Valeton GP-200

I have tried a bunch of modellers, most higher priced than this Valeton unit. Whatever modeller you choose will have a bunch of annoying quirks and ways of doing things that doesn't work with your setup/sound. With the Valeton the only big quirk are the fixed blocks. It's a huge letdown, but on the other hand you can always have several patches to work around the fixed blocks. This works surprisingly well with the assignable buttons.

With the issues out of the way the sound out of this unit is incredible! The IR/Cabs are somewhat lacking, but there are a bunch of sweet amplifiers and effects. I have fallen in love with the P-Wah in the unit. Never heard such a good EQ on a Wah-pedal before!

What I was most worried about were the pitch effects such as whammy and drop tune. Just as long as you don't plan to use a wah-pedal in the same patch it works wonderfully with the "hammy" effect. There is also a regular pitch-shifter which takes up the compression-block, but sadly it is close to unusable with its high latency.

The PC application works fine. Nothing special, but it's a lot easier than doing changes on the unit.

Lastly, the device is built like a tank! Also surprisingly easy to operate even without a computer if needed. It's also possible to set an output without a cab. Great if you use it both at home and for live/rehearsal.

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 got this unit for rehearsal and practise use for my smaller amp. I already purchased Hotone Ampero but I was little disappointed because that unit has not the multi-use EXP pedal -> no possible to use EXP with volume and wah at the same time. That was quite odd to me... But in that case Valeton GP-200 is quite good alternative! Very solid made and sturdy metal case and the metallic foot buttons are high quality. There are 6-8 possible knobs to program and with external EXP/additional pedal you can get even more. I have tested that function with Hotone Ