The amount of work you do to create these videos is amazing. Building backing tracks, cutting takes, taking videos, editing the videos and doing all the sound engineering on top of it. Not sure you get enough thanks for your effort, but you deserve it. Thanks for your efforts. Quality videos always. And incredible playing. Would love to see a video of you creating backing tracks, programming your drums , mixing , etc. I know that’s not the model of your channel , but I’d watch it for sure.
Your demos are by far the best I've heard so far. Only one problem... I now want to buy all of the amazing guitars, amps and other devices that you utilize. Keep on rockin!!!
Hi Jon, just wanted to say that I love your channel mate. You are a proper riffster. Also, off of the back of your video I brought a Amp Central and a lot of OwnHammer Ir's and I am getting some serious tones. The Amp central is something special! Keep Riffin' man - thanks for all your effort.
I have the Amp Central and its warmer than my Captor X. Some of the IRs are pretty solid too to mix with my normal Mesa/Marshall cab IRs. Love the channel!
Also have the CaptorX and XLOAD. But I'm currently using the Amp Central and the sound is outstanding. The ease of dialing in the IRs is really helpful. The IR choices are outstanding, but it would be cool if they could be individually EQ'd and persisted within the unit. This would help with amplification balance when switching IRs.
Sounds pretty good, definitely want to see it go head to head against the fractal and two notes. Been pretty content with my captor but willing to explore other options.
Sounds amazing! Distortion pedals are unnecessary and organic distortion is SO sweet. I am also interested in a Victory Sheriff 180 watt PEDAL. New subscriber!
Watch the video then go straight to buying the Red Seven Amp Central. I just switched from Two Notes Captor X and it is hands down superior. Huge thank you Sonic Drive for pointing me in the right direction! You are the best on social media for product comparisons!
Man, Your guitars sound great! Some of the best I've ever heard! Great Job! Do you have any, or could you make a video tutorial where you go through your signal chain and the way you mix your guitars?... Thanks!
VERY Nice test Jon... common guys... don't ask the same questions over and over regarding price, availability... his most recurrent answer on this thread has been... "email them!" ha ha ha
I was waiting for this one buddy!! This box has too much to offer and it sounds pretty good, I am looking forward to hear more about it, if you are going to be using it!! 🤘🤘
Really appreciate your evaluations. The isolated guitar tracks are helpful, but could you consider also providing dry tracks without any downstream processing?
Dude!!! so glade I have found your channel. I am so appreciative of how you are so fourth coming on all your tricks to recording. Sounds is so amazing~!! You also did the video on the Engl Fireball 25 and the recording was so stellar I bought the amp lol. Be here this week. My next step was to get a reactive load interface. I have had the 2 notes which was ok but I felt like the sounds just would not popping and crisp!! So I thought about the OX because I see so many using them but I am not real sure about the sound. The RedSeven I will give a hard look at. The stereo loop really made me pause for I am a stereo nut when it comes to effects. I also have a 69 Bassman that would be cool to add effects 2. One question if I could ask. Why the tape on the strings at the nut and bridge on your non trem guitars? I noticed and wondered. Thanks for all your videos my man! Stay on target... Redfive
Love the videos and your playing/tone. Question: when the camera is on the Amp Central, you have no input registering on the meter. Or am I missing something?
hey man, frist of all. been loving your videos, your tones and the way you explain things are amazing as are your riffs and playing. I'm getting the Amp Central myself soon and i love how it sounds with the York impulses. I was wondering if you could maybe point me in the right direction as to what pack(s) to get from them. I'm mainly looking to record high gain tones with an ENGL savage 120 (the original one with silver plate) i do a lot of high gain stuff but also experiment a lot with clean tones, fuzz and other effects. Would appreciate it if you could give some recommendations there. thanks for all the cool videos man, keep it up!
