GEAR REVIEW
TWO NOTES TORPEDO CAPTOR X + | Steve Sattler
KEY FEATURES
• Designed to let guitar players use their favorite tube amplifiers in church environments where traditional amp volume would normally be impractical.
• Delivers consistent front-of-house tone to every service without relying on microphone placement.
• Greatly reduces stage volume while preserving real tube amp feel and response.
• Simplifies silent-stage integration for modern worship environments and livestream production.
• Available app for remote control from your iOS or Android device.
• Provides studio-quality direct guitar tones that sit naturally in a full worship mix.
For many modern worship guitarists, the challenge has always been balancing inspiring tube amp tone with practical stage volume. Many churches have moved toward silent stages, in-ear monitoring, and direct rigs, but not every player wants to abandon the feel and responsiveness of a real tube amp. Enter the Two Notes Torpedo Captor X +, a powerful solution designed to bridge that gap.
At its core, the Captor X + is a reactive load box and attenuator. That means you can connect your tube amp safely without relying on a traditional mic’ ed speaker cabinet at stage volume. Captor X + is designed to manage your amplifiers speaker load electronically while sending cabinet-simulated audio directly to front-of-house, a mixer, recording interface, or monitored directly through the Two Notes Captor X + on board headphone amp. The attenuator is for connecting a guitar cabinet at three preset volume levels, but if that is not practical the Captor X + has an internal load meaning you do not have to have a connected speaker at all.
In practical terms, using a reactive load box like the Two Notes Captor X + allows worship guitarists to their favorite tube amp to achieve a far more consistent front-of-house tone from week to week without worrying about microphone placement or stage bleed issues. It also simplifies setup and teardown while helping maintain manageable stage volume, realistic-ear monitor mixes, and more controlled livestream audio. Beyond the church platform, the Captor X + makes silent recording possible for home demos, songwriting sessions, and late-night practice without sacrificing the feel and response of your tube amplifier.
The Two Notes Captor X + also functions as a stereo cabinet simulator, impulse response loader, headphone practice rig, stage attenuator, direct recording solution, and stereo effects processor. Designed for modern live, studio, and home environments, Two Notes Captor X + supports amplifiers up to 100 watts RMS and is available in both 8-ohm and 16-ohm versions, allowing players to match the impedance requirements of their amplifier setup.
Evolving through several versions, the original
Two Notes Captor X ecosystem had already earned a reputation as one of the most flexible reactive load boxes on the market. This latest version refines that formula with deeper stereo capabilities, expanded routing, USB-C connectivity, more IR storage, and a new Virtual Load Shaper system designed to improve the“ feel” of direct amp tones.
One of the standout features of the Two Notes Captor X + is the upgraded Stereo DynIR engine and its companion control software, which together provide an impressive amount of tonal flexibility for worship guitarists and recording players alike. Two Notes Stereo DynIR technology allows users to build highly detailed stereo cabinet environments with virtual microphone placement, room ambience, stereo widening, and dual-mic blending that feels convincingly realistic. Ambient worship tones especially benefit from the added depth and dimensionality, as delays and reverbs spread naturally across the stereo field while still retaining clarity and focus in the mix.
Another practical feature of the Two Notes Captor X + is the built-in Bluetooth connectivity
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