Two Notes Torpedo

[Tadpui]

Have any of you guys used the Torpedo Digital or the new Captor? I'm seriously considering getting one after I move, since I'll be in a bedroom for a while. There's nothing pleasant about a JCM800 rip-roaring loud in an upstairs bedroom. I'd end up paying a fortune in fines for being a public nuisance.

If you haven't heard of them, they're a combination load box, attenuator, and speaker cab/mic/room sim. The Digital Live is priced pretty silly at around $1000. But I see that they have (or are about to release, maybe?) the Torpedo Captor for about $230. It's just a little black box without all of the digital features.

I've listened to a couple of online demos and I'm really curious about these things. 100W heads blasting into these things with no noise in the room, and a really convincing speaker emulation...sounds really attractive to me!

[Greg_L]

Have any of you guys used the Torpedo Digital or the new Captor? I'm seriously considering getting one after I move, since I'll be in a bedroom for a while. There's nothing pleasant about a JCM800 rip-roaring loud in an upstairs bedroom. I'd end up paying a fortune in fines for being a public nuisance.

If you haven't heard of them, they're a combination load box, attenuator, and speaker cab/mic/room sim. The Digital Live is priced pretty silly at around $1000. But I see that they have (or are about to release, maybe?) the Torpedo Captor for about $230. It's just a little black box without all of the digital features.

I've listened to a couple of online demos and I'm really curious about these things. 100W heads blasting into these things with no noise in the room, and a really convincing speaker emulation...sounds really attractive to me!

I don't have any personal experience with them, but they have a good reputation. Torpedo crap seems to be good. If I had to go that route, I'd look into the Palmer stuff too. It's a little pricier, but I know they sound very good.

[raphazzz]

If you have loud amp heads, like your marshall could be a very good option, once they have a really good reputation. They are on my sweetwater studio wish list since forever... the list just grows...

[JD01]

Rabea - the bloke with the afro who does all the stuff with Anderton's and Rob Chapman - uses the Two Notes Torpedo stuff and his tones sound great. Helps that he's good guitarist and has great gear too.

[Tadpui]

If you have loud amp heads, like your marshall could be a very good option, once they have a really good reputation. They are on my sweetwater studio wish list since forever... the list just grows...

I've heard of them before but never really understood what they were. Now that I know, I REALLY want one!

Rabea - the bloke with the afro who does all the stuff with Anderton's and Rob Chapman - uses the Two Notes Torpedo stuff and his tones sound great. Helps that he's good guitarist and has great gear too.

I recognize that guy. Definitely a good player. I'll look up some of his stuff and see if I can catch him using a Torpedo.

I don't have any personal experience with them, but they have a good reputation. Torpedo crap seems to be good. If I had to go that route, I'd look into the Palmer stuff too. It's a little pricier, but I know they sound very good.

Palmer sounds familiar too, I'll look up their stuff and see what I find. I'm just having pre-studio-loss anxiety about how I'm gonna function

[Armistice]

I'm just having pre-studio-loss anxiety about how I'm gonna function

This is why I went the Kemper route. I still play my amps and record the odd track at reasonable volume, but good loud in an apartment ain't gonna happen - plus there's the "don't broadcast you have an apartment full of guitars and amps" thing too.

You've got me curious about this Torpedo thing now though... (damn you!)

[rayc]

This fellow uses it almost all of the time now..
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr9BBfTx6yA[/BBvideo]
and other gear into it
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXO_IiNWm_U[/BBvideo]
Torpedo cab
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utaNNLBO9y0[/BBvideo]
this is the page of results of him re Torpedo
[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/user/EytschPi42 ... edo+studio[/BBvideo]

[ocnor]

The cheap way is to buy a dummy load resistor and a Behringer Ultra-G direct box for around $60. Then download a free IR loader and some free IRs. You will be able to run a 100 watt head directly into your interface silently. This gives you the option of using the Ultra-G speaker sim [which is actually pretty good] or mix and match the IR speaker sims.

[JD01]

Tad, have you seen this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ0kdVJmj4I

[Tadpui]

Tad, have you seen this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ0kdVJmj4I

Ha, yes I just watched that the other day. Maybe right after posting this thread