Your ears can be fooled by the PuigTec as it can add a dB or 2 so be careful to level match to get the true picture. Not trying to encourage folks to spend money, but it's on sale at Everyplugin for $26.98 right now.

Actually, I am not sure now - the Celestions are featured half way down this page which is specifically about Bias FX 2

Ah, I think you are correct! But there is an IR loader and I suspect that if I really "need" Celestion cabs, OwnHammer have them for about $10 The big question for me is whether I go for this as my Go To multi-amp sim solution. I have used S Gear almost exclusively for many years. It's still great, but this PG Bias FX thing seems to take things to a completely new level. "Guitar Match" in itself - wow. S Gear might get an upgrade one day, but meantime it looks as if things have moved on. I was pleased toT pick up the Nembrini MRH810 at 80% off recently. That gave me a Marshall sound that was not obtainable for me in S Gear, and I've just recorded a song with it, so I'm happy with that as a single amp purchase.

Thanks - so if I don’t want to swap out valves and so on, or tweak the amps themselves, FX is an all in one package and the one I should go for? Also, I like the sound of using Celestion IRs, so I’m thinking I need the FX 2 Professional or Elite for that?

I’m confused - do you need Bias FX 2 AND Bias Amp 2? What’s the difference?

Hi Dan - There's a lot of choice - but a really nice OwnHammer IR I'm trying right now is based on an Ampeg SVT-410HLF cabinet with a MojaveAudio MA200 tube condenser mic apparently!

I have been experimenting with creating a bass guitar FX chain. My Ibanez bass guitar plugs directly into my audio interface and then I have this set up : 1. CA –2A compressor – set as needed 2. Softube saturation knob – dial in as required 3. Waves PuigTec EQP1A (“Rock Bass” preset) 4. Kush Audio Reddi tube direct box 5. Ownhammer Ampeg SVT-410HLF4 x 10 cabinet Bass Impulse Response It’s sounding awesome to my ears and way above what I have achieved with a packaged bass amp sim. That said, I’m yet to try this out in a full mix, although I’d like to think that by tweaking parameters in the various elements above, I could get it to work. Also, I’m not sure I’ve got the effects in the best order, and this is my first attempt at using stand alone IRs. How do others set up an FX chain for bass guitar?