2017/11/10 22:17 1/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual Torpedo Studio User's Manual The world’s most advanced digital loadbox The complete electronic version of this manual, as well as the Two notes Audio Engineering software and hardware products, are subject to updates. You can download the most recent versions of the products on the Two notes Audio Engineering website. This manual describes the Torpedo Studio and provides instructions for its operation.
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2017/11/10 22:17 3/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 1.1.4 Ground Connection For safety reasons, the unit needs to be plugged into a wall outlet with a ground connection. If your electric installation does not provide a ground connection or if you are unsure, please ask a qualified electrician for help. If your mains power cable does not match your wall outlet, ask a qualified electrician for help.
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2017/11/10 22:17 5/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual Defective products that qualify for coverage under this warranty will be repaired or replaced, (at OROSYS SAS’s sole discretion) with a like or comparable product, without charge.
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2017/11/10 22:17 7/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual half of the potentiometer rotation, reaches its maximum at 12 o’clock, and doesn’t change much beyond this point. Therefore, you can reach the maximum volume of your amplifier even if the volume potentiometer is not set at maximum. By reaching the maximum output power of your amplifier, you will hear a lot of distortion, which may not sound as well as you may hope. In fact, most amplifiers sound rather poorly at maximum volume.
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2017/11/10 22:17 3. Presets screen 9/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 6. Navigation switches 9. Mains switch 3.1.2 Rear panel 1. Mains power 2. Warning notices 3. Serial number 4. Wordclock Input 5. MIDI In/Out/Thru 6. USB 7. S/PDIF In/Out 8. AES/EBU In/Out 9. Analog Line 12. Speaker Input Outputs (Bal.) 13. Impedance 10. Analog Line Inputs selector (Bal. or Unbal.) 14. Fan 11. Speaker THRU (Output) 3.
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2017/11/10 22:17 11/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual configurations. In the GEAR, MIKING and Post FX sections, you will choose the configurations and adjust the parameters. Simply click on these buttons to select the A or B channel. The Torpedo Studio features a loadbox which is mono, but can handle either two Analog Line or Digital inputs, or a combination of the amp and Line inputs. Please refer the the Setup/Audio/Input menu for more information. 3.2.
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2017/11/10 22:17 13/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual When powering-on the Torpedo Studio, you will hear the sound of a relay (a brief click). This corresponds to the activation of the loadbox of the Torpedo Studio, which allows your amplifier to run without a speaker cabinet. It is important to always power on the Torpedo Studio before powering on your amplifier. The Torpedo Studio starts on preset 0. Now the input gain and output volume must be set up. 1.
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2017/11/10 22:17 Dry/Dual Miking Dual Miking/Dry 15/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual A dry, unprocessed signal is sent to the L output and A and B are mixed in mono and sent to the R output A dry, unprocessed signal is sent to the R output and A and B are mixed in mono and sent to the L output. 4.2.3 Routing diagrams The routing configuration can be changed in the Setup menu. The default routing mode is Amp to Stereo.
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2017/11/10 22:17 17/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual console and to a monitoring system (not shown here). 1. Electric guitar or bass 2. FX unit or pedals (front of amp) 3. Guitar or bass amplifier 4. FX unit or pedals (loop of amp) 5. MIDI controler 6. Stereo FX unit or pedals 7. Mixing console 8. PA 9. Optional speaker cabinet Note that the musician can, with a MIDI floorboard, control the parameters (Control Change) and/or the presets (Program Change) of the Torpedo Studio.
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2017/11/10 22:17 19/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual On this figure, we have added an optional microphone to take the sound directly from the cabinet. That way you can then get at the same time, in one take: 1. A traditional track with a real cabinet and a microphone 2. A simulated track using the Torpedo Studio library of speakers and microphones 3.
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2017/11/10 22:17 21/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual Please refer to your DAW’s manual to find out if this option is provided. 4.7 A note on external effects placement The location of your effects (pedals or multi-FX) is very important. You can follow the usual rules concerning the effects layout, with the ones that should be placed before a preamp (OD, fuzz, compressor…), or in the amp loop (time-based effects like chorus, delay, reverb…).
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2017/11/10 22:17 23/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 4.8.2 Step two: re-miking the signal You need to create a loop between the Torpedo Studio and your DAW. You can create either a digital or an analog loop. To create a loop, connect both input and output of the Torpedo Studio to the DAW: 1. The dry signal is sent from the DAW to the Torpedo Studio. On most sequencers, that track must be routed to a dedicated output, not the master output track. 2.
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2017/11/10 22:17 25/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual This potentiometer controls the SPEAKER input gain of the unit. The Torpedo Studio being a digital product, it is absolutely critical that you avoid any saturation of the input signal, or you may considerably reduce the sound quality. To get the best sound, try to have the same volume (or close) on all different sounds coming to the Torpedo Studio. This way you won’t have to change the input gain when switching the channels on your amplifier.
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2017/11/10 22:17 27/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual are detailed in part 4. Output mode: You can here choose to send either a processed (Stereo) or a combination of processed and non processed (“Dual Miking/Dry” or “Dry/Dual Miking”) to the analog and digital outputs. In “Stereo” mode, a wet signal is sent to both channels (left and right). In “Dry/Dual Miking” mode, a dry signal is sent to the left channel and a mono mix of both A and B channels is sent to the right channel.