awesome video! as written before, would be awesome to have a comparison vid between LB2 and RS central amp. I've checked the prices and it's quite high, at least on official Redseven website the price should be 590eur in Europe but unfortunately on KSE (official dealer in Germany) it' costs720eur, way too much in my opinion.. still waiting for the LB2, but I'm using an AMT PE-15 with Peavey 6505MH and it isn't bad at all, actually pretty good and cheap. for me the problem with the LB2 is that it doesn't has partial power attenuation (to connect to a speaker and uses 10% of the power i.e) and IR loader. this one seems to fix partially the problem but still not clear for me if it's capable to attenuate the total output to a speaker, in other words if it can act as a variable "power soak" . Thanks!😀
You got me interested at the title. It must take some effort to take you from your Fractal LB-2 :). I'm guessing that for the bang-for-the-buck a Two Notes Captor (non-x) is still the most affordable reactive-load, but let's watch the video first :P. Personally, I'm heading more away towards (tube) preamps with an AMT TubeCake 3 to play through, and the preamp straight into interface to tweak the tone from there. The tubecake is an 'analog poweramp' simulator in a small 3 watt pedal-format power-amp. Perfect for playing preamps through a real cab while still having a nice feel and resonance/presence controls. Once in the audio-interface, the preamps go through an instance of Ignite Amps TPA-1 or (more recently) the poweramp module of Mercuriall's Triaxis VST.
If I take the captor X as an example, that's an amazing device with a lot of features in the DSP! If that's what you need, it's hard to beat. However, I will say that the basic reactive load sound and feel of the Amp Central is far superior!
@subgreen13 I'm running a Victory V4 preamp pedal, but now into the Amptweaker Depthfinder. That add's my speaker impedance curve - simulation, with a resonance and presence knob. Made by the guy from the 5150 amp, to emulate the speaker-interaction of the 5150 + v30 cab. It works for me :). That goes into a flat-as-f*ck solid-state poweramp, but that is still way too loud for home use. The AMT TubeCake is low-power enough for home use, while still giving the whole poweramp feel + resonance+presence knobs. So at home, the V4 pedal goes into a Tubecake into 1x12 cab. On the rehearsal stage the V4 pedal goes into a DepthFinder into a Palmer Macht 402 into a 2x212. As for pure reactive-load, I think the Two Notes Capture non-x is still between 200 and 250 bucks. Not saying the there are 'no better reactive circuits' out there, but they all cost more than the amps I'm interested in, so it feels out of reach to me. I actually started out some time ago with a Weber MiniMass attenuator. That is also 'sort of reactive', as in it has a moving flywheel in it to emulate the speaker moving and causing variable impedance. I think things like the Suhr Reactive load and the RedSeven are better in producing speaker feel, but it at least sounded way better than stock non-reactive loadboxes like the Koch boxes or Jet City attenuator. The RedSeven unit has no price listed, but they describe themselves 'boutique amplifiers and devices', so I'm guessing it's going to be expensive as h*ll. UPDATE: They updated their price list, it now lists just under 600,- for the Amp Central. That so bad compared to the other top-of-the-line boxes to be honest. Still, just as expensive as a PRS MT15 or a 6505-MH.
Good to see another reactive load box with an FX loop for those amps that don't have one. Great playing as always. I tried to look for a price indication but could not find any in euros or dollars. I think it sits between the Two notes captor X (600$) and the Ox (1300$) ?
Hey Brian, I know this video is 2 years old, but what reactive loads have you tried? I’m in the market and curious what all you’ve used. You have really great recorded tones. Thanks!
Nice demo . How did you get the york IR´s in the amp central. I have tried many times now and it won´t work for me . I know york is 500 ms and amp central only have 20ms but it should work they say
Thank you for this great review. I noticed in the videos that you have the input level in front of the unit turned almost all the way down. Is that how you recorded these? I have recently purchased the AC from Red Seven and am trying to figure out how to get a good sound from it. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi there, I have one question: Is it possible to individually control the volume coming out of Left and Right Channels? The idea is to play both channels hard panned but more volume to one side than the other, when it's time to solo have them both at the same volume. Ofcourse FOH can do this but it's not always an option. Thank You! 🤘🎸🤘
Question that you might have already covered...but do you have to send both XLRs L and R to the audio interface from this? I would like to use a balanced output and most load boxes have a single XLR out whereas this has two. I know you were using stereo effects some of the time, but if you wanted to just send a mono signal to the DAW is this possible without using the 1/4" line out?
Hi John, i would love to hear your review and comparison from this RedSeven to TwoNotes Torpedo capture. Does the price difference worth to the tone and feel?
