11:09 That twin-tracker width is great! Explanation - if you send exactly the same signal to your left ear and right ear there will be no stereo effect. Entropy sort of means randomness. That means the twin tracker is making lots of tiny random time variations to the left and right signals so that you don't hear things at exactly the same time in the left and right ear. The effect is to make it seem to your ears like the sound is coming from different places. It isn't the notes that is important. It is the timing. A note that arrives at your left ear a fraction of a millisecond after arriving at your right ear sounds like it is over there (points to the far right corner of bedroom). Cool demo, Bea.
I sit here 12 seconds into the video, composing my final will & testament, as my life is being crushed by that immense tone. Holy fucking shit, Rabea. That shit's NASTY in the best way possible!
I am so loving my new Captor X. I was ready to get rid of my Marshall DSL40c as I could just never enjoy the tone. Even at the intolerable volume level that everyone knows a tube amp needs to be at, I just didn't care for it. I even replaced the 70/80 stock speaker with a Creamback and it was a little better, but it was never inspiring to play. That has all changed now that I'm sending it through the Captor X. I even love the clean channel now!!
Love my original Captor, I use it nearly every day. Glad to see they're added the ability to load your own IR's - its now pretty much perfect for live use.
I was eyeing one up as I love my tube amps, but can't make lots of noise. You know, same old, same old. After this review I'm sold. Thanks for the great review Rabea!
My god....Rabea! That intro is so freaking amazing that I simply stopped doing anything I was and a strong desire to learn to play that piece surrounded my brain! What is it? 20:55 what tuning are playing in?
Bea- Finally had a chance to sit down and go through Fire by the Silos. I know 4 you it's YEARS ago. Awesome Album. Lookin forward to your 2020 releases.
Great review. I am mainly looking to get a load box for re-amping and then mixing in my studio. Would you still recommend this or the original Captor? Thanks!
We need a super long compilation of all bea’s riffs from when he’s just jamming in demo vids like this. Need. I could listen to you noodling for hours man
@@rasmusvadavlund7270 it’s different. It’s very good at getting your amp into a monitor for quiet playing or recording. I’d say overall it’s probably slightly more authentic than the iridium in terms of tone and feel. However, I’ve moved back to the iridium. It’s just easier for me. I don’t need to re-rig up my amp taking it back and forth from the studio etc. And i save the tubes by just flicking on the iridium. Further, you get more variety in the iridium compared to using your amps through the captor. Both are great gear. Just depends on what your needs and priorities are. I like simple. The iridium is perfect right now.
Thanks Rabea. Great vid. Question to you or anyone else. Do you listen to your playing real time through monitors or headphones when recording or practicing? I'm assuming to make this video you must play through monitors to be able to sync the audio. Thanks!
Great Video - I'm Keen on getting the Captor X - NOW !! PRESET 3 !! - the piece you play - is adorable !! _ is that a song ? - or something you just played on the spur of the moment - either way - I had to sit and work it out -Just Beautiful
The captor x absorbs energy from the power amp. That energy has to go somewhere so it's dispersed in the form of heat. That's why you hear the fan kick on during playing. You can literally hear it rev up with every chug. It's necessary for the unit to be able to absorb the power without burning out components.
Thanks for making this video - literally got lost in the moment watching haha tones sound GREAT - I am curious what my PRS Archon 50 will sound like \m/
Hey dude, have you seen/heard of the Mas Effects Mimir's Well? It seems like another cool step in the more serious multi-FX vibe, with a hint of Toneprint or Eventide in it as well. Yet to see anyone demo it properly.
Great review. I have the non-X version and am stuck with one IR if I want to print directly to DAW. When you said this product is “Wall of Sound in the box”, that sold it for me! Would it be capable to load the GGD Studio Cab IRs into this unit ?
Amazing demo and incredible playing! I love the preset 3 reverb. Can you recommend a reverb pedal to recreate that tone while playing through a guitar amp?
Great demo Rabea; just long enough! I just got my Captor X yesterday! Is this your signal chain: Guitar>Pedal Board>Amp>Captor X>UA Apollo Twin X>Mac>Powered Monitors? What monitors are you using? Thanks! ~Robert
awesome vid Rabea! always great, since I use 3 amps all the time is it possible to use this with them? I'm sure ill need more than 1 I'm new to all of this..
