 Hi, I'm Alex here from Blackstar, and I'm here to show you our new Department 10 Amp2. Amp2 is a 100 watt amplifier and effects in a compact pedal format, giving you a complete rig at your feet. With three preamp choices, integrated drive pedals plus modulation, delay and reverb, and three stage power reduction, ranging from full headroom 100 watts down to just one watt. The Amp2 is perfect for players who normally use a pedal platform amp and a pedalboard. Amp2 is now all you need for an all-in-one solution for any circumstance. Imagine you've just arrived at the venue, it's raining, the venue's up a flight of stairs, and you have 10 minutes to set up. The Amp, a cable, and your guitar is now all you need for a killer live tone. Whether you're going direct using cabric outputs or using the Amp2 power amp direct into a backline cab, Amp2 has you covered. The high headroom input stage is designed to work with pedals, meaning the Amp2 can be the hub of your rig, with 9 volt outputs to power your other pedals and series or parallel effects loop. The pedal out is designed to be used into the front end or effects return of any amp, giving you another option for playing live or using any backline you're presented with. The USB-C connection can be used for deep editing of effects placement in the signal chain, reverb and effects loop parameters, and cabric via the architect software. The USB-C is also a high quality audio interface, allowing you to use all the same sounds live and in the studio. The Amp2 has three distinctly different voicing options, USA, UK, and classic. All of these inspired by revered preamps and the first two being the same as the award-winning Amp1. The USA delivers a classic mid-60s American style tone, very clean, dynamic and bright with a solid low end and really controllable mids. This is a really pristine tone that complements all the pedals built into Amp2. The UK voice is a medium to low gain preamp that can be used clean or pushed into a warm overdrive, just like classic British amps from the mid-60s. This is a popular choice for a pedal platform amp for its touch sensitivity and dynamics of the sound. The classic voice is a higher gain channel that has clear note separation and is perfect for big chords and crunchy rhythm playing. Pair this with the drive pedals built into Amp2 to give you an extra boost for heavier tones and soaring leads. Pair these preamps with three choices of power valve responses, EL84, EL34 and 6L6, which deliver the dynamics, sag and break up of the analog counterparts. The Amp2 can cover a wide array of tones in any genre and more importantly, give you the sound and feel that you're expecting when you play live. The effects on the Amp2 behave just like traditional stompboxes. Select your effect, tweak your sound and stomp the effects pedals on and off using the foot switches. It's exactly like having your own integrated pedalboard. Choose from three versatile drive types, boost, drive and fuzz. Each drive type has distinct characteristics, providing unique interactions with each of the pre-empoises. Three types of modulations, delays and reverbs, all curated from boutique references include harmonic tremolo and shimmer delay. Delays, modulations and reverbs all have hold functions enhancing the effect, giving you much more expression over simple on and off. All of this allows you to build anything from classic tones and experiment with eccentric pedalboard style sounds in an all-in-one solution. The OLED display on the Amp2 gives you instant feedback of any parameter changes. So even on a dark stage, you can quickly and precisely dial in your tones. Press the delay and the reverb together to engage the built-in tuner. The tap foot switch allows you to set your tempo and gives you indication of your delay time. It also doubles as a shift control. And using this, you can set your delay tap division and have full control over modulation sync. Holding tap also gives you access to additional control over presence and fuzz bias to fine-tune your tones. Our unique cabrig advanced DSP speaker simulator is built in, which overcomes the shortcomings of impulse response snapshots and reproduces the sound and feel of a mic tub guitar cab in incredible detail. Over 250 mic and cab combinations can be selected and output via balance XLR, headphones quarter-inch line-out and multi-channel via USB. Amp2 has universal voltage input, meaning your rig can now travel the world with you, giving you zero compromises of your tone wherever you are. Full MIDI control over every parameter of the Amp2 gives any MIDI device, such as the LiveLogic MIDI foot controller, complete access. All of these features combined make Amp2 incredibly powerful. Let's hear the Amp2 in action.