BIAS - FX - 2 - Mobile - Product - Manual (New)
BIAS - FX - 2 - Mobile - Product - Manual (New)
BIAS - FX - 2 - Mobile - Product - Manual (New)
Outline
1. Getting Started
a. Transfer In-App Purchases from BIAS FX Mobile
b. Apple Sign In
c. Connecting an Audio Interface and Audio Settings
d. Adjusting Input and Output Gain
2. Signal Path Management
a. Adding or Removing Effects
b. Replacing, Engaging and Bypassing Amps and Effects
c. Dragging and Dropping Items on Signal Path
d. Single or Dual Signal Path
e. Clear Signal Path
f. Cab Controls and IR Loader
2. Preset Management
a. Browsing Presets
b. Editing User Bank
c. Editing Presets
d. Preset Actions
2. LiveView
a. Switching Presets
b. Assigning Toggle Buttons
c. Scene
2. Guitar Match
a. Creating a Source Guitar
b. Matching Pickup Frequency
c. Selecting a Target Guitar
2. Looper
a. Getting Started
b. Record, Dub and Playback
c. Undo, Redo, Replay and Clear
2. Utilities
a. Tuner
b. Metronome
2. Output Setting
a. Global Control
b. EQ Compensation
2. ToneCloud
a. Previewing and Downloading Presets
b. Like and Comment
c. Search, Sort and Multiple Download
d. User Page
2. BIAS Integration
a. BIAS AMP 2 Integration
b. BIAS Pedal Integration
2. Inter-App Audio
3. MIDI
a. Assigning MIDI via Control Panel
b. Assigning MIDI via Settings Menu
2. Appendix
a. License Comparison Chart
b. Effects Models List
c. Amp Models List
d. Cab Models List
e. Expansion Packs List
1. Getting Started
o Transfer In-App Purchases from BIAS FX Mobile
▪ If you own BIAS FX MOBILE and have purchased expansion packs, please
select “TRANSFER FROM BIAS FX MOBILE” during the on-boarding process.
The app will automatically open BIAS FX MOBILE to verify your purchase
history then transfer and restore all your expansion packs to BIAS FX 2
MOBILE.
▪ If you decide to transfer later or if your BIAS FX MOBILE was installed on
another device, please go to the SETTINGS menu and select “TRANSFER
IN-APP PURCHASES” after the on-boarding process. From there, you can
redo the transfer process or follow the instructions to re-download BIAS FX
MOBILE and transfer your expansion packs.
1. Expansion packs that can be transferred: Essential Analog Effects Pack, Effects
Powerhouse Pack, Classics From 60’s Pack, Studio Rack Pack, Acoustic Pack, Bass Pack,
Metal Signature Pack.
o Apple Sign In
1. If you are using iOS 13 or later, you can now link your ToneCloud account with your
Apple ID. Just tap the “Continue with Apple” icon on the LOGIN page and enter your Apple
ID and password. Remember, it only works when you already have a ToneCloud account
and the email address of your Apple ID matches your ToneCloud account.
o Connecting an Audio Interface and Audio Settings
▪ Please select the corresponding input channel on your audio interface. The
app can support up to 8 input channels max.
▪ Select the preferable buffer size and sample rate. A higher sample rate
setting will give you higher quality sound, and a lower buffer size setting will
reduce audio latency, but please note that increasing the sample rate and/or
decreasing buffer size may lead to performance slowdowns as more of your
device’s resources is required.
▪ iPhone - Double tap the selected effects or amp unit on the signal path
to open control panel. Then tap the unit name display to open
FX/AMP FINDER, select the desired effects or amp unit to replace the
selected unit.
▪ iPad - Double tap the selected effects, amp or cab unit on the signal
path to open FX/AMP/CAB FINDER. Select on the desirable
effect/amp/cab to replace the selected unit.
▪ Engage/Bypass - Select an effect, amp or cab unit on signal path, drag up or
down to engage or bypass the unit.
o Drag and Drop Items on Signal Path - Select an effects, amp or cab unit on the
signal path then drag and drop to change its position.
o Single or Dual Signal Path - Tap the “Dual | Single” to switch between dual path
and single path. If you run a dual signal path routing, a Splitter and a Mixer will be
automatically added before and after the amps on the signal path. You can modify
each path’s volume, pan and delay using the mixer. You can also determine how the
signal is split in the splitter. Please note that if you want to add delay to the mixer,
please pan the two paths to L and R (left and right) to avoid phasing issues in your
overall sound.
o Clear Signal Path - If you want to make a whole new preset, just tap “Clear” and
you’ll have a clean signal path with only a noise gate and an amp.