In physics terms entropy is the randomness or un-orderedness in a system, the lowest energy state that everything moves towards. I don‘t really know how _that_ applies to the setting tho… 😅
I believe it is the degree of change (randomness) from the original track when you are twin tracking adding a millisecond delay between them. As Bea increased the entropy, the presence of a second track became more obvious.
You mentioned a power amp function at 9:40 'if you are running preamps into it instead of an amplifier...' does that mean I can plug a preamp into the CaptorX like you can plug into the CabM? I was under the impression you can only plug a power amp stage speaker output into it and the line output level of a preamp won't be enough to get a signal the CaptorX can process. Please tell me I'm wrong and you meant what I inferred from your comment!!
but the reload offers complete attenuation, from 0 to inf thanks to its internal transistor amp! I know, I'm torn like you, considering that I already have the old captor
My Captor X turned today.... with a Mooer Preamp Live also....wanted to cover all angles in my home studio... I’ll need to figure out how to run it all together. Should be a fun little project!!!
Wish this thing has more attenuation options. That would really help getting the right stage volume in a variety of venues. As it is, there's only really two options ... no attentuation or medium attenuation.
Eagerly awaiting mine to be shipped in the next week or so. Any chance your presets using the stock cabs will be available for download anywhere? Also... What are the chances of you releasing an ir pack at any point?
Massive fan your playing! I play completely different things, and I honestly find a lot of modern metal, even the progressive stuff, really daft. Genrewise you're hard to pin down, but I guess those are the labels that fit your stuff - ..yet I find your playing is super interesting, your melodic stuff, harmonizing, phrasing, always melody over scales.. TOP NOTCH stuff. THanKs fOr shaRiNg the music.
Hi Rabea, first really thank you for everything you did and what you do, i'm really happy to discovered your bands and your channel. I have a question about the ohm with the super kraken and the captor, because the captor is made for 8 ohm amps and the super kraken is an 16 ohm so how do you plug them? or maybe is it better to have an 16 ohm captor X ? I know that you have other things to do but i'm really lost with this and how to do it , i have a super kraken and i don't want to make a mistake or buy the wrong thing. Thank you to answer, Bastien.
Rabea, please excuse the question not being related to this video. But I'm interested in buying the VX100 and was wondering if you know for how long will these be in production for, before they stop being made? Like for example, it's gonna take me about 10 full months to save up for one. Idk, you might not be able to disclose when MK is going to start phasing them out, but if you are will it be end of 2020 when they start doing that? Cheers x
Would this be best for me? Briefly: I play edrums and guitar at home and play/record mainly using headphones. I have pedals, few amps, steinberg audiointerface, iMac/Ableton/BIASFX, mixer(where I plug the headphones), old Roland poweramp for speakers and studiomonitors. (+edrums). But for the guitar tone, I love the tube amp sound even in my own cover recordings and playing thru headphones. I just bought dark terror Orange amp which dont have cabsim. Do I need one? And would this be the right product? And Thanks for your very best reviews. You are very very clear and share your knowledge very professional way👍
Ordered a Captor X just the other day, but how the hell did I miss that you had a new (very) N4-inspired axe? :) Is that something that will be an actual production model? :)
Do you have already tested the AMT Pangaea CP100fx ? I think he is much better than Cab M and he can also be use between power amp and cab. He has stereo out, stereo in, midi, lot of effects, IR loader, power amp and preamp sim, aux in, etc...
Do you think the Boss TAE justifies being 2x the price of the Captor X? I'm trying to decide between the 2 myself. I'm ultimately looking to be able to record at home with my tube amps at their sweet spot, play silently in headphones, but also just be able to crank my amps and sit in front of them for some jams through their actual speaker cabs. Thanks for the help, cheers!
Would this unit be a good option if my primary use would be silent headphones practice and amp attenuation for low volume playing? Are there better options for that?
Great vid. I’m very tempted by this. One question I have though which I’ve sent two two notes but not had a response is... can you plug a 16ohm cab into the speaker out? I get that the input needs to be 8ohm but it is clear whether the speaker has to match this! Any help would be most appreciated!