This is a fascinating piece of gear. The stereo effects loop is a huge plus. I've been using a Fryette Power Station for direct recording. And while it does have an effects loop built in.... it comes after the line out (seriously why tf would any builder do this?!?!). So despite having a very expensive reverb on my board, I'm using Toontrack EZ Mix for recording. My amp does have an effects loop, but there's an obvious tone difference when it's active, so I'd rather not use it. I suppose the Power Station works for now, but I'm always thinking about upgrading.
I just picked one up. I went to replace the IRs with my York pack and used the 48k options. I only have one IR per cab and am only getting the preamp signal now. I’m running it 8 ohms and using balanced XLRs to my Focusrite interface. What am I doing wrong?
Hey would you recommend the RedSeven over the TwoNotes Captor X for live usage? the Captor X can do 200 ms, the Amp Central seems to be limited to 20ms
Redseven needs to give you an affiliate link where you can make a small comission for giving them so much more business. Also, the device has USB on the back but you mentioned that you used the line outs to your interface. Any particular reason not to use the USB to the computer instead of line out? Or is the USB for data transfer to the unit only?
so, can you attenuate the speaker output to a cab? also, my mesa has 2 x 4ohm and 1 x 16ohm speaker outputs. i use 4 ohm output and cabs. can an 8 ohm reactive load box like this one or the torpedo captor x be used with a 4 ohm output and cab. rule of thumb is you can put a higher ohm load on a low ohm rated output, but not sure how these reactive loads cope with that rule.
What's the latency compared to going the AxeFx route and most importantly, how loud is the fan compared to other loadboxes? Does it even have one, is it always on, temperatur controled or passively powered?
I have been on the waitlist at Fractal for the X-Load for over a year…..a year….I am using a Fryette PS-100 right now…which I love…but I wanted a plain reactive load without the power amp……this one looks promising…do you know if the reactive curve is based on a 4x12 like the Fractal?
You CAN use it as a reactive load without the power amp! Just plug your amps speaker out into the "amp in"...then flip both tone shaping toggles to the up position, then simply take the line out and run into your interface or rack, done! The PS does NOT need to be plugged into a/c for this function to work! I use this feature to get a post power amp line out into my rack! You have the best reactive load already available!
@@youscreamiscream Yeah,I know you can use the Fryette as a load without the power amp…I do it all the time..and you don’t have to have both toggles in the up position…I have my bottom one set all the way down,and the top one in the middle….I just got the Fractal X-Load a few months ago…They both sound very different,but I use them both for different things….The Fryette is awesome…so many uses for it….but the X-Load is great too..
I haven't tried that one myself so take this with a grain of salt but a pro friend of mine has compared a bunch of popular loads including the TAE and he said it was far from great sounding....
It’ll be more than fine. Amps are rated at max wattage , you’ll never turn your 5150 up high enough to hit that: simply for the fact at that point it’ll sound like garbage at that point anyways .
Different sounds. Reactive is a more modern and "correct" approach, resistive is what EVH (to name one) used for years, so we gave customers the ability to choose what they prefer, or in case they wanted something different. Just a sonic option.
Is the Boss Tube-amp Expander reactive or resistive? This is the first time I've actually heard about that there is a difference between the two. I just thought that "reactive" was a marketing phrase 😅
I find in the pricelist no price for amp central. the test is good, only i miss was a compare between reactive load and resistive load to hear how it sound diffrent. with your diffrent amps i really think it is the best only the price. other reactive load are very expensive. i like a reactive load around 200-250$. what does it cost ?
I think reactive load with IR loader justify slightly higher price to cover development expenses (in case of own solution, rather than IR modules). For example, maybe one of cheapest ones, is st.Rock REACT:IR and it will cost 410 euros. Just reactive load itself, without digital part, can be cheaper.
@@LucifdeLuther the digital part i need not. for example as the BUGERA PS1, Power Attenuator for 89 eur but with reactive load. i think it is good possible to do this for 200 eur. really intresting how the diffrence is between reactive load and resistive load. amp central have a switch to change easy
@@nobot99997_xxl There is also reactive-resonance load :) Mentioned REACT:IR unit have Passive/Reactive switch and also Resonance switch, which control low resonance of guitar cab. Torpedo units are reactive load, but not resonance.
Will RedSeven work with Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-o-verb 120 watt-amp? Captor 8 does not work, the amplifier burns out: ( Or which loadbox will work with a 120 watt Mesa?
