Blackstar Dept. 10 AMPED 1

• 100W guitar amp in a compact pedal.
• Turns any pedalboard, modeller, or multi-effector into a performance ready amp.
• The power amplifier’s unique, high-headroom design delivers maximum power and optimum tone with any cabinet set-up at 8 or 16 Ohms.
• Response control delivers five distinctly different authentic power valve responses – KT88, 6L6, EL34, 6V6, EL84. Each setting delivers the response, dynamics, sag and break-up characteristics of the selected valve power amp. The Linear response offers transparent power amplification, used in combination with the Flat voice when pairing your AMPED 1 with an external amp modeller.
• Pro connectivity and integration into your setup using low latency USB audio as an interface for recording, and XLR D.I. for live use.
• Effects loop (series or parallel), 2x 9V DC outputs and MIDI control for easy integration into your pedalboard or rig.
• Includes CabRig, our next-generation DSP speaker simulator that reproduces the sound and feel of a mic’d up guitar cab in incredible detail. Deep-dive using the accompanying free Architect software and capture the incredible tones via USB / XLR out.
• Power Reduction switch allows you to select 100 Watts, 20 Watts or 1 Watt to easily get the perfect balance of power and response for any situation from studio to stage.
• Studio quality reverb with ‘freeze’ effect.
• Footswitchable Preset.

High Headroom Power Amp Design

The power amplifier’s unique, high-headroom design does not compromise on output even at 16 Ohms. Get maximum power and optimum tone with any cabinet set-up at 8 or 16 Ohms. Blackstar’s patented Response control offers distinctly different and authentic power valve responses and guitar amp dynamics.

Speaker Simulator and Direct Outputs

Fine-tune your cabinet, mic, and room simulations with our Cab Rig technology and output via XLR  or stereo jack. Or, connect via USB for effortlessly simple recording to your DAW without the need for an interface.

Introducing Cab Rig™

Cab Rig is our next-generation DSP speaker simulator that reproduces the sound and feel of a miked up guitar cab in incredible detail.

Impulse Response (IR) based speaker simulators are a great snapshot of a setup but they have inherent latency and potential phase issues when mixing more than one together.

Our new advanced algorithm simulates a speaker, cabinet, mic and room with incredible detail with effectively zero latency, no phase mismatch and with much more flexibility than a ‘snapshot’ IR.

Precision & flexibility