Guitar Preamp Direct Recording - The right way! 

Thanks mate! 😊

Thanks mate! I'm using the Captor all the time when I record my tube amps and I don't want to miss it anymore. If I was you, I'd take the 8 ohm version because every amp should have an 8 ohm output. By the way: You just need the impedance when you use the captor as a load box for your amplifier, so without speakers. If you connect a guitar speaker to the captor and the captor to your amplifier, the speaker will disable the internal load and "overwrite" the 8 ohm of the captor. So you can use the 8 ohm captor in between a 4 ohm or 16 ohm setup as long as you don't use the internal load. This is nice when you're gigging with your band and some other guitarists are providing the guitar cabs. Just set your amplifier to match the impedance of the guitar cabinet, place the captor in between and send the DI signal to the FOH for nice sounds. But I have to say I don't really like the cab simulated output of the captor, so I'm using a hardware IR loader with some Marshall and Mesa IR's and then pass this signal over to the FOH when playing live. When you're recording at home, you can just use any IR loader. I just recorded a guitar cover, using only the vocals of the original song. All guitars, bass and drums were made myself. The guitars have been recorded using the JVM and the captor only, so you can have a listen and see if you like the sound. Cheers Tobi

Thanks Tobi, this is super helpful! You’re the man!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 your channel is great and super intuitive

@@TobiasJust Hi Tobias. I have the same setup (JVM & Captor but the X version 8 ohms) can i use it on 16 ohm for attenuation?

Hey mate, You got two options using the JVM 205. On the back panel there is an emulated line out with an XLR jack. If you keep your amp in standby (still always keep a cab connected!) this XLR jack will output your preamp sound with a speaker simulation. You can't add another ir since this sound is processed already. But you might like it for quick recordings. Second option is a load box or hardware ir loader or any device that is made to be placed between your amp and your speakers, which will grab a signal of your sound from in between. This can be recorded using your interface. Since it is not processed, you must use irs so get a good sound. Third option is to use the fx loop send into your audio interface and then add irs, but it's lacking the oomph of your Marshall's power section. No matter what you do: always make sure you have a load or cabinet connected when you fully turn on your amp, otherwise you will fry the power section. Cheers Tobi

Did you ever get an answer for this?

No, unless you can switch off the power amp you still need a load connected. Don't ever run it without a cabinet or load.