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2017/11/10 22:17 29/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual Device ID: This menu lets you give an identifying name to your machine. If you wish to use the Torpedo Remote software to control several different machines simultaneously USB-connected to the same computer, you will have to give each machine a different Device ID. Move through the alphabet using the “NAVI” knob and select the letters with “OK”. Device ID - reboot: After changing the Device ID, you will need to reboot the Torpedo Studio. 5.
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2017/11/10 22:17 31/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 5.7 Gear Menu To access the “Gear” menu, press the 'SPKR/MIC' button on the front panel. From here, you can choose which power amp, speaker cabinet and microphone you want to use. On A and B, you have 8 microphones and 50 speaker cabinets available. As you are surely used to choosing your guitar/bass and amp to get a specific type of sound, you will notice here how much the choice of speaker cabinet and microphone will impact the final sound.
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2017/11/10 22:17 33/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 5.7.4 User User: Determine which impulse response (IR) file to use for the simulation. The “U” label indicates that the impulse has been measured (with Torpedo BlendIR) by the user. The “W” label indicates that the impulse has been converted from a wave (or aiff) file. You do not have access to the microphone positioning options when using the User impulses (both “U” and “W”).
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2017/11/10 22:17 35/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual In standard sound pick-up, the microphone is usually placed in front of the cabinet. However, placing the microphone behind the cabinet can be quite interesting. The tone you get then will usually be softer and darker. This is particularly noticeable with closed cabinet, less with open ones. 5.8.4 Variphi The Variphi function allows you to play with the phase of the signal.
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2017/11/10 22:17 37/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual The range of the EQ is wide: you can either use it lightly, to simply correct a particular aspect of your sound, or in an extreme way, to produce some whole new sound character. The EQ features 3 modes: Guitar, Bass or Parametric. The “Param” mode offers a fully tweakable 6 bands parametric EQ, with On/Off, Gain, Frequency and Width or Type parameters on each band. The “Guitar” and “Bass” modes offer simplified settings adapted to the instrument.
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2017/11/10 22:17 39/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual A boost of 0db (0%) to 15db (100%) is a applied to make your sound thicker when increasing the 'Low', and airy and bright when increasing the 'High'. When the controls are set at 0%, the signal remains unmodified. 5.10.3 Comp Using a compressor will reduce the dynamics of your sound, but can also be used to create special effects, such as pumping. The parameters of the Torpedo compressor are the same as for a standard studio compressor.
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2017/11/10 22:17 41/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual This encoder controls the output volume of the unit. The Torpedo Studio being a digital product, it is absolutely critical that you avoid all saturation of the input signal, or you may considerably reduce sound quality. The output volume consists in digital data, just like all the parameters in the Torpedo Studio, and it is saved together with the preset. You will need to adjust the output volume for each preset.
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2017/11/10 22:17 43/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual 5.13 Want more cabs? 5.13.1 Two notes cabinets Torpedo Remote features the new Two notes Boutique. This is an online store that gives you access to all of the Two notes virtual cabinets, captured with a set of 8 microphones.
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2017/11/10 22:17 45/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual If you have several products communicating with a MIDI connection, you can use the “MIDI OUT/THRU” output of the Torpedo Studio, which mirrors every MIDI message coming in through the “MIDI IN” input. 6.1 Program Change (PC) Every preset in the Torpedo Studio is identified by a corresponding program number. Preset 1 of the Torpedo Studio corresponds to the MIDI PC 1. You can address the 100 presets (from 1 to 100, le PC 100 appelant le preset 00).
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2017/11/10 22:17 Parameter Room Power Amp Distance Tone Contour Harmonics Destroy Compression Make Up Gain Preset Level Mode 47/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual CC# Range Behavior Ch A Ch B 44 107 0-7 0 = Room #0 ; 1 = Room #1… 8 = Custom Room 55 118 0-30 0 = Off ; 1 = min ; 30 = max 56 119 0-44 0 = min ; 44 = max 57 120 0-44 0 = min ; 44 = max 58 121 0-40 0 = min ; 40 = max 59 122 0-44 0 = min ; 44 = max 60 123 0-1 0 = Off ; 1 = On 61 124 0-35 0 = Off ; 1 = min ; 35 = max 34 97 0-36 0 = min ; 36 = max 62 1
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2017/11/10 22:17 49/52 Designation Inspired by WGrandBlvd Ampeg® B15N 1×15” CB Jensen® C15N, Vintage Ceramic 7.
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2017/11/10 22:17 Designation DAC Frequency response (-1db) Latency Thermal security Power supply Dimensions 51/52 Torpedo Studio User's Manual Characteristics Sampling frequency: 96 kHz Resolution: 24 bits Noise level: -109 dB (A-weighted) THD: 0.0008% Stereo crosstalk: -106 dB 13 Hz - 45 kHz (Normal latency mode) 5.063 ms, (Low Latency mode) 3.064 ms (Line Input to Line Output) • Temperature-controlled fan • At 115°C, a visual warning is displayed and the output signal is muted.
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