The Blackstar HT-DISTX packs some serious wallop with high-gain, high-tension tube distortion that responds just like a tube amp. Blackstar's patented "ISF" control lets you sweep between classic British tones to modern American grind, further shapable with the full Blackstar tone stack. For recording purposes, you can take the emulated speaker output straight to your recorder for convincing amp tones that stack extremely well.