Two Notes Torpedo Captor 8 Ohms Reviews

Gave life to my Mesa Boogie

Very precise if you also download the official IR.

Amazing unit for home recording for my tube amps

I was looking for a solution to play and record guitar through my PC and my studio monitors. Using a cabinet is quite a challenge because some of my amps are extremely loud and not suitable for home use. Also this way i am able to crank up my amps and get the sweet tube amp tones.

The Two Notes app with the impulse responses is great. for example, I have an Orange TH30 amp with a 2x12 orange cab. Using just the amp through the Captor gives me pretty much the exact same tone as the real amp + cab. I bought the official orange cabinet packs from two notes and they sound pretty much exactly the same as the original.

Not needing a power cable is also brilliant. 1 power cable and adapter less is always a positive thing.

Not really usable live though. there is a single cab emulation but i don't think it sounds as good as the plugin cabs.

A must have for tube amp lovers

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If want to play and record tube amps at home, this is a must! You can crank the amp master volume and record all the nice power tube saturation and harmonics without making any noise. You can also just use it as an attenuator. Build quality is great, metal construction, all knobs feel solid, etc.

The analog cab simulation is just OK and cannot be compared to an impulse response. I barely use this function. At home, I just load IRs via the Wall of Sound plug-in, which is great and very flexible. If you want to use IRs live, I would rather get the new Captor X. It is missing a headphone jack. The attenuation is also fixed at -20dB, which is not always useful. Despite of this "negatives", there is nothing to compete with it at this price point, so cannot really complain...

A life saver

I've been using the Torpedo Captor 8 Ohms for silent usage of my tube amp at home, since noise isn't an option in my flat. What else can I say other than it works wonders and the fan isn't particularly noisy. The WoS cab sims that comes with the purchase have also been very useful (more than enough) when recording in my DAW and is the icing on the cake.

So in short, without this I wouldn't have been able to use my amp to it's full potential, and it does not disappoint!

A must for a home studio

I solve several issues with this amazing device: home volume, night playing, practice & recording quality, noise interference.

Great unit, makes it possible to play your valve amp at home using 3rd party cabinet impulses very easy using the wall of sound or another plugin, Great for touring with a small unit connected to something like mooer Cab sim. The fan only spins when signal is fed to the unit, makes a bit of noise. There is a noticeable sound coming from the unit , that i find normal because the loadbox is "eating" all the valve amp signal and transferring that to heat and sound. Sounds like a old PC speaker. Aprt from that , great great unit for the price. Two notes has excellent product on the market.

Nice procuct with some flaws

I gave 4 stars in features because, It would have been great if it would have TS jack output (besides TRS) so that you could use it before devices that don't work that with TRS. But thats a small issue.

The biggest problems I have with hiss. The TRS Line output is unusable, I'm considering sending for warranty check. So I bought XLR to jack adapter and now I'm using the XLR output, which still has some hiss. Maybe hiss is because of adapter or something, but I don't know I'm blaming it on this device. So I give 3 stars to quality.

Still besides the flaws, I find it useful, the hiss from XLR output can be dealt with. If I will get the hiss problem solved through warranty or by some changes in my setup, it will be perfect piece for a studio. Really useful tool if you have tube amp.

Best Choice on the Market!!!

Best way to record guitars at a Studio!

It give you very accurate speaker simulation that allows you to be very silent!

Its possible to use your tube amps whenever you want and get really awesome simulations of great cabs! The 16 cabs are imo more than enough to find a great cab!

Also the -20dB is a great feature. If you have a master volume amp this attenuator will do everything you need an attenuator to do!

If you love your tube amp and you want to play it more I suggest you check this Product

I would rather use this type of simulation than any Kemper/AxeFX/Helix/...

I serious advise to buy this product!!!

Excellent !

The device does it's job with good quality.

It has all the features i desired from it and it's easy to use.

It seems quite robust and durable.

The manual is short but very informative.

The software that you can download to use with it (wall of sound) is pretty good, i would have liked if it came with more free cabs and microphone models though.

Great addition to my home studio

This is a great little device! Very sturdy and does a couple of different things. Thanks to this box I can play my ENGL Fireball again! I can either attenuate it and hook it up to my 212 cab and sound great without angering the neighbors or hook connect it straight to my audio interface for recording, or BOTH! I haven't tried the built in cab simulator, but I've gotten some great results so far with IRs. The Wall of Sound plugin from Two Notes looks great and works pretty well, but it has crashed twice so far..

Very useful!

Got this unit as multi-purpose piece of gear.

I use it to attenuate my 40 watt amp at home, to record directly into my DAW (with the speaker connected or off), and also to avoid having to mic the amp when playing live as the cab simulator is great.

I should have bought one of these a long time ago.

Great solution for recordings

This is a great attenuator. The -20dB feature is great and it has almost no changes to tone. If you are looking for a way to record or play at home in low volumes, it's for you. However, the line output for virtual sounds (wall of sounds and orthers) is not the best option, the tone is too much artificial for me.

