FRENCH GEAR MAKER Two Notes has been a popular name in speaker-cabinet simulators and load boxes for several years now and recently decided to move its efforts in the modeling market further forward in the signal chain. The company dipped a toe in these competitor-infested waters in 2022 with the ReVolt, a three-channel analog amp sim/preamp with cab-IR back end. Now it’s delivering the compact and extremely affordable Opus, a fully digital device in a rugged sandwich-sized box that converts your traditional pedalboard into a full rig, all without taking up more than a single-pedal’s worth of space.
Two Notes’ full moniker for this little black wedge is “Multi-channel amp sim, DynIR engine, amp DI, IR loader and silent stage solution featuring all-new pre-& power-amp tube-stage modeling (TSM).” It’s