I got a reply on gearpage.net. You are able to mismatch captor X with a 16ohm cab. Similar to mismatching an amp 8 ohm and 16ohm cab. I have no experience with mismatching. It will alter the sound (mids or so) due to mismatch
I've watched a lot of videos of people reviewing this box and comparing it with others and was disappointed in the others because it seemed to lack low end. However, this video proves that you should watch as many videos as you can find. This video shows you don't need to spend $1,000 to go direct and achieve studio quality recording. Learn your gear! You can have thousands or hundreds invested but it doesn't mean shit if you don't know how to use it. I am curious though, did you use the 16 ohm or 8 ohm and does it make a difference when running direct?
I just got mine yesterday, it's pretty cool. I'm new to all this , can someone answer about recording to logic. Do I still need to go through wall of sound to record to logic? Do the captor pre sets show up on wall of sound? Cheers
I don’t have one of these guys but I have the old captor. I believe if you’re playing through the IRs that are loaded onto your captor I don’t think it’s necessary to go through WOS but if you choose to bypass the loaded IR you would need to use an IR loader such as WOS.
Tones start at 10:00
Thanks for watching guys. This is one of the most useful products I’ve come across in many years!
Never too late for a career in drone metal! Just saying.... Solid 360 flip by the way! Keep skating
"Let's not try and play Walk first thing in the morning" Still pretty much nails it!! haha Awesome tones as always Rabea!!
Ox or Captor X? just for home recording
Quick Question Rab: IR recommendations?
Are we hearing audio from your Studio Speakers?
11:09 That twin-tracker width is great! Explanation - if you send exactly the same signal to your left ear and right ear there will be no stereo effect. Entropy sort of means randomness. That means the twin tracker is making lots of tiny random time variations to the left and right signals so that you don't hear things at exactly the same time in the left and right ear. The effect is to make it seem to your ears like the sound is coming from different places. It isn't the notes that is important. It is the timing. A note that arrives at your left ear a fraction of a millisecond after arriving at your right ear sounds like it is over there (points to the far right corner of bedroom). Cool demo, Bea.
Stumbled across this older video when looking for attenuator and DAMN, your tone was killer in this video. This Captor X looks sweet.
This isn’t really an attenuator even though it has a possibility to attenuate. Tone King Ironman is the best choice for that job.
you're the only one i can listen talking for 10 minutes without playing cause i know it will be good
bravo
Honestly was thinking the same
You’re brilliant. The captor x is brilliant. This video is brilliant. Thank you.
half a second in with headphones on and I already wanted that thing, what a sound. 🤘👽
just getting absolutely pummeled with sound at the very start of a rabea video. such righteous noise.
I sit here 12 seconds into the video, composing my final will & testament, as my life is being crushed by that immense tone. Holy fucking shit, Rabea. That shit's NASTY in the best way possible!
I am so loving my new Captor X. I was ready to get rid of my Marshall DSL40c as I could just never enjoy the tone. Even at the intolerable volume level that everyone knows a tube amp needs to be at, I just didn't care for it. I even replaced the 70/80 stock speaker with a Creamback and it was a little better, but it was never inspiring to play. That has all changed now that I'm sending it through the Captor X. I even love the clean channel now!!
OMG dude that intro tone gave me goosebumps!
Love my original Captor, I use it nearly every day. Glad to see they're added the ability to load your own IR's - its now pretty much perfect for live use.
You release your video just when I am looking infos about the product, thanks, good video, keep it up!
NO WAY..... The Best product is: RABEA'S SHAMPOO!!!!!
I want to see him after a shower. Like, no homo I just want to see wtf happens to his hair.
Haha so funny 😐
That's funny
I was eyeing one up as I love my tube amps, but can't make lots of noise. You know, same old, same old. After this review I'm sold. Thanks for the great review Rabea!
I love that you play the riff from My Curse. Great video dude! Next item on my list.
Man I love your playing . Appreciate you sharing brother Bea.
Great in depth look. After demoing several different options this looks like the best for me. Thx!
Nice Killswitch engage at 19:40 dude lml
THIS. IS. MY. PURSE.