The amount of work you do to create these videos is amazing. Building backing tracks, cutting takes, taking videos, editing the videos and doing all the sound engineering on top of it. Not sure you get enough thanks for your effort, but you deserve it. Thanks for your efforts. Quality videos always. And incredible playing. Would love to see a video of you creating backing tracks, programming your drums , mixing , etc. I know that’s not the model of your channel , but I’d watch it for sure.
Right? His production on every angle is unmatched, even for channels with 1 million + subscribers.
Amazing, professional and super in depth review. Congrats, mate!
Thanks guys! Amazing product!
@RedSeven Amplification how much is this in Europe. I checked your pricelist and i couldn't find it there
Yeah me too ,i coundnt find a dealer or price for Europe.
@@tonehammer7276 try emailing them directly. Their customer service is excellent!
@@tonehammer7276 Price list update. It's 720€ inc VAT
Can't stop rewinding and listening to that baritone riff- awesome!
Your demos are by far the best I've heard so far. Only one problem... I now want to buy all of the amazing guitars, amps and other devices that you utilize. Keep on rockin!!!
The unit sounded excellent. We seem to be living in a Golden Age of great guitars and gear. A Reactive Load shootout could be interesting. Thanks
Best review of the Amp Central on UA-cam so far, great job! And this product is really a masterpiece, all the tones you demoed are really ALIVE :-D
Hi Jon, just wanted to say that I love your channel mate. You are a proper riffster. Also, off of the back of your video I brought a Amp Central and a lot of OwnHammer Ir's and I am getting some serious tones. The Amp central is something special! Keep Riffin' man - thanks for all your effort.
you're an underrated genius legend of a guy! keep up the good work!
Thanks!
I have the Amp Central and its warmer than my Captor X. Some of the IRs are pretty solid too to mix with my normal Mesa/Marshall cab IRs. Love the channel!
Also have the CaptorX and XLOAD. But I'm currently using the Amp Central and the sound is outstanding. The ease of dialing in the IRs is really helpful. The IR choices are outstanding, but it would be cool if they could be individually EQ'd and persisted within the unit. This would help with amplification balance when switching IRs.
Sounds pretty good, definitely want to see it go head to head against the fractal and two notes. Been pretty content with my captor but willing to explore other options.
Your review was fantastic! Thank you for the time spent showing all the details. I always enjoy your playing also.
Very interesting. I think I have to try this one. Great video again, mate!
Sounds amazing! Distortion pedals are unnecessary and organic distortion is SO sweet. I am also interested in a Victory Sheriff 180 watt PEDAL. New subscriber!
Loving this channel, BIG TIME! Thanks for the eduTainment!
Watch the video then go straight to buying the Red Seven Amp Central. I just switched from Two Notes Captor X and it is hands down superior. Huge thank you Sonic Drive for pointing me in the right direction! You are the best on social media for product comparisons!
Killer! I am still learning how to use IR's yours always sound great! Thanks man!
Great review! You should do a video on how you get your drum sound! They always sound great on your videos!
Finally got mine. Ran my Orange Rocker Terror in it, used Nolly's Neural's IRs. So much better than simulations.
Man, Your guitars sound great! Some of the best I've ever heard! Great Job! Do you have any, or could you make a video tutorial where you go through your signal chain and the way you mix your guitars?... Thanks!
Sweet!! Definitely a unit I'll be getting in the future! Also those Zila 212 IR sounded very, very nice!
Agreed! :)
VERY Nice test Jon... common guys... don't ask the same questions over and over regarding price, availability... his most recurrent answer on this thread has been... "email them!" ha ha ha
love your riffs
Great review. Want to choose between this and Power Load IR of Freyette.
Dude...sounds amazing!!
I was waiting for this one buddy!! This box has too much to offer and it sounds pretty good,
I am looking forward to hear more about it, if you are going to be using it!! 🤘🤘
Going to use it a LOT! Love it!
@@SonicDriveStudio where to buy it in europe ?
@@ctld5266 email RedSeven!
@@SonicDriveStudio Thanks !
amazing video Jon.
Thank you!
Really appreciate your evaluations. The isolated guitar tracks are helpful, but could you consider also providing dry tracks without any downstream processing?
A comparison between load boxes would be awesome.
