Important update: Captor X is now also available in 4 and 16 ohm versions.

What a fantastic overview/review. This video literally showed me multiple reasons why the Torpedo line is NOT what I totally thought I absolutely needed. Thanks so much!

Two points: this subject matter is right up my ally so I was interested to watch the video for educational purposes: Secondly, your editing and pacing is excellent and you’re actually funny. For this reason, I subscribed. Good job dude. You’ve collected a fan.

This was the best review I have seen. I subscribed after the 1000 subscribers, hope your channel continues

Nice work, a really well done look at the Two Notes choices. With a great sense of humor as well. Subbed.

This was really useful, thank you.

"Just like the ones Chuck Norris uses to power his beard trimmer..." love it!

Funny, well thought-out, and really clearly explained. Subbed. Sounds like I'm going to spring for the Suhr Reactive Load IR instead for my setup. Thanks!

really excellent video, would love more like this

Such a good video, thank you!!! Really well done

Thank you so much for this, very thourough and very accurate!

Excellent, smart, well done video. Thank you.

As The Cars would say, this is 'Just What I Needed'. Quiet brilliant in-depth and informative. Still very relevant at the time of posting this.

Love your humor!!

Hmmmm... This was a great review.. Very informative and I believe honest. It's the first I've seen that actually mentions distinct attenuation weakness. I have been thinking about this mostly as an attenuator, the other features are just a bonus that perhaps I'll use. More food for thought... Thank you for this. 😎👍

Thanks for this comprehensive run down and demo! I'm interested in the captor for my small tube bass amp. For most bass recording it would be unecessary since even if you want to use an amp, most bass amps these days are solid state so can be run silent and the nice ones have good DI's built in. However for my little 30W tube driven amp it would be lovely to also be able to run it silent.

Awzome video , love the humor and easy to understand .

Clear explaination and very funny 🤟

Very amusing and interesting video, thanks! :D

This had me chuckling the whole time (you're band will get at least one fan, loool). Thanks for the in-depth review!

Great video. Saved me some money.

Very nice video!

Great video....and sense of humour (Chuck Norris beard trimmer 🤣). I was looking at one of these for recording my AC30 in to my DAW.

Watch untill the end. Nice VDO. Subscribed!

thanks for the video I may have to rethink the captor

I've got the last option, buy a new amp. I choose Mesa Boogie Mark V 25 with attenuators, cab simulator and DI for recording. Expensive, but it's an end-to-end solution in one package. Thanks for the deep and honest review.

I like your style of videos... subscribed! :)

Now I'm hungry. Thanks for vid.

Rheostats (what most attenuators use as a volume knob) can be a pretty unreliable, and they’re quite large. That’s why both the Two Notes Captor X, and the Fryette Power Stations avoid them (two notes by using fixed/switched attenuation steps, the power stations by just fully attenuating all the time and re amping).

I wish I'd found this video before I bought my captor, I find the attenuator turns my amp into a can of angry bees but they get such good reviews I assumed I must have a unique situation or be doing something wrong, but this confirms it.

Nice Slap! Good luck with the Channel

Funny jokes + Subway + great in-depth demo = 10/10 content

At least an honest and realistic review !

i'm sold on it thanks. last track I recorded got me a complaint. well I needed my amp up as you will understand, but neighbours don't. I got the revolt which is amazing, but it doesn't have the amp I wanted to record, though I did use it to record a second channel to make the guitar sound bigger.

Thumbs up for explaining using the word "Hernia" 😂👍

Love the video. New sub. Let's get you to 1k already!

Was watching review after review of the captor, in the hope to tame the ear-bleeding volume of my DSL. Your review is by far the best in every way man, well done! I am however now even less sure what to do... I am convinced that the load box will do exactly what I need, but for $100 less, I could buy a Boss Katana, with all its features and the ability to play quietly and with headphones etc. surely a lot of the load box market ends up looking seriously at katanas and Sparc’s etc?

