Positive Grid BIAS Distortion - Tone Match Distortion Pedal

Positive Grid

The world's first tone match distortion pedal

BIAS Distortion is a distortion/overdrive pedal that will give you the best analog sounding distortion tone with cutting edge technology. It allows you to virtually design your own distortion pedal in ways never before possible via BIAS Pedal mobile and desktop app, share and download distortion pedals from ToneCloud, plus Tone Match any real world distortion pedals.

TONE MATCH

Now you can easily match your favorite distortion, overdrive, fuzz, and boost pedals’ tone. BIAS Distortion integrates with BIAS Pedal’s Tone Match technology – it analyzes and compares your currently selected pedal and the sound of a target tube pedal. It then executes the tonal compensation and enhancements needed to make your pedal’s sound accurately match that of the target pedal.

CUSTOM DESIGN

For the first time ever, you can easily design and modify your custom distortion pedal at the most detailed level – from the input volume, to the distortion stages and gain control, to pre and post EQ and much, much more. You can even change the pedal’s virtual guts as you would do with a real distortion pedal: modify your boost pedal’s germanium transistor or tweak your fuzz pedal’s silicon transistor.

PREMIUM COMPONENTS

BIAS Distortion Pedal uses only the finest quality components available. The road-ready metal foot switch, the circuit board, and each knob used are all top of the line. Enrich your pedal tone with the absolute best sound quality analog and digital has to offer.

TONE MATCH ANY DISTORTION PEDAL

Dive into your dream tone instantly by matching your favorite distortion, overdrive, fuzz, and boost pedals.

BIAS Pedal Tone Match technology analyzes and compares your currently selected pedal and the sound of a target tube pedal. It then executes the tonal compensation and enhancements needed to make your pedal’s sound accurately match that of the target pedal.

DESIGN YOUR DREAM PEDAL

For the first time ever, you can easily design and modify your custom distortion pedal at the most detailed level – from the input volume, to the distortion stages and gain control, to pre and post EQ and much, much more. You can even change the pedal’s virtual guts as you would do with a real distortion pedal: modify your boost pedal’s germanium transistor or tweak your fuzz pedal’s silicon transistor.

BIAS Pedal’s extremely intuitive operation uses the world’s most famous distortion pedal circuit layouts, so you can create your custom distortion pedal in a breeze.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Built: Full metal framework for strongest built quality
• Knobs: 6 tone-shapping knobs plus boost for excellent hardware control
• Footswitches: 4 rugged metal footswitches for preset change and boost
• Instrument Input: Mono 1/4″ TS Hi-Z Input
• Expression Pedal Input: 1/4″ TRS Input
• Output: Mono 1/4″ Output
• MIDI: 5 pin connectors for In/Thru
• USB: Connect with BIAS Pedal desktop (PC & Mac) via Micro USB
• Bluetooth: Connect with BIAS Pedal iPad
• Power supply: 9V DC (negative tip required)
• Dimension (H x W x D): 62.7 x 142 x 227 mm
• Weight: 1.3 kg

FUNCTIONS

• Presets: Comes with 10 default presets and able to import new ones with BIAS Pedal app
• Banks: Distortion Pro Pedal comes with A/B bank with total 20 presets
• MIDI Control: Full MIDI Implementation for much more flexible control
• Boost: “Provides an addition boost function with 3 different boost type to increase additional Gain volume and shape your tone. Boost can be placed before or after the Distortion pedal.”
• True bypass: True Bypass for the pure sound quality
• Expression Pedal: Connect with EXP. Pedal to real time control any paramater on stage
• Software: Work with BIAS Pedal app for pedal design, preset management and remoting
• USB connection: USB connection with PC & Mac
• USB power supply: Able to power up the pedal with USB connection
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth connectivity for BIAS Pedal iOS
• Tone Match: Allows to match any kind of distortion sound
• Tonecloud: Share and download tones of distortion sound

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