Pretty expressive and all their prices are listet without VAT. (22 %) so prepare yourself for a surprise when you check out. 🙂
🤘an 8 string and an ENGL🤘 - dream rig!!
Great guitar tones, a very nice piece of gear !
This has to measured against the industry standard Suhr Reactive Load. Hope you can make a comparison video.
Dude!!! so glade I have found your channel. I am so appreciative of how you are so fourth coming on all your tricks to recording. Sounds is so amazing~!! You also did the video on the Engl Fireball 25 and the recording was so stellar I bought the amp lol. Be here this week. My next step was to get a reactive load interface. I have had the 2 notes which was ok but I felt like the sounds just would not popping and crisp!! So I thought about the OX because I see so many using them but I am not real sure about the sound. The RedSeven I will give a hard look at. The stereo loop really made me pause for I am a stereo nut when it comes to effects. I also have a 69 Bassman that would be cool to add effects 2. One question if I could ask. Why the tape on the strings at the nut and bridge on your non trem guitars? I noticed and wondered. Thanks for all your videos my man! Stay on target... Redfive
Thanks! That's just to get red of unwanted resonances with high gain
Love the videos and your playing/tone. Question: when the camera is on the Amp Central, you have no input registering on the meter. Or am I missing something?
hey man, frist of all. been loving your videos, your tones and the way you explain things are amazing as are your riffs and playing. I'm getting the Amp Central myself soon and i love how it sounds with the York impulses. I was wondering if you could maybe point me in the right direction as to what pack(s) to get from them. I'm mainly looking to record high gain tones with an ENGL savage 120 (the original one with silver plate) i do a lot of high gain stuff but also experiment a lot with clean tones, fuzz and other effects. Would appreciate it if you could give some recommendations there. thanks for all the cool videos man, keep it up!
best review for this material. what technique do you use for stereo sound without effect? double with delay on one side?
awesome video! as written before, would be awesome to have a comparison vid between LB2 and RS central amp. I've checked the prices and it's quite high, at least on official Redseven website the price should be 590eur in Europe but unfortunately on KSE (official dealer in Germany) it' costs720eur, way too much in my opinion.. still waiting for the LB2, but I'm using an AMT PE-15 with Peavey 6505MH and it isn't bad at all, actually pretty good and cheap.
for me the problem with the LB2 is that it doesn't has partial power attenuation (to connect to a speaker and uses 10% of the power i.e) and IR loader.
this one seems to fix partially the problem but still not clear for me if it's capable to attenuate the total output to a speaker, in other words if it can act as a variable "power soak" .
Thanks!😀
You got me interested at the title. It must take some effort to take you from your Fractal LB-2 :).
I'm guessing that for the bang-for-the-buck a Two Notes Captor (non-x) is still the most affordable reactive-load, but let's watch the video first :P.
Personally, I'm heading more away towards (tube) preamps with an AMT TubeCake 3 to play through, and the preamp straight into interface to tweak the tone from there. The tubecake is an 'analog poweramp' simulator in a small 3 watt pedal-format power-amp. Perfect for playing preamps through a real cab while still having a nice feel and resonance/presence controls.
Once in the audio-interface, the preamps go through an instance of Ignite Amps TPA-1 or (more recently) the poweramp module of Mercuriall's Triaxis VST.
If I take the captor X as an example, that's an amazing device with a lot of features in the DSP! If that's what you need, it's hard to beat. However, I will say that the basic reactive load sound and feel of the Amp Central is far superior!
@subgreen13 I'm running a Victory V4 preamp pedal, but now into the Amptweaker Depthfinder. That add's my speaker impedance curve - simulation, with a resonance and presence knob. Made by the guy from the 5150 amp, to emulate the speaker-interaction of the 5150 + v30 cab. It works for me :).
That goes into a flat-as-f*ck solid-state poweramp, but that is still way too loud for home use.
The AMT TubeCake is low-power enough for home use, while still giving the whole poweramp feel + resonance+presence knobs.
So at home, the V4 pedal goes into a Tubecake into 1x12 cab. On the rehearsal stage the V4 pedal goes into a DepthFinder into a Palmer Macht 402 into a 2x212.