TONE MY BRO !! 🤘🤘
I’m a fan, thanks for the lesson..🙏🏼
I’ve been holding off on these load boxes/cab sims for a loooong time. I’m afraid this one is gonna get me.
I’ve had mine now for about 5 months and it’s changed my life!
Very Helpful mine arrives tomorrow. Thanks
Yes!! Mine was on back order for nearly four weeks and finally shipped this week! Should have it by monday.
Great tips! Greetings from Singapore!
My god....Rabea! That intro is so freaking amazing that I simply stopped doing anything I was and a strong desire to learn to play that piece surrounded my brain! What is it? 20:55 what tuning are playing in?
22:32 - this progression was very readily at hand. Is this a song? Sounds killer.
I guess I’m the only one here that had no idea what this box does but just likes to hear him play. The tone right at 10:00 is great though
I don't know either ahaha but just going directly to the tones
Just ordered the 16-ohm Torpedo X! These things are next level for your high gain, high wattage tube amps. Highly recommend.
well done! Very detailed and informative. Ty...getting myself one.
sounds immense!
Great review, Bea - thanks!
Awesome video Man! I think in going to buy this based on your review 👍🤙
That is a beast! I have the cabM which record all my pedal demo with and already the amount of options to tone shape is unreal
Bea- Finally had a chance to sit down and go through Fire by the Silos. I know 4 you it's YEARS ago. Awesome Album. Lookin forward to your 2020 releases.
Killer riffage and great content bro! ✊🏾🔥
I could listen to 24:28 for hours in an open world forest type of survival game so immersive! 🙌
Awesome. It sounds unbelievably good. Two notes stuff is very useful.
Great review. I am mainly looking to get a load box for re-amping and then mixing in my studio. Would you still recommend this or the original Captor? Thanks!
We need a super long compilation of all bea’s riffs from when he’s just jamming in demo vids like this. Need. I could listen to you noodling for hours man
Pretty sure his grinding gears EP Is a collection of stuff he wrote for videos, check that out for sure if you haven’t
Dude ur Tone is Fantastic!!
Thanks for the sweet review. Just ordered one, replacing my iridium for home studio. We'll see though!
So, is it nicer than the Iridium?
@@rasmusvadavlund7270 it’s different. It’s very good at getting your amp into a monitor for quiet playing or recording. I’d say overall it’s probably slightly more authentic than the iridium in terms of tone and feel. However, I’ve moved back to the iridium. It’s just easier for me. I don’t need to re-rig up my amp taking it back and forth from the studio etc. And i save the tubes by just flicking on the iridium. Further, you get more variety in the iridium compared to using your amps through the captor. Both are great gear. Just depends on what your needs and priorities are. I like simple. The iridium is perfect right now.
Great playing man. Greetings from Panama
Would love to see a comparison to the Suhr Reactive Load IR
Thanks Rabea. Great vid. Question to you or anyone else. Do you listen to your playing real time through monitors or headphones when recording or practicing? I'm assuming to make this video you must play through monitors to be able to sync the audio. Thanks!
Man that preset 3 reverb was so vibey!
Just ordered one from Andertons. This is going to be so handy.
The Entropy Control simulates the "sway" or flange of dual tape heads to Reel. A Doubling, width, or thickness control if you will.
You sir make anything sound good
Another awesome review! TwoNotes did a really great job with the Captor X. BTW, Could you tell me what kind of studio monitors do you recommend?
Great Video - I'm Keen on getting the Captor X - NOW !! PRESET 3 !! - the piece you play - is adorable !! _ is that a song ? - or something you just played on the spur of the moment - either way - I had to sit and work it out -Just Beautiful
I also want to know!
The captor x absorbs energy from the power amp. That energy has to go somewhere so it's dispersed in the form of heat. That's why you hear the fan kick on during playing. You can literally hear it rev up with every chug. It's necessary for the unit to be able to absorb the power without burning out components.
Rabs looking sleek and sporty... kick push kick push kick push... coast
Had mine on order from Sweetwater for a few weeks. Still patiently waiting.
Mine shipped from Sweetwater today, yours should soon as well!
Sounds great👍
Where do you get your tshirts from?