What an outstanding video! Thanks for the education on these two, Two Notes thing-a-ma-jigs. I was wondering what they were like and you completely steered me away from them. I'm just looking for the attenuation. Yes, amps with built in power soaks would seem the way to go. For attenuation I will look elsewhere. The Jet City Jettenuator isn't available even used and who knows if Soldano will make it again. The knock off version seems to be made by Bugera with their PS1 for only $100 which rivals the Rivera Rock Crusher at five times the price. I'm also looking at the Weber Mass Attenuator (go to their actual site and not someplace like Reverb where there's only a couple very old used models) which uses a speaker "motor" inside to mimic working with a cab.

Awesome vid...luv the humor.Good advice at the end alot of amps like the Fender tonemaster twin and deluxe have built in attenuators plus a direct out to record .If you want to play grunge tou ass a DS1 ..if you want to play metal you add a good distortion pedal like the Fender pugilist Better than any amp sim out there

yes, you should buy it

I bought the 8ohm Torpedo before watching this. I still would have bought it. It does what I want. My goto amp is my Blues Junior. My goto tone involves the master being at 7 and volume at 5. It hurts. I took my amp to my friend's much nicer studio and we recorded and edited some impulses. I took my amp back to my not so nice studio and tried out my IRs from my cab. The results were a big bowl of happy soup and some giggle crackers. My amp never sounded better. Knowing your speakers and your mics, makes a massive difference when presented with the opportunity to create impulse responses from the actual amp+cab you use. It also helps to have a friend that spent half of a years pay figuring all this shit out, so all I had to was bring my amp and buy a loadbox. In truth, I did my research and took advantage of access to a good room and mics. Combined with this affordable loadbox, it made for a perfect solution with much betteer than expected results. I play at the edge of break up, most of the time, so I don't push my gear like my metal-playing offspring. Not everyone is going to have the outcome I did. My son wanted to try it on his 100W boutique hi gain. I said no. This review was entertaining and informative. Very well done.

Thumbs up and subscribed for the pepper grinder...

Very nice video! Chuck Norris would be drinking beer instead! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

You're hilarious! Great, informative video.

Nice vid. However even lowest wattage tube amps are too loud to be cranked to 11 in an apartment without attenuator. I know that from experience, have an amp that can go to 0.1W, still waaay to loud at full volume.

love your video, so funny and useful !

Since your video the Captor X has come out with 16, 8 and 4 ohm variants

I have 3 "attenuators" 1 for each common ohm load even an lL pad would work for me qith a tone or a way to put highs back. My amp recomends the 2 notes for attenuation though i have liked whats in qeber stuff

I bought the Captor X. I like it so far. I could use a Subway Sandwich though.

Subbed, informative and funny. Do you think this can allow me to buy an SV20h and see the police less often? No volume knob... that's a big let down but it seems a lot better than the similarly priced ones with volume control down to zero. Maybe add a master volume to the output of the captor? So I get the reactive load but fine control on volume? Maybe I should just stick with my DSL but that one also needs volume to sound nice so I think I want a loadbox either way and this solves a lot of problems. I can't record anything past 22 PM, that would solve that.

Nice and funny review (y) Just one note - isn't the impedance mismatching more of a problem with speakers than actual amps? Most amps have optional impedance or outputs (mine have 4, 8 and 16 ohms), so If you go with full attenuation and recording, that's not really a problem, right? Just switch impedance on the back of your amp to the ohms of the particular captor. I think the problem starts when you want to go with -20dB or no attenuation, because you have to match captor with your speaker too. So If I get it right, when I plug in 8 ohm captor, I'd have to set 8ohms on the back of my combo but since it has 16 ohms speaker in it, I'd have to connect external 8 ohms cabinet.

Really entertaining! I was thinking of getting the Captor X, can you advise please! I want to get a Marshall SV20 Head and just connect it to the Captor as a Load Box (not attenuator) and then either use the headphones or XLR out to a FRFR PA Speaker (Alto TS212). Would you say the Captor X would be better for that due to the IR loader (for the XLR output) or is it a waste of money and I should go with Captor for half price...Thanks!

Thank you no face man!