As for pure reactive-load, I think the Two Notes Capture non-x is still between 200 and 250 bucks. Not saying the there are 'no better reactive circuits' out there, but they all cost more than the amps I'm interested in, so it feels out of reach to me. I actually started out some time ago with a Weber MiniMass attenuator. That is also 'sort of reactive', as in it has a moving flywheel in it to emulate the speaker moving and causing variable impedance. I think things like the Suhr Reactive load and the RedSeven are better in producing speaker feel, but it at least sounded way better than stock non-reactive loadboxes like the Koch boxes or Jet City attenuator.
The RedSeven unit has no price listed, but they describe themselves 'boutique amplifiers and devices', so I'm guessing it's going to be expensive as h*ll. UPDATE: They updated their price list, it now lists just under 600,- for the Amp Central. That so bad compared to the other top-of-the-line boxes to be honest. Still, just as expensive as a PRS MT15 or a 6505-MH.
Good to see another reactive load box with an FX loop for those amps that don't have one. Great playing as always. I tried to look for a price indication but could not find any in euros or dollars. I think it sits between the Two notes captor X (600$) and the Ox (1300$) ?
Yes
It's about 700 Euro right now. Directly from the company who makes them.
Not bad!
@@bigpiper2103 That is a good price indeed. even cheaper than the Boss (which also has a FX Loop)
st.Rock REACT:IR has FX loop capability, you just need insert adapter for it. And it`s IR length is 180 ms instead of 20 ms.
Cheers from Texas!
🤘😎🤘
I am shopping for something like this...
Thanks for sharing.
PS
Great use of the 9 string wonder guitar!
Peace
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*Cries in cabclone.
Everything in this video is just great!!
Lol
Nice review, as always! Buti wonder, do Reactive Load truly make a difference compared to Impulse Loader plugins? How so?
Hey Brian, I know this video is 2 years old, but what reactive loads have you tried?
I’m in the market and curious what all you’ve used. You have really great recorded tones.
Thanks!
what a nice guy 👏
Nice demo . How did you get the york IR´s in the amp central. I have tried many times now and it won´t work for me . I know york is 500 ms and amp central only have 20ms but it should work they say
Nice one!
Thank you for this great review. I noticed in the videos that you have the input level in front of the unit turned almost all the way down. Is that how you recorded these? I have recently purchased the AC from Red Seven and am trying to figure out how to get a good sound from it. Any help would be appreciated.
I use it passively so without the internal DSP
Btw, I don't know if you've ever done any video about your bass setup? It would be interesting to know what you use for your bass tones!
Thank You
Hi there, I have one question:
Is it possible to individually control the volume coming out of Left and Right Channels?
The idea is to play both channels hard panned but more volume to one side than the other, when it's time to solo have them both at the same volume.
Ofcourse FOH can do this but it's not always an option.
Thank You! 🤘🎸🤘
Question that you might have already covered...but do you have to send both XLRs L and R to the audio interface from this? I would like to use a balanced output and most load boxes have a single XLR out whereas this has two. I know you were using stereo effects some of the time, but if you wanted to just send a mono signal to the DAW is this possible without using the 1/4" line out?
Hi John, i would love to hear your review and comparison from this RedSeven to TwoNotes Torpedo capture. Does the price difference worth to the tone and feel?
Do you still use this model nowadays? Thanks!
Yes
Hi! Have you compared the original R7 IR’s with third party IR’s with the Amp Central?
do hughes & kettner amps need load boxes too? or redbox DI is enough to make direct recordings without damaging the amp if it has no cabinets?
Did RedSeven write your script? Sounded a lot more like a promotional demo than a review to me. Clips sounded great though.
They did not! This is how I am when I'm genuinely enthusiastic about something!
Is there much difference in latency when applying the IR at the interface/DAW compared to applying it at the RedSeven unit?
Wonderful review!!! Thank you so much.
Does anyone knows how much the unit weights? I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Thank you in advance.
Sounds awesome. How does it compare to the captor X?
This is a fascinating piece of gear. The stereo effects loop is a huge plus.
I've been using a Fryette Power Station for direct recording. And while it does have an effects loop built in.... it comes after the line out (seriously why tf would any builder do this?!?!). So despite having a very expensive reverb on my board, I'm using Toontrack EZ Mix for recording.
My amp does have an effects loop, but there's an obvious tone difference when it's active, so I'd rather not use it.