3. Preset Management
o Browsing Presets - P reset name displays the name of your current preset and the
bank that it’s in. Tap the preset name to open the preset menu. When you make
changes to the preset, the “*Edited” hint will be displayed on the right side of this
menu.
o Editing Preset
▪ Copy Preset - To copy a preset, long press the presetand drag it to the
desired user bank. Factory presets can be copied to any user bank. However,
you cannot copy presets over to any of the factory banks.
▪ Edit Preset - Tap the “ellipsis” icon (vertical dots) to open the edit menu.
Tap the “pencil” icon to rename the preset. To delete a preset, tap the “trash
can” icon.
1. Please note that factory presets cannot be deleted.
o Preset Action - T
ap the “hamburger” icon to open the preset action menu. From
here, you can “Overwrite”, “Save as new”, “Share to ToneCloud” or “Delete” the
preset.
4. LiveView
1. Open LiveView by tapping the “LIVEVIEW” icon on the bottom menu panel.
o Assigning Toggle Button - You can assign functions to the bottom five “Empty”
buttons by long pressing the desired button and accessing the pop-up action menu.
o Scene - You can create and save multiple pedalboard setups, then recall them
instantly with a single tap using the “Scene” function.
▪ Double tap the selected effects, amp or cab unit to open the control panel
and adjust the parameters.
▪ Drag up or down to engage or bypass the unit.
▪ Tap the “Reset All” button to reset all changes applied to the original
settings.
▪ Give the scene a name then save it. Now you can recall the setups you have
made just by tapping the scene button.
5. Guitar Match
1. Open Guitar Match by tapping the “GUITAR MATCH” icon on the bottom menu panel.
o Create Source Guitar - Create a source guitar based on the guitar you are using
with BIAS FX 2 MOBILE. Select a body shape and give it a name. Then you can enter
the GUITAR MATCH page by selecting the source guitar and tapping the “pencil”
icon on the top right hand side of the screen.
o Matching Pickup Frequency - Choose the pickup position that you want to match,
select the pickup type then tap on the START MATCHING button to begin the
frequency matching process.
1. Please play each string individually from the 6th string to the 1st string to ensure
matching accuracy.
o Select Target Guitar - Next, you’ll be taken to the TARGET GUITAR page after
completing the matching process of at least one of the pickups. Here, you can
switch between 20 different target guitar models on the left hand side of the
screen.
57' Goldtop 1995 Mahogany Rosewood Plain Maple top and Pure P.A
Reissue Mahogany Back
SHR Antique 2017 Maple Indian Alder ML Singl
Rosewood
JP Signature 6 2014 Mahogany Ebony Alder with maple top and Liquifire
mahogany tone block
6. Looper
o Getting Started - Open Looper by tapping the “infinity” icon on the top menu
panel.
▪ Set the preferable bar length, BPM tempo, and the beat you want to record at
on the top menu bar.
▪ You can set up the looper action and position in the Settings menu:
▪ Action after REC - Set the action after you record the first loop to
“Play” to playback the recording, or set it to “Dub” to start dubbing
over the recorded track.
▪ Dub starts on - Set the dub behavior when you tap the “Record”
button. Set to “Next Loop” to start dubbing on the next loop, or set it to
“Press” to start dubbing right after your press the record button.
▪ Looper Location - You can choose to put the looper before or after
the signal path.
o Record, Dub and Playback - Tap the “Record” button to count down and start
recording/dubbing. Tap again to stop recording. The circling orange ring indicates
that Looper is in recording/dubbing mode. The blue circling ring indicates that it’s
in playback mode.
o Metronome - Open the Metronome by tapping the “BPM display” on the top menu
panel.
▪ You can set the beat count that you want by tapping the round buttons
across the top.
▪ Tap the “+/-” buttons to increase or decrease the BPM value, or you can turn
the center knob to adjust the value.
▪ Tap the “Play” icon to play the metronome.
▪ Tap the ”Hand” icon to access tap tempo.
▪ You can lock the BPM value as the global value to apply it to all presets by
engaging the “Global BPM Lock”
8. Output Setting
1. Open Output Setting by tapping the “OUTPUT SETTING” icon on the bottom menu panel.
The default setting is off.
o Global Control - This is where you can engage/bypass each of the amp’s modules
to match your preferable output scenario, or you can select four most common
output scenario (Amp’s Input/Amp’s Return/Headphones/Earphones) from the
drop down menu in the middle. Remember: bypassing amp’s modules will affect
your amp sound in the signal path!
o EQ Compensation - You can adjust the EQ to shape your tone more precisely to
your liking.
