Hi All! Sorry if this has been covered but tried some searching and couldn’t find the exact answer I was looking for…Or maybe I misunderstood.
Im trying to figure out the best way to capture amp heads without a cab at all. Basically I want go out from the amp head to some sort of box (loadbox?) then out of the that box, whatever that may be, directly to the quad cortex and use the included IR to play through the amp and figure out my settings before capturing it. Would this work with the Two Notes Torpedo Captor Reactive Loadbox DI and Attenuator or would I break something. Any recs?
Like would I need a load box with a speaker defeat basically so I dont blow anything up? Could I essentially use the amp heads effects loop to just capture the preamps as well?
It might not be the most popular answer but I think the Kemper DI box is excellent, it’s simple, just plug in up to 500w and go.
It’s also a lot cheaper than many other solutions, at around $99 I think.
Can vouch for the Two Notes Torpedo Captor, it is excellent.
The Captor itself is a load box and does not need to be hooked up to a speaker cabinet in order to get the line out to work (to go the QC’s capture input), but many people who have used it for captures claim that they get better results if the speaker “through” outputs are connected to a cabinet.
Yes the Kemper is just a DI box so still needs a load.
As stated the TwoNotes load boxes are the absolute best without having any cab. I had a Revv G20 which had one built in and it was excellent.
A friend of mine used to work for the and still swears by them.
Keep in mind real speakers do not have constant impedance across all freq responses and so that will be reflected in your capture. All load boxes are not created equal, either.
How much that actually matters is for the individual to decide.
