TN-TORPEDO-CAP-8

Two Notes Torpedo Captor

The Torpedo Captor is the little brother of the award-winning Torpedo Reload. The Torpedo Captor is an easy to use reactive load box perfect for unleashing your favorite tube amp in a variety of modern applications and venues. If you just require attenuation from your amp to your cab, Captor has you covered. And if you want an easy and modern way to record your tube amp, Captor is simply “load” and record.

The concept

You love the sound of your amplifier pushed right to the magic sweet spot where the best tones are. Until now, the only available option was blasting your sound through a 4×12″ to properly excite a microphone. Enter Torpedo, the simplest and most realistic way to get your sound to your audience. Use the amp you love!

Everything that makes a real amp rule over all the other alternatives is retained. You can even record silently late at night. Gone is the backache from the loadout, complaints from neighbours, venue staff or even bandmates and the frustration of not being able to sound at one’s best trying to reduce the volume.
Torpedo Captor was designed to cover the needs of direct recording or miking any kind of guitar or bass amp, in a live or studio situation.

Silent, direct, analog

Lighten your Rig with a cab-less setup and go direct to the mixing desk. The Torpedo Captor is all you need to mic an amp on stage without the hassle of using a microphone. The Torpedo Captor is an amplifier DI box, designed to be used between the amp head and the speaker cabinet. This does not involve any changes for the guitarist or bassist, who can play his/her amp as usual, while the PA gets a speaker simulated signal, directly usable for the FOH. The cab sim can simulate a guitar or bass cabinet. The Torpedo Captor can be powered with 48V phantom power, suppressing the need for an additional power supply.
The Torpedo Captor is a reactive load box and attenuator for your tube amp.

Your tone quieter.

The Torpedo Captor can also help in reducing the sound level. By using the power attenuated speaker output, the guitarist or bassist can play his/her amp loudly, whilst keeping the direct feedback from his/her speaker cabinet at a more manageable level. The Two notes’ reactive load box keeps your tone consistent even at low level.
Connect the Torpedo Captor to your audio interface with the load box outputs. Use the cab sim plugin Wall of Sound in your DAW.

Ultimate direct solution.

The Torpedo Captor adds an amplifier input to your sound interface. You can mic your amplifier without the need of a specially designed miking room. Miking can be achieved through the Torpedo WoS cab sim plug-in software.
The Torpedo Captor can be used for power attenuation or silent playing of your amplifier. Monitoring can be achieved through the embedded guitar or bass speaker simulation, or through the Torpedo WoS plug-in software.
You can also pair the Torpedo Captor with a Torpedo C.A.B. M to have studio-grade cab sim for your tube amp, without the need of a computer.

Specifications:

• All-in-one solution
• For making perfect recordings of guitar and bass sounds, on stage and in the studio
• Reactive load resistance
• -20 dB power reducer
• Analogue speaker simulation
• DI Box
• 8 Ohm version
• Maximum amplifier power: 100 W RMS
• Fan-cooled
• Solid metal case
• Compact size
• Perfect for pedalboards
• Front side: Output Level Switch, Ground Lift, Instrument and Phase Switches, Line Output Jacks, Balanced DI Output & Power Adapters (9 - 24V DC / 5mA - Power Supply not included)
• Rear side: Sockets for Speaker Thru, Speaker Attenuator and Amplifier Input
• Dimensions: 175 x 126 x 62 mm
• Weight: 1 kg
• Includes "Wall of Sound III" plug-in with 16 free virtual cabinets (after registration of the product)