Very good review!! I really enjoyed (and had laughs watching it hahaha - liked and subscribed!). Im looking for an attenuator and crossed with both captors. I still have one question: would 20db kill the sound down to the guitar string levels? I have a 20w head and Im really worried if that would happen with any of those captors.

Thank you for the video. If the goal is to use it for recording only, with third-party IRs on the computer, is there a difference in sound quality (line out) between the Captor and Captor X?

Hi, great demo! Is the captor the same inside with the X (just without the extra features) or the X has improved sound?

I think the individual 8 and 16 is stupid. At least on the base captor here. If Weber can do it for $250 with a 4,8,16ohm, true bypass, treble compensation, full dial and has a eq for the load out…it seems the only real reason and I did…was get the captor on a sale for $200 to use with IRs. I already have an Iron Man Built into my amp. So no need for that at all…but still have to record late at night. Only benefit of the X is if you have a slow computer, or really want to use it live over a mic. That’s really it! If you can record fine at 128-256 with your computer, the captor software with 3rd party or any other vst is fine. You just won’t have direct monitoring. For me it’s pay $200 to use IRs, or pay $599 to use live, and direct monitor. $300 more for direct monitoring isn’t worth recording what will be guide tracks anyway. I’ll end up tracking over with a mic on a Saturday afternoon. So I can only really see the $300 more if…you don’t already have an attenuator, you play live a lot, don’t want to mic up and just don’t have a good recording computer to keep up with the buffer rates. 10 years ago I would of bought this…but these days you can buy a computer with 64gb ddr4 and Nvme SSD for $800-$1k. I bought a used I7 6 core Mac mini with 64gb ddr4 at $800. It’s insanely fast and can record lots of tracks at 128 buffer with vst, before even moving to 256. 256 is usually the highest latency I’d record any guitar at period. I think this should be priced more at the $400-$450 price range. A raspberry Pi or ARM computer to run this locally is cheap. The attenuator is limited. The price at $599 is widely crazy to me Vs buying a cheap IR loader pedal to put in front amy load box. From what I see the DA conversion isn’t that special, you have a mini computer and Dac stage running after. For the price of upgrade my computer, or might as well save up for a Boss Waza. Or charge one and pay your $600 and the other half off over the year. If your just trying to record at home silently, can do most stuff at 256 buffer or lower…get the base Black captor for cheaper. For $599 plus tax, id probably take advantage of a no APR for 2 years thigh store Sweetwater on a $1200 Boss Waza, pay $600 up top and then pay the small fee monthly till payed off. The price for the Captor X seems a bit steep, compared to what’s out there for cheaper or more.

This has to be the funniest shit I've seen in the last few weeks. Good job man, subbed for life xD

Just to clarify for a luddite like myself, with your Hot Rod, on the first demo you are using the speaker on your amp so you had to put Captor in between your speaker out and speaker in, which is really awkward on the Hot Rod. For the second demo where you are using the speaker simulation, you are just using the speaker out on the Hot Rod correct? I'm just trying to make a distinction between how you use the Captor and the CAB M, which isn't a load box. Thanks,

Nice informative video. I am on the fence between ( 3 ) Captor X or Suhr unit or Fryette Power Station PS-2. I just want to "Tame the Volume" on a 65 Princeton Reverb reissue. Any Input ?

Idk if you know this by now but there is now a 16 ohm Captor X. While there still isn't a 4 ohm option, 8 and 16 ohms work for the vast majority of amps afaik.

Hello! Great video! I have a question. How radical is the -38db cut? I just tried the captor with it's -20db cut and volume was manageable (but not ideal) with my 20watt tube amp connected to 2x12 cab at my apartment. So I'm considering getting the Captor X since it has -38db cut. BUT. I also have an Marshall JVM410H amp on a way which is 100W amp (with master volumes). My hope is that -38db will be good attenuation for my 20w amp AND that the master volume on Marshall will make the amp also usable in the apartment with the 2x12 cab. What do you think?

So…for DI silent record, I can use my 16 ohm Captor and record my Mesa Boogie Mark iii @ 8 ohms or 4 ohms. I just can’t attenuate or speaker out?

