Torpedo Reload | Two Notes Audio Engineering

Torpedo Reload
The most advanced attenuator ever designed

Release Date: September 2013
Price: To be announced

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Two Notes Audio Engineering, creator of the world’s best speaker cabinet simulation, has bridged a new technological gap with the Torpedo Reload, your new high-end device for silent playing and reamplification.
The Reload is the ideal combination of the devices you must have in a modern studio, for the recording of electric guitars and basses: an attenuator, a multi-impedance loadbox, a DI and re-amping (Replay) box — it does it all and does it perfectly too.

A Reactive-Active Attenuator

With a choice of 4, 8, or 16 Ohms, your amplifier will actually see real speaker impedance, and your tone will remain constant throughout the continuous attenuation curve.
Two Notes applies the same product philosophy to the Torpedo Reload as to the rest of its line: the tone must come from your guitar, your amp and cabinet, not from the electronics that we insert in between your regular setup. Transparency is the key.

To maximize your experience, however, you might still want to add a little something to your attenuated sound. In that case, the Contour parameter is there to shape your tone from vintage to modern style.

DI Box

Plug your guitar into the DI Input and send that signal to your recorder. At that stage what you want is clarity and Two Notes preserves your guitar tone as it will be certainly re-injected to your amp through the Replay.

Replay

One of the most interesting options in studios nowadays: play the guitar one day, and mike the amp (or many different amps) another. The most difficult part in re-amplification techniques, is to find the output level on the DAW that matches the level of your guitar directly connected to the amp.

That is why Two Notes has developed the soon-to-be inevitable…

Match function

This Two Notes innovation is the solution to the problem of level adjusting when re-amplifying. Now you can be sure that the signal you send from the DAW is exactly what your guitar itself would be sending.

Simply plug your guitar into the DI Input, send the DI out to the DAW’s microphone input. Set up your DAW for recording, create a track and activate direct monitoring. Send the output of the DAW to the Replay Input (and then the Replay output to the Amp). The Match function will compare the signal coming from the guitar to that from the DAW, and will show you if you have to lower or raise the Replay level. When the light is green, you are ready to record and re-amp!

One Setup to Rule Them All?

The extraordinary versatility of the Reload now makes it possible for you to record your guitar with the DI, while sending the signal from the computer to your amplifier with the Replay, controlling your amp as it should be by lowering the volume — or even turning it down entirely —, with the Reactive-Active Attenuator, and recording the signal from the multi-impedance loadbox. You may even use your own mic and cabinet for a 3rd simultaneous sound take.
With the dry signal from the amp taken at the Loadbox Out, insert the PI-101 WoS Reload Edition plug-in into your sequencer to achieve absolutely true-to-life studio miking of your amp.

The Torpedo Reload comes with PI-101 Wall of Sound Reload Edition

Use the best speaker simulator on the market, and achieve perfect virtual miking of your amp.

Choose the cabinet and microphone; place the microphone in your virtual studio to find the sweet spot. Add up to 100 cabinet and microphones combinations — there is no limit to your imagination.

Key Features

4-, 8-, 16-Ohm, real speaker impedance

Unlike other attenuators that may “show” your amplifier a higher impedance and thereby crush its tone, the Reload offers constant loadbox impedance which is similar to a speaker’s, and which is low enough to drive the speaker in the most respectful way possible. The tone picked up by the loadbox is therefore transmitted to the speaker without any modification.

Inputs / Outputs

Inputs can handle both balanced and unbalanced signals.
DI and Loadbox Outputs are electronically balanced, using low-noise, low-distortion circuits so that your tone will not be affected by any kind of unwanted artifacts. They are also protected against 48V Phantom power, in case you forget to switch it off on the mixer.

The Replay Output follows a low impedance unbalanced design to ensure that the tone is sent to the amp in the best conditions.
The ground lifts will allow you to solve any and all grounding issues that may come up when you are setting up the kind of complex wiring you can use with the Reload.

Security

The Two Notes active security system that you find in all the Two Notes product is there to protect both the player and the amplifier plugged to the Torpedo Reload against any kind of overheating and inappropriate impedance matching.

Sturdy & reliable

The best aluminum and steel is used to ensure a perfect enclosure to protect the Reload‘s precious electronics.

