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Biased
A free, component-level-modeled tube preamp for VST3/Standalone (Windows) — cascaded gain stages, dynamic bias-shift, and transformer saturation in a precise, modern control surface.
Download the manual (PDF, 1.3MB)Best for
- multi-purpose
- vocal warmth
- drum saturation
- full mix warmth
- vintage tube drive
What is the signal-path visualizer?
The Biased hero display reads the actual DSP state live — four waveform lanes from input through output, a transfer-curve plot pulled from the same math the audio thread runs, and a heat-ramp meter that glows hotter as the tube is driven harder.
Stage
Drive · Stage 2 · Bias · Sag
Two cascaded gain stages, a real grid-bias point, and supply sag under drive — the core of the tube’s response.
Character
Grit · Input Iron · Output Iron
Asymmetric pentode clipping plus independent input/output transformer saturation.
Age
Age · Capacitance
Capacitor-aging coloration across three capacitance sizes, from tight and modern to loose and worn.
Output
Output
Final output trim.
Mod
Env Depth · LFO Rate · LFO Depth · LFO Shape
An envelope follower and a free-running LFO — four shapes — for movement over time.
System requirements
- Format
- VST3, Standalone
- Platform
- Windows
- macOS
- In progress
- Verified
- pluginval strictness 10
- Latency
- None
Changelog
- 1.3.0
A small quality-of-life addition: Biased now remembers how big you like its window.
New
- Biased remembers your preferred window size. Resize it once, in any project, and every new instance you open after that starts at that size instead of the default. If a specific project was saved at its own size, reopening that project uses its size; everything else uses your personal default.