I suppose the Power Station works for now, but I'm always thinking about upgrading.
How would you rate the quality of the Fryette reactive load for silent recording? Have you compared it to a Two Notes or Suhr reactive load box?
Great Video! Are you using the redSeven Amp Central as your main Load Box now? Are you able to reamp guitars with it? Cheers!
Yeah
Question are you listening to monitor speakers wile playing the guitar ? Or an actual cabinet ?
I just picked one up. I went to replace the IRs with my York pack and used the 48k options. I only have one IR per cab and am only getting the preamp signal now. I’m running it 8 ohms and using balanced XLRs to my Focusrite interface. What am I doing wrong?
Trying to understand it all. What's the difference in doing it this way rather than selecting a neural dsp plugin in Logic?
excuse me if this is a dumb question but.....If I plug the xlr out to my audio interface can i use my neural DSP cab sections that i own?
If you use the line out, yes! The XLR has IRs applied.
Great Review! 1 question though about the fx loop. Can it do mono send and stereo return?
Yeah
Hey would you recommend the RedSeven over the TwoNotes Captor X for live usage? the Captor X can do 200 ms, the Amp Central seems to be limited to 20ms
Check out the brand new Amp Central EVO that's just released!
@@SonicDriveStudio that looks rad but was looking to save a couple dollars. Can't wait to see demos on it.
What IR loader do you use on your DAW?
Can you tell me which Audio-Interface do you use? Your Sound is fantastic!
Axe Fx III
Thought on the IR length being 20ms ? How different does it sound to loading IR that are 200ms+ in axe fx or DAW ?
Redseven needs to give you an affiliate link where you can make a small comission for giving them so much more business. Also, the device has USB on the back but you mentioned that you used the line outs to your interface. Any particular reason not to use the USB to the computer instead of line out? Or is the USB for data transfer to the unit only?
Woow! Would you make a loadbox shootout for us? \m/
so, can you attenuate the speaker output to a cab? also, my mesa has 2 x 4ohm and 1 x 16ohm speaker outputs. i use 4 ohm output and cabs. can an 8 ohm reactive load box like this one or the torpedo captor x be used with a 4 ohm output and cab. rule of thumb is you can put a higher ohm load on a low ohm rated output, but not sure how these reactive loads cope with that rule.
no attenuation available on Amp Central. Full load or full cabinet.
@@RedSevenAmplification Hi! Why no info or specs on the unit on your site. Where to check prices with incl. VAT etc.
@@Stu66orn www.redseven-amplification.com/amp-central/
@@Stu66orn There's also a price list section, according to your country. Take care :)
You still enjoying the ibanez 9 string? Nice. Also nice video i saved a link to the amp central.
Loving the 9 and the Amp Central!
The link for the Red Seven Load Box doesn't seem to allow me to buy one?
How do you compare the sound from the FX loop on the Amp Central to an FX loop on a regular tube amp where it sits before the power amp?
Does this hold up well with high wattage amps like the Driftwood Purple Nightmare?
What's the latency compared to going the AxeFx route and most importantly, how loud is the fan compared to other loadboxes? Does it even have one, is it always on, temperatur controled or passively powered?
There is a fan and it does make some mild noise when you drive it hard. I couldn't perceive any latency but maybe ask RedSeven?
I'm thinking on getting this but does it have an attenuator? I would love to have the orginal sound of the amp but at bedroom level volume :)
Awesome demo, sounds fantastic! :)
But where to get one in europe (Sweden)? Any clues?
I hop Thomann will add this awesome deivce to their assortment.
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@@SonicDriveStudio yes, sounds like a plan. cheers Jon 🤘🏼.
Har du fått tag i en? Var i så fall? 🙂
Varit ute efter en loadbox ett tag och tänkte först skaffa en Captor X men efter att ha sett denna så icke! 😁
@@glennsteen4249 Mors. Jag har varit i kontakt med Redseven och man kan beställa från dem. Dock köpte jag en UA OX i stället.
@@Nikolashiin Ok. Hur kommer det sig att du valde en OX istället?
Does this feature any software to use in your daw that allows you to use and pan multiple IRs?
Seems like there is an AMT Pangaea unit inside for irs loading.