It’s heavy, built to last — it will survive any studio session or stage stress

Torpedo Technology

Many parameters influence the sound of your guitar or bass rig when it comes to recording. Carefully selecting your cabinet and miking options will dramatically improve the sound of your takes. The Torpedo simulation reproduces the tiniest variations of a cabinet’s behavior such as frequency response and distortion (*). Move the microphone in the virtual studio room thanks to the Torpedo IR synthesis, control the phase with the Variphi (*) — all the settings you need to achieve great recordings are here.

(*) VB-101, VM-202 and PI-101 only

High-quality electronic design

The best simulation is nothing without a perfectly designed analog and digital circuit. Two Notes focuses on the whole signal chain, from your amp or preamp output to the PA, monitor, headphones, or recorder to guarantee the best performance. Guitar and bass players deserve studio-quality gear!

Dimensions

Width x depth x height : 304 x 184 x 89 (mm) / 12 x 7.2 x 3.5 (in)

Weight

4 kg (8.8 lb)

All that is listed below comes with the PI-101 WoS plug-in.

Power-amp simulation

4 types of tubes:

EL84
EL34
6L6
KT88

2 different types of circuits:

class A / single ended
class AB / push pull

2 modes:

pentode
triode

Settings:

Volume
Presence
Depth
Switch Pentode / Triode

Available guitar cab models

2Notes CSG: Two Notes Custom 1×12″ ElectroVoice® EVM12L
Alichino: Cornford® Harlequin 1×12” OB Celestion® Vintage 30 UK
Angl VintC: Engl® 4×12″ Celestion® V30
Bayou: Jenkins® Sound Lab 2×12” OB Eminence® Patriot Swamp Thang
BDeLuxe: Fender® Blues Deluxe 1×12″
Blonde 63: Fender® Bassman ’63 Blonde Tolex Piggy Back 2×12″
Brit 65C: Marshall® 1965A 4×10″ Celestion® G10L-35 closed back
Brit 65O: Marshall® 1965A 4×10″ Celestion® G10L-35 open back
Brit Std: Marshall® JCM900 2×12″ Celestion® G12T
Brit VintC: Marshall® Slash Signature 4×12″ Celestion® V30 closed back
Brit VintO: Marshall® Slash Signature 4×12″ Celestion® V30 open back
Calif C90: Mesa/Boogie® 1×12″ Celestion® C90 (Black Shadow)
Calif StdC: Mesa/Boogie® Rectifier® Standard 4×12″ Celestion® V30 closed back
Calif StdO: Mesa/Boogie® Rectifier® Standard 4×12″ Celestion® open back
Can Abyss: Supro® Clone 1×12” OB Eminence® Patriot Cannabis Rex Hemp Cone
Eddie: Peavey® 5150 2×12″ Sheffield 1200
Feline: Bad Cat® 2×12” OB Celestion® Bad Cat® Proprietary
Ferret: Suhr® Badger 2×12” OB Warehouse® Veteran30
Forest: Elmwood® 2×12″ Celestion® V30
Free Rock: VHT® Deliverance 4×12″ Eminence® P50E
Free Rock2: VHT® Deliverance 2×12″ Eminence® P50E
Green Tri: Hughes&Kettner® Triamp 4×12″ Celestion® Greenback
Jazz 120: Vintage Roland® JC120 2×12″

JubilGreen: Marshall® 2550 2×12″ Celestion® Greenback
JubilV30: Marshall® 2550 2×12″ Celestion® V30
Kerozen: Diezel® 4×12″ Celestion® V30
Monarch: Tone King® Galaxy 2×12” OB Tone King® 33′ Custom Designed
Prime A: Divided by Thirteen® FTR37 2×12” OB Celestion® Blue & G12H30 70th Anniversary (mic G12H30 side)
Prime B: Divided by Thirteen® FTR37 2×12” OB Celestion® Blue & G12H30 70th Anniversary (mic Blue side)
R2D2: Musicman® 112 RD 1×12” Electro-Voice® EVM12L
RackHero: Suhr® CAA 4×12” CB Alien Transformer® 20W Greenback clones
Silver77: Vintage Fender® Twin Reverb® 2×12″ orange JBL®
SilverJen: Vintage Fender® Twin Reverb® 2×12″ Jensen® C12K
StrongBack: VHT® Fat Bottom 4×12″ Eminence® P50E
The One: Brunetti® Neo1512 1×15″ + 1×12″
Twill 15: Clark® Tweed Replica 1×15” OB Jensen® 1959
Vibro Utah: Vintage 1961 Fender® Vibrolux® 1×12″ original Utah speaker
Vibro V30: Vintage 1961 Fender® Vibrolux® 1×12″ Celestion® V30
Voice 30: Original Vox® AC30 JMI 2×12″ Celestion® “Silver Bell”
Voice 65: 1965 Vox® 2×12″
VoiceModrn: Vox® V212H, 2×12″ Celestion® Alnico Blue
Watt FanC: Hiwatt® 2×12″ Fane closed back
Watt FanO: Hiwatt® 2×12″ Fane open back
XTCab: Bogner® 4×12″ Celestion® V30