9. ToneCloud
o Previewing and Downloading Presets
▪ Previewing - Select a preset that you like, tap the “Preview” icon to start
previewing the preset.
▪ Download - Select a preset that you like, tap the “Download” icon to
download the preset to a user bank of your choice.
▪ Tap the “ellipsis” icon in the top right corner to open the preset info window.
o Like and Comment - I n the preset info window, you can leave a comment, give
the preset a like by tapping the “heart” icon, or tap on the author’s profile picture
or name to open the user’s page.
o Search, Sort and Multiple Download
▪ Search and Sort - You can sort the presets by Time, Alphabet, Popularity or
Genre. Or, you can search directly from the search bar at the top.
▪ Multiple Download - Tap the “Multiple Download” button on the top right
and now you can select multiple presets and download them all at once to
the desired user bank.
o User Page
▪ Other User Page - When you tap on any author’s profile picture/name, you
can enter the author’s user page and check out their presets.
▪ My Page - Tap the “my page” icon in the top right corner to log in to your
ToneCloud account or access your user page. From here, you can manage,
download or delete presets you have uploaded.
10. BIAS Integration
o BIAS AMP 2 Integration - Select any amp unit on the signal path then tap the BIAS
AMP 2 icon on the left hand side to export the amp to your BIAS AMP 2 MOBILE
app. In BIAS AMP 2 MOBILE, you can edit and customize the amp and import it
back to BIAS FX 2 MOBILE, it will automatically replace the current amp on the
signal path and appear in your AMP FINDER menu in the BIAS AMP 2 folder.
1. You can also just export any amp directly from BIAS AMP 2 MOBILE to BIAS FX 2 MOBILE
and it will also automatically replace the amp on the signal path of your current preset
and appear in your AMP FINDER menu in the BIAS AMP 2 folder.
o BIAS Pedal Integration - If you own BIAS Pedal (iPad only), you can export any
pedal from BIAS Pedal into BIAS FX 2 MOBILE. The new imported pedal will be
automatically added to the signal path of your current preset and appear in your
FX FINDER menu in the BIAS Pedal folder.
12. MIDI
o Assigning MIDI via Control Panel
o Assigning MIDI via Settings Menu
Appendix
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Amps 4 30 63
Effects Pedals 8 33 77
Cabs 45 45 45
Studio Racks - - -
Factory Presets 8 23 53
NEW Looper v v v
NEW IR Loader - - v
NEW ToneCloud v v v
IAA Support v v v
Merrow Gate
Noise Reduction
Noise Filter
Compressor v v
Red Comp v
Tube Compressor v
Bass Compressor
Opto Comp
4K Comp
Studio Comp
Multi Comp HD
Advance Comp HD
Octaver v
Auto Wah v
Bass Octave
Poly Octaver
Mutron
Pitch Shifter
Wah HD
Harmonizer
Modeler
BOOST Booster v v v
Treble Booster v v
BIAS Preamp v
Power Booster v
Tube Boost
S-Booster
DRIVE 808OD v v
OverdrivePro v v
Blues Wizard v
Matched Tube v
Dumble Clean v
Sweet OD v
Vintage Overdrive v
Acoustic Preamp
Bass DI Driver
Loomis OD
Merrow Drive
Tube Driver
Clone Drive
DISTORTION DSONE v v v
DistortionX v v
VintageFuzz v v
Mouse v v
Metaltone Mod v v
Bloodline v
Purple Chaos v
PainKiller v
Hell Metal v
JB Fuzz v
Super Fuzz v
Tube Master v
British Crunch v