Enough with the Captor we want a review of that sub!

great video. I use Fender Hot Rod Deluxe IV too and I want to know what volume on your amp when you're using Torpedo Captor 8? I really dont want to piss my neighbour, thinking of buying the Torpedo Captor 8 (-20db) or Torpedo Captor X (-38db). Is -20db are quiet enough?

Hi! Thanks for the video. Do you have a good solution for me… I have a low watted Marshall (tubes) that I like and a pedalboard, but when I go out to play I really don’t want to take my cab with me. So is there anything I can plug my amp into so I can plug my Marshall "straight in to" the MIX/PA?

Still waiting for that Wall of sound video. ;)

I know the captor 8 can only hold one cab sim in it, but can you load up different cabs into there captor 8 or is it just a built in cab sim? (I might have the words/tech talk wrong just correct me instead of being mean plz lol)

I have a Peavey 6505+ 112 , 60W combo that I would like to play at lower volume . Should I go for this ? Other option is Jhs black amp box.

biggest fan! That was a good joke!

Ok, impedance wise.... Say I have a Bogner with 4, 8, 16ohm outputs. Can I run this with a 16ohm Captor X and go via the Captor X with attenuation? Or not. Not sure if its better to just get the the Captor Black 16ohm! Thanks

Quick question about the Load box function. This is pretty much the only function I want to use this for, so I'm thinking just the regular captor. But do I have to use the wall of sound IR loader in my DAW? or can I use whatever IR loader and IRs i want? Can I load my own IRs into Wall of sound?

Captor X vs Torpedo Live🙏

Hi mr lobster-music! How can I use the captor x with my fender 59 reissue bassman combo 4x10? Those 4 speakers means 2 ohms that s why I think I have a problem Thanks

😂👍

Thanks for the review. I have a VOX AC15C1 (combo) and I want to record at home. If I connect the torpedo captor with AC15 (Guitar - pedalboard - VOX AC15 - Torpedo - Audio interface - Mac). Can I still get the VOX tone? As if I'm using the 'external SP' port, it will disconnect the internal speaker of AC15.

If the problem is the limited attenuator can i run, at the same time, something like a JHS little black box or some volume pedal ???

Captor X nowadays has 4 and 16ohm versions also.

Nice one sir. I connect the boss ml-2 and mt-2 to the fx loop of the mesa mini rec in 10 watt. But it gets too louder on 25 watts. Now my question is can I connect this attenuator with the pedals on fx loop ?

Hi, does it reproduce spring reverb or pedals in front of the amp too? Thanks

whoa! THis ohm limit is really bad-I have 6 amps. All of them I use. Very funny dude!

mmmm Subway Captor!

The x comes in 8 or 16

I'm only two minutes in, so funny

Love my Captor X. Stocks sims are actually shit, imo. And the new Genome plugin beats the hell out of the Wall of Sound. I also don't play anything that's not high gain, so..

Please don't chew and talk.....other than that, excellent video. Thanks for this info.

You're hilarious.

Your comments about volume control are ill-informed. Most attenuators don't have the kind of volume control you are talking about. This includes the UAD Ox Box, despite the fact that you state it does have that kind of volume control. For any device to have the volume control you are describing would require some kind of amplifier built into it. The Boss Waza TAE uses a Class AB amplifier to do this. The Fryette Power Station also includes an amplifier. Those designs act as a load box taking the signal from your amplifier down to zero and then use their built in amplifiers to amplify that sound again. Attenuators like the Captors or the Ox Box use discrete levels of attenuation because each notch on the selector switch is incorporating a different attenuation circuit.

great review but really disgusting to hear you eat for the first half of the video man..

thumbs down for eating during video

Answering your own question is NOT a spoiler…. I wish people would stop saying Spoiler Alert and Game Changer…. Seriously, You had to eat a sandwich while recording this couldn’t wait 2 mins for either

Why are you eating and talking??? You go put of you way to ruin the audio????? OmFG

jesus christ i cannot handle hearing you eat.

Get to the point, Jesus.