Thanks for making this video - literally got lost in the moment watching haha tones sound GREAT - I am curious what my PRS Archon 50 will sound like \m/
Hey dude, have you seen/heard of the Mas Effects Mimir's Well? It seems like another cool step in the more serious multi-FX vibe, with a hint of Toneprint or Eventide in it as well. Yet to see anyone demo it properly.
Now where’ve I heard this song before? @ 19:33 Ah yes, Killswitch Engage - My Curse! 🤘😀🤘
I want one of these things so goddamn bad
This is awesome man. Have a good day.
Great review. I have the non-X version and am stuck with one IR if I want to print directly to DAW. When you said this product is “Wall of Sound in the box”, that sold it for me! Would it be capable to load the GGD Studio Cab IRs into this unit ?
Yes you can :)
Amazing demo and incredible playing! I love the preset 3 reverb. Can you recommend a reverb pedal to recreate that tone while playing through a guitar amp?
Thanks Rabea nice review - anyone know how good the gate is?
Great demo Rabea; just long enough! I just got my Captor X yesterday! Is this your signal chain:
Guitar>Pedal Board>Amp>Captor X>UA Apollo Twin X>Mac>Powered Monitors?
What monitors are you using? Thanks! ~Robert
Sounds good. You have to try it with the Victory Duchess pedal/amp and record a video for us! Keep up the good work.
i need this, my apartment full of amps is getting dusty lol
that's weird, I want an apartment full of amps
You're neighbours will appreciate it as well
Need more amps to cover that dust!
My amp I converted into an apartment needs a set of servant's stairs.
awesome vid Rabea! always great, since I use 3 amps all the time is it possible to use this with them? I'm sure ill need more than 1 I'm new to all of this..
Cool if you don't mind your Tube amp tone converted to a digital signal prior to being sent to FOH. Why not just use a modeler?
In physics terms entropy is the randomness or un-orderedness in a system, the lowest energy state that everything moves towards. I don‘t really know how _that_ applies to the setting tho… 😅
I believe it is the degree of change (randomness) from the original track when you are twin tracking adding a millisecond delay between them. As Bea increased the entropy, the presence of a second track became more obvious.
Rabea - big fan mate.. for use strictly as an attenuator do you prefer this or Tone King Ironman?
Sounds fakin killer!
You mentioned a power amp function at 9:40 'if you are running preamps into it instead of an amplifier...'
does that mean I can plug a preamp into the CaptorX like you can plug into the CabM?
I was under the impression you can only plug a power amp stage speaker output into it and the line output level of a preamp won't be enough to get a signal the CaptorX can process.
Please tell me I'm wrong and you meant what I inferred from your comment!!
There is no poweramp sim like on the Cab M.
I’ve been looking at these for weeks. I’m looking at purchasing either one of these or the Reload.
The Captor X offers a lot of mobility. I’m torn!
but the reload offers complete attenuation, from 0 to inf thanks to its internal transistor amp!
I know, I'm torn like you, considering that I already have the old captor
My Captor X turned today.... with a Mooer Preamp Live also....wanted to cover all angles in my home studio... I’ll need to figure out how to run it all together. Should be a fun little project!!!
Wish this thing has more attenuation options. That would really help getting the right stage volume in a variety of venues. As it is, there's only really two options ... no attentuation or medium attenuation.
how do you load IRs to the captor?
Eagerly awaiting mine to be shipped in the next week or so. Any chance your presets using the stock cabs will be available for download anywhere? Also... What are the chances of you releasing an ir pack at any point?
Massive fan your playing! I play completely different things, and I honestly find a lot of modern metal, even the progressive stuff, really daft. Genrewise you're hard to pin down, but I guess those are the labels that fit your stuff - ..yet I find your playing is super interesting, your melodic stuff, harmonizing, phrasing, always melody over scales.. TOP NOTCH stuff. THanKs fOr shaRiNg the music.
(Who is that on your T-shirt? August Strindberg? Edgar Allan Poe? Cool)
Hi Rabea, first really thank you for everything you did and what you do, i'm really happy to discovered your bands and your channel.
I have a question about the ohm with the super kraken and the captor, because the captor is made for 8 ohm amps and the super kraken is an 16 ohm so how do you plug them? or maybe is it better to have an 16 ohm captor X ?