Heavy Fuzz v
Distortion Plus v
SAB Driver
Guitar Muff
Thrash Master
Fuzz Arsenal
Preamp
Fuzz Modeler
EQ EQ4 v v v
EQ6 v v
EQ10 v
Volume v
Acoustic EQ
Acoustic Sim
Acoustic Image
Bass EQ
Loomis PQ
Studio EQ
MODULATION Chorus v v v
Phaser Pro v v v
Flanger v v
Tremolo v v
Flanger Pro v v
Orange Phaser v v
Stereo Chorus v v
Vibrato v v
Rotary v v
Vintage Rotary v v
AutoSwell v
Jet Flange v
Slow Attack v
QuickQuak v
Magic Vibe v
PhasePan v
Broken Vibe v
PhaseTrem v
Vintage Trem v
Lush Ensemble v
Ola Chorus
Acoustic Chorus
Bass Chorus
Chorus One
Stripe Flanger
Classic Vibe
Analog Phaser
Ring Mod
Dual Phaser
Cloner
Tremulator
Uni-Vibe
Tri-Chorus HD
Les Rotary HD
DELAY Delay v v v
Dark Memory v v
Digital Ambient v v
Hendrix Delay v v
Tremolod Delay v
Smooth Analog v
FireJet Delay v
Analog Harmony v
Another Moon v
Ola Delay
Analog Delay
Echotape
Deluxe Delay
Ping Pong
Reverse Delay
Mega-Tap HD
EchoreX HD
Time Modeler
63 Spring v
Stereo Reverb v
Acoustic Reverb
Ambient Reverb
Dual Spring
Vintage Spring HD
77 Silver Tone V2 v v
67 Blackface V2 v v
69 Duo Verb V2 v v
59 Tweed Lux V2 v v
76 Jazz Combo v v
Gret 6156 v v
94 MATCH DC V2 v
PhD Z V2 v
Clean Master V2 v
67 Dumble Clean v
Solo Star v
Supreme Clean
PhD W
Super Reverb
AD Clean
BB Clean
JM45 Clean
Dumble 50
AC Hand-wired
Super Amp
CRUNCH 69 Plexiglas V2 v v v
British OR30 V2 v v
Hiway DR103 v v
Overdriven JM45 v v
Lanny 50 V2 v
Modded Plexi V2 v
Pushed Tweed V2 v
Grid Crunch V2 v
British Rock 50 V2 v
D13 FTR v
Paul Arch v
87 Jubilee v
Super Sonic V2 v
Dual Rev
1968 Crunch
Overdriven Vibro
Overdriven Deluxe
AC Crunch HW
PhD 18
PhD Lux
American Crunch
Checkmate
Vintage Crunch
HI GAIN 92 Treadplate V2 v v v
04 Insane 5153 V2 v v
SLO SP88 v v
Invader v v
Mark V CH3 v v
92 VH4 v v
SwitchAxe Lead v v
Slayer King v
Insane SATAN V2 v
Ecstasy 101 V2 v
German Fire V2 v
BE 101 v
Black Bull v
Insane Roadie
Black 100
Cobra
Insane 6508
Insane Hargen
RD 53
Pushed Mark IV
RD V2
Classic Insane
Lighting
YM100
Loomis Metal
Merrow Fire
Merrow 5153
Ola War
Keyboard Amp v v
Acoustic Sim V2 v v
Flat Acoustic v
Acoustic Amp V2 v
Loomis 120
Ola Peace
GK 800 V2 v v
Metal Bass v v
67 T15 v v
DR201 Custom v v
Supra Bass V2 v
Hammer 500 v
W600 v
700 RB V2 v
Bass 360 V2 v
Sunny 3000 v
H5001
MM25
400T
MB T500
TE V5001
Blues Lux v v v
Hot Rod v v v
Solo Star v v v
Vibro Lux v v v
Black Lux v v v
C-12K v v v
Big Bass v v v
2 SPEAKER Vibro v v v
British 30 v v v
Black Duo v v v
Green 25 v v v
Bass Pro v v v
Jazz Clean v v v
Orange v v v
Alnico Blue v v v
Chrome v v v
Bass CX-10 v v v
Bass Neo v v v
Hiway Fane v v v
British 900 v v v
Treadplate v v v
Bass GK v v v
OR V-30s v v v
Hiway 4123 v v v
British Carbon v v v
Celest T-75s v v v
Celest V-30s v v v
Tweed Bass v v v
P10Q v v v
1965A v v v
Thrasher v v v
Legend v v v
ENG v v v
Rectifier v v v
Metal V v v v
British G12V v v v
Acoustic Sim v v v
Bass Super v v v
Acoustic v v v
Expansion Packs
PACK NAME PRICE CONTENT LINK
Effects $9.99 ● S-Booster https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1akbv
Powerhouse ● 4K Comp
Pack ● Tube Driver
11 Effects ● Fuzz Arsenal
● Pitch Shifter
● Ring Mod
● Dual Phaser
● Poly Octaver
● Reverse Delay
● Ping Pong
● Ambient Reverb