Manual

About the TORPEDO Live

The miking is achieved in 3 steps with the TORPEDO Live:

1. choose a power ampliﬁer (or switch it off if you are using a loadbox), a speaker cabinet and a microphone

(Ampliﬁer, speaker and microphone section),

2. place the microphone in the virtual studio (Miking window and parameters),

3. shape the signal (Low Cut, Eq, Exciter and Comp sections).

With each step, Two Notes Audio Engineering implements its know-how to propose the most advanced sim-

ulations on the market and ensure a total realism both for the musician (playing sensations) and the listener

(sound quality).

You can embed up to 32 Two Notes cabinets in the TORPEDO Live. Download the free TORPEDO Remote

software (Mac OSX and Windows PC) from the Two Notes website, you will be able to add and remove the

embedded cabinets, there are currently 45 Two Notes cabinets, and new free cabinets available directly from

you TORPEDO Remote software.

4.1 Tube Stage Output

When using a guitar/bass preampliﬁer with other speaker emulators, the guitarist/bassist may miss the power

ampliﬁer’s contribution to the overall sonic texture. Many musicians get their sound from a particular use of this

element and this possibility is present in the TORPEDO Live.

To do this, Two Notes developed an original tube stage modeling, giving you the choice between 4 different

tube models (6L6, EL34, EL84 and KT88) in Push-Pull (PP) in AB class or Single Ended (SE) in A class conﬁgurations.

You can push this tube stage like a conventional ampliﬁer and look for this subtle yet particular distortion.

The TORPEDO Live can be used as a super-DI for keyboards. The tube amp simulation feature, developed for

guitarists and bassists, is also very interesting to warm-up the sound of a synthesizer, organ or a digital piano.

4.2 Section EQ

When recording guitars or basses, it is common to apply a few effects to shape the sound before sending it to

a PA or a recorder. In the TORPEDO Live you will ﬁnd a simple but efﬁcient EQ ﬁlter with two modes, GUITAR or

BASS.

4.3 The Torpedo technology, convolution and Impulse Responses

The impulse response (IR) of a system describes it behavior under the form of a very detailed ﬁlter. The convolu-

tion technique uses IRs to simulate the behavior or particular systems, such as reverbs, speakers, EQ...

It is the most accurate way to simulate sound signatures that are linear (i.e. without distortion) and time-

invariant (i.e. no effect like modulation, compression, hysteresis...). It is particularly well suited for speaker miking

simulation.

Two Notes developed a unique technology based on an adaptation of convolution techniques. Starting

with a measure of a real cabinet + microphone setup, the TORPEDO TORPEDO Live can accurately reproduce

the system as it was measured, as well as the microphone position in space by using IR synthesis.

4.4 Third party impulse responses

The TORPEDO Live is capable of delivering the best guitar and bass tones by using the TORPEDO technology,

but you can also embed impulse responses you can purchase or download for free from 3rd party developers,

in WAV or AIFF formats.

You can upload up to 512 third party IRs in the TORPEDO Live, using the free Torpedo Remote software.

4.5 Create your own IRs

Download the free TORPEDO Capture software from the Two Notes website. With this software you will be able

to capture your own cabinet + microphone setup and embed its sound signature into the TORPEDO Live.

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