Perfect if you want top play a tube amp silently

I use it for late night recording of my tube amps. It works like magic.

Do not care about the built in cab sims though. I'm using it with my DAW and Wall of Sound.

Perfect tool for home recording.

"Two Notes to bind them..."

This little French tank not only perfectly complements the aesthetic of my Diezel VH4, it allows me to bypass the speaker cabinet and record the sound of the amplifier silently, directly in to my laptop - effortlessly combining the best of both analogue and digital (hence the LOTR paraphrase in the review title). This enables me to record my amplifier at optimum volumes (in other words: LOUD) in order to get the best possible tone, a task which is otherwise nigh on impossible when you lead a busy lifestyle and can only play in the evenings.

Furthermore, the Two Notes Wall of Sound software enables one to mix and match speakers, cabinets and microphones in order to sculpt the perfect tone which, for a particularly discerning man as myself, is a most exciting prospect. The sound quality of the IR's is second-to-none, and nobody would ever guess that your tone was not, in fact, a "real" miked up cabinet.

In conclusion, the Two Notes Torpedo Captor does everything that it's supposed to do, and it does them all exceptionally well. If you're considering one, pull the trigger and buy it - you will not be disappointed.

Compared it to a Suhr...

I also have a Suhr reactive load which is great. But unlike the Captor, it doesn't have as many features. Sonically and feel wise, both provide the same results. Just going by that, I really prefer the Captor over the Suhr. The 20db attenuation is very effective! It doesn't change the way my amp sounds, or how it feels. Just quieter. I haven't even tried the other features yet upon writing this, but already I am liking this very much.

Yes it is made in China, but the overall feel is pretty solid. I guess I'll just have to wait which one stands the test of time...

Great Load Box - Great bang for the Ca$h

The Captor is a very capable loadbox. The recordings of my amps sound awesome - especially with 3rd party IRs (not necessarily TwoNotes IRs).

The attenuation feature is lacking imho - it makes my amps sound a little bit thin, but I believe that most audiences won't be aware of this. Overall: If you're looking for a reliable loadbox which has some additional features and at a great price range - go for it.

Great

Bought it as a mobile backup (along with a Two Notes CAB) to my Torpedo Live. Really happy with the unit, as long as you use a decent IR loader after it, this is a winner

Nicely thought of, but....

I bought this for profiling amps with my Kemper.

All works great, but it is not possible to use on normal line source out akka preamp sources, cos it doesn't have an input regulation. It is suitable just to use with high loud sources from the poweramp.

When I connected to my preamp wanted to use it directly as a DI with cab sim, or if you want to use it with a pedalboard, much better solution is torpedo live, but very pricey indeed. So I will probably ending up returning the captor and getting torpedo live to better serve my purposes.

Quality is great, sound is great, but simply not smth that I find usable with my setup, cos I use rack equipment.

Life Changer...

If you love recording guitar, but you are in a space that doesn't allow you to use your amps this device absolutely is AWESOME...

It doesn't replace the feeling of a speaker, but it does give you very accurate speaker simulation that allows you to be very silent!

IMAGINE THIS: You play in a band and leave your cab at the rehearsal space... You take your head home and just plug it into the captor->interface->DAW and you're up and running with great tones without annoying anyone in the house! Use a set of headphones or monitors and you've got a sick recording setup for not a lot of money and very practical!

Some days when you're up late and thinking about writing you get on garageband or whatever and you put up with the awful amp sims.

Now you're able to use your lovely tube amps whenever you want and get really awesome simulations of great cabs! The 16 cabs are imo more than enough to find a great cab! More often than not you'll just find your favorite cab and mic and leave it there... I use the Marshall 1935 412 with greenbacks and the R121 mic for what I love.

Get this and a focusrite 2nd gen interface and you've got a recording setup that will work with all your great tube amps!

Also the -20dB is a great feature! I use it in conjunction with a resistive load attenuator, because I have a Non Master volume Plexi at home. If you have a master volume amp this attenuator will do everything you need an attenuator to do! But for Non Master Volume old school amps this is not ideal, but what can you expect from a 230 euro device that already gives you the ultimate recording setup?

If you love your tube amp and you want to play it more I suggest you check this badboy out and write some great music!

This is a life changer imo...

I would rather use this type of simulation than any Kemper/AxeFX/Helix/...

Also great to get to know what cabinet works best with your amp since you get a studio type recording situation with almost every cab you can imagine...

Please consider buying this, it will change your life :)

Best toy i bought in a while

A few years ago i got in a high school band and bought myself a nice 120 watt tube amp for practice and gigs (we never got to the gigging part) after the band ended my tube amp was just collecting dust in my room and only got turned on once in a while when my parents aren't home. now it's getting used all day and night again and i can say goodbye to all my digital amp sims i used to play quiet in my bedroom. Even the built in simp sounds great. i literally can not say a bad thing about this piece of gear. it's built like a thank, sounds amazing, does what it should do and a lot more (you can get some really funky tones with the wall of sound plugin you wouldn't normally get from your tube amp) would recommend and would buy again. thumbs up for two notes!