Bass cabinets

2Notes CSB: Two Notes Custom 1×15″
Alu XL: Hartke® XL 4×12″
AZ Ben: SWR® Big Ben 1×18″
AZ Work: SWR® WorkingMan 4×10″
Calif Low: Mesa/Boogie® 2×10″
Fridge: Ampeg® 8×10″
Heaven Bot: David Eden® 1×15″
Heaven Top: David Eden® 4×10″
Marco: Markbass® 2×10″
New York: Markbass® 4×6″
Rea One: AER® Cab One 2×10″
Voice V125: Vox® V125 2×12″
WGrandBlvd: Ampeg® B15N 1×15” CB Jensen® C15N, Vintage Ceramic

8 studio microphones

Ribbon 121, based on Royer® R121
Ribbon 160, based on Beyerdynamic® M160N
Dynamic 57, based on Shure® SM57
Dynamic Bass52, based on Shure® Beta 52
Dynamic 421, based on Sennheiser® MD421
Dynamic Bass20, based on Electrovoice® RE20
Condenser 87, based on Neumann® U87
Condenser Knightfall, based on Blue® Dragonfly

Note: All product names mentioned on this website are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Two Notes Audio Engineering.

Hardware model	VB-101	VM-202	LIVE	C.A.B.	RELOAD
Main function	Studio digital loadbox	Speaker simulation	Stage digital loadbox	Speaker simulation	Reactive-active attenuator, DI and reamplification box
Format	2-unit rack	2-unit rack	1-unit rack	stompbox	2U tabletop
Integrated loadbox with active heat control	150W RMS	no	100W RMS	no	100W RMS
Loadbox type	Resistive	no	Reactive	no	Reactive
Load compensation	yes	no	no	no	no
Speaker input	yes	no	yes	no	yes
Transformer on speaker input	yes	no	no	no
Instrument/pedal input	no	no	no	yes	yes
Balanced line input	XLR	XLR x 2	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS
Balanced line output	XLR x 2	XLR x 2	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS
Headphone output	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS	1/4” TRS	no
Digital I/O’s	AES/EBU, SPDIF	AES/EBU, SPDIF	SPDIF, output only	no	no
Wordclock input	BNC	BNC	no	no	no
MIDI	MIDI In + Out/Thru	MIDI In + Out/Thru	MIDI In only	MIDI In only	no
USB	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Digital converters	24 bits, 192kHz Cirrus CS5361 Multi-Bit stereo ADC Wolfson WM8740 Very High Performance stereo DAC	24 bits, 192kHz Cirrus CS5361 Multi-Bit stereo ADC Wolfson WM8740 Very High Performance stereo DAC	24 bits, 96kHz AKM AK4528 high performance CODEC	24 bits, 96kHz AKM AK4528 high performance CODEC	none
Number of processing channels	1	2	1	1	1
Number of simultaneous IR’s	2	2	1	1	100*
Non-linear impulses	yes	yes	no	no	yes*
Mic placement	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes*
Variphi	yes	yes	no	no	yes*
Overload	yes	yes	no	no	yes*
Available Two Notes cabinet models	57	57	57	57	24*
Expandable library	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Number of cabinet slots	50	50	32	32	infinite*
Number of IR slots	50	50	512	512	infinite*
Available microphones	8	8	8	8	8*
Power amp simulation	4 types of tube	4 types of tube	4 types of tube	4 types of tube	4 types of tube*
FX’s	Low-cut, 5-band EQ, Exciter, Comp, Spatial	Low-cut, 5-band EQ, Exciter, Comp, Spatial	5-band EQ	5-band EQ	Low-cut, 5-band EQ, Exciter, Comp, Spatial*
Measured latency (ms)	Normal : 4,8 – Low : 2,8	Normal : 4,8 – Low : 2,8	2,8	2,8

*When used with the PI-101 plug-in

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