Valeton GP-200

Valeton GP200 amp modeler on a budget

Pro's :
- Very stirdy build metalcase and pedal and clever connections (even USB-C and seperate midi in out plus xlr L/R and jack L/R outputs thumbs up for that
- The amps and stock cabs are very good with great dynamics and with a good IR added (you can load enough of them in the unit ) absolute great sounding
- The Wahs, boosts ,drives and modulation "pedals" are also very usefull
- Operation is breeze ,the pc editor is just very good

Con's :
The delay section definitely needs a firmware upgrade, mostly missing afilter section (a lo pass filter would be great addition) and only one delay is stereo (ping pong) the others are weak and bearely usable since they sit behind you own sound ( IMHO)
Reverb is usable but nothing special
Pitchshift just sucks big time
a lot of the fx are missing a dry/wet mix parameter

So in short a very promising unit where future firmware updates could take it easy to subtop level (helix and others ) amps come very close to fractal feel so Valeton please go ahead with new firmware (including correcting the guiding text of the amps (where valeton now is calling them speakers ???) in the pc editor and beat the lot

I ordered this product to replace an older, cheaper, broken multi fx I used for years. I did a lot of digging and research and this seemed the best value.

TLDR: Sound demos are making this sound better than it is.

First impression of this unit was pretty good. Its complex, it can do many weird things, but it wasn't too difficult to learn the controls.
Build quality is good, nothing to complain about.
Sound quality is where I start to have my concerns. There are lots of sound demos on sites like YouTube and they showcase some of the presets, but let me tell you, I can never make those presets sound the same as they do in the videos. I tried all 3 of my electric guitars, and they all sounded similar, but not the same as those sound demos. They were meant to be the same patches, I didn't tweak them. You can apply a global eq to the whole units output and that helped but it still sounds significantly more "digital" than in the demos.

The effects in the unit are great. There are tons to choose from and customise. No complaints there. IRs are good, not great but good. The amp models are the weakest links in my opinion. It takes a lot of mixing and matching drive pedals, amps, and cabs to get the tone you want.

I would, and will use this unit for home or band practice. On stage? maybeee.... In a studio? not a chance.

If you just want something for home and you know you have the time and patience to mess around with the tones then this unit will be good enough for you. If you are looking for more professional stuff then, I hate to say this, but save up a bit more money for better stuff.

So I got the multieffect with the idea to use it instead of a pedalboard. I've been using a NUX Cerberus until now and it can change amp channels via midi when you switch patches. The Valeton can't. I couldn't believe it but it really can't. It has a midi menu that you have to enter and program in order to change amp channels but you can only do that from that menu. You can't program let's say patch A to be on the clean amp channel and patch B to go to the crunch. This single thing makes it useless to me and unfortunately I threw away the packaging and can't return it. I just couldn't imagine that such a basic feature wouldn't work like that.

There is a lot of customisation. It feels really solid and sounds really good. The only issue for me is there is only one slot for modulation, so a flanger and chorus can't be combined on one patch, or a compressor and octave because they are grouped together on the compressor patch, but most of the options on their own are great. The bass wah is really bad though, I would highly suggest getting a bass was pedal like the Morley fuzz wah, which is what I use. I don't know about the guitar wah as I'm not a guitarist. I wouldn't use this to replace an entire pedalboard as I doesn't have options for boutique pedals that have more than 3 knobs.