I know that you have other things to do but i'm really lost with this and how to do it , i have a super kraken and i don't want to make a mistake or buy the wrong thing.
Thank you to answer,
Bastien.
that beginning riff gave me MERROW vibes
Rabea, please excuse the question not being related to this video. But I'm interested in buying the VX100 and was wondering if you know for how long will these be in production for, before they stop being made? Like for example, it's gonna take me about 10 full months to save up for one. Idk, you might not be able to disclose when MK is going to start phasing them out, but if you are will it be end of 2020 when they start doing that? Cheers x
Can you run a Victory Kraken Pedal directly into this instead of using an amp?
Would this be best for me? Briefly: I play edrums and guitar at home and play/record mainly using headphones. I have pedals, few amps, steinberg audiointerface, iMac/Ableton/BIASFX, mixer(where I plug the headphones), old Roland poweramp for speakers and studiomonitors. (+edrums). But for the guitar tone, I love the tube amp sound even in my own cover recordings and playing thru headphones. I just bought dark terror Orange amp which dont have cabsim. Do I need one? And would this be the right product? And Thanks for your very best reviews. You are very very clear and share your knowledge very professional way👍
Any chance you’d be prepared to do a quick 30s mic’d cab run through of the attenuation?
will you still get the feedback and the natural harmonics with no speaker?
Ordered a Captor X just the other day, but how the hell did I miss that you had a new (very) N4-inspired axe? :) Is that something that will be an actual production model? :)
That ain't new mate. It's his old Chapman sig model. Think he sanded it down then re stained it.
Could this be used in place of the UA Ox Box?
Seems to be pretty competitive with the Boss Waza Tube amp expander and at half the price. Nice work.
Do you have already tested the AMT Pangaea CP100fx ? I think he is much better than Cab M and he can also be use between power amp and cab. He has stereo out, stereo in, midi, lot of effects, IR loader, power amp and preamp sim, aux in, etc...
There's one for sale used for $425 near me. Should I get it for my IRT60?
Question for current users of this unit, How is the tone signal coming from the head phone out?
Do you think the Boss TAE justifies being 2x the price of the Captor X? I'm trying to decide between the 2 myself. I'm ultimately looking to be able to record at home with my tube amps at their sweet spot, play silently in headphones, but also just be able to crank my amps and sit in front of them for some jams through their actual speaker cabs. Thanks for the help, cheers!
Would this unit be a good option if my primary use would be silent headphones practice and amp attenuation for low volume playing?
Are there better options for that?
Does the Captor X put out line level, or do you need to run it trough the mic pre?
That opening riff is DIRTY
With the Captor X, can you reamp your signal? Could you send the balanced output to a power amp and a cab?
HEY Rabea what head are you using I have an sop
Great vid. I’m very tempted by this. One question I have though which I’ve sent two two notes but not had a response is... can you plug a 16ohm cab into the speaker out? I get that the input needs to be 8ohm but it is clear whether the speaker has to match this! Any help would be most appreciated!
I got a reply on gearpage.net. You are able to mismatch captor X with a 16ohm cab. Similar to mismatching an amp 8 ohm and 16ohm cab.
I have no experience with mismatching. It will alter the sound (mids or so) due to mismatch
I've watched a lot of videos of people reviewing this box and comparing it with others and was disappointed in the others because it seemed to lack low end.
However, this video proves that you should watch as many videos as you can find.
This video shows you don't need to spend $1,000 to go direct and achieve studio quality recording. Learn your gear! You can have thousands or hundreds invested but it doesn't mean shit if you don't know how to use it.
I am curious though, did you use the 16 ohm or 8 ohm and does it make a difference when running direct?
I just got mine yesterday, it's pretty cool.
I'm new to all this , can someone answer about recording to logic. Do I still need to go through wall of sound to record to logic?
Do the captor pre sets show up on wall of sound?
Cheers
I don’t have one of these guys but I have the old captor. I believe if you’re playing through the IRs that are loaded onto your captor I don’t think it’s necessary to go through WOS but if you choose to bypass the loaded IR you would need to use an IR loader such as WOS.