I have been on the waitlist at Fractal for the X-Load for over a year…..a year….I am using a Fryette PS-100 right now…which I love…but I wanted a plain reactive load without the power amp……this one looks promising…do you know if the reactive curve is based on a 4x12 like the Fractal?
I think so yes. It sounds kind of similar, the impedance curve. This one just sounds a bit more pleasing imho
You CAN use it as a reactive load without the power amp!
Just plug your amps speaker out into the "amp in"...then flip both tone shaping toggles to the up position, then simply take the line out and run into your interface or rack, done! The PS does NOT need to be plugged into a/c for this function to work! I use this feature to get a post power amp line out into my rack! You have the best reactive load already available!
@@youscreamiscream Yeah,I know you can use the Fryette as a load without the power amp…I do it all the time..and you don’t have to have both toggles in the up position…I have my bottom one set all the way down,and the top one in the middle….I just got the Fractal X-Load a few months ago…They both sound very different,but I use them both for different things….The Fryette is awesome…so many uses for it….but the X-Load is great too..
How does it compare to the mesa cabclone ir+ ?
In terms of sound and responsiveness under the fingers, how is it compared to the Boss Waza tube amp expander?
I haven't tried that one myself so take this with a grain of salt but a pro friend of mine has compared a bunch of popular loads including the TAE and he said it was far from great sounding....
@@SonicDriveStudio ok thanks man!!! Your video are great!!! Keep it up!!
I guess this can't be used w/ a Peavey 6505 or 5150, due to the wattage exceeding 100? Or if I didn't crank the volume to max, would it be fine?
It’ll be more than fine. Amps are rated at max wattage , you’ll never turn your 5150 up high enough to hit that: simply for the fact at that point it’ll sound like garbage at that point anyways .
@@joeblow1229 thanks a lot for the info! Guess this may be something worth checking out then!
Yup, what he said
Apologies if this is overstepping the mark, but why did you change to York all of a sudden?
Is the resistive load quieter in the room? That is the only potential reason for it that I can come up with.
It just sounds a little different
I also don't get the switch for the resistive load? So I'm guessing if you load your IRs to this unit they will be truncated to 20ms?
Different sounds. Reactive is a more modern and "correct" approach, resistive is what EVH (to name one) used for years, so we gave customers the ability to choose what they prefer, or in case they wanted something different. Just a sonic option.
Could you hook up all your amps to one sort of midi board and make your own “amp modeler” lol
Is the Boss Tube-amp Expander reactive or resistive? This is the first time I've actually heard about that there is a difference between the two. I just thought that "reactive" was a marketing phrase 😅
it is reactive, and its reactive load is configurable
I'm in the market for one, but important element: where can we get one, cause they don't seem readily available either :D
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What is under the strings at the nut on all of your guitars? I assume it's being used as a mute but what is it specifically
Sometimes tape, sometimes foam
great gear !! I wanna t obuy it.
I find in the pricelist no price for amp central. the test is good, only i miss was a compare between reactive load and resistive load to hear how it sound diffrent. with your diffrent amps i really think it is the best only the price. other reactive load are very expensive. i like a reactive load around 200-250$. what does it cost ?
I think it costs around 700 euros. I recommend emailing RedSeven directly
I think reactive load with IR loader justify slightly higher price to cover development expenses (in case of own solution, rather than IR modules). For example, maybe one of cheapest ones, is st.Rock REACT:IR and it will cost 410 euros.
Just reactive load itself, without digital part, can be cheaper.
@@LucifdeLuther the digital part i need not. for example as the BUGERA PS1, Power Attenuator for 89 eur but with reactive load. i think it is good possible to do this for 200 eur. really intresting how the diffrence is between reactive load and resistive load. amp central have a switch to change easy
@@nobot99997_xxl There is also reactive-resonance load :)
Mentioned REACT:IR unit have Passive/Reactive switch and also Resonance switch, which control low resonance of guitar cab. Torpedo units are reactive load, but not resonance.
I'm use St.Rock React:IR
Imho, best reactive load with IR
This maddd, where is this available and how much is it?
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Will RedSeven work with Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-o-verb 120 watt-amp? Captor 8 does not work, the amplifier burns out: (
Or which loadbox will work with a 120 watt Mesa?
As long as you don't crank it up all the way you should be fine with a 100w load
How does this differ, or is better than say, a Captor X?
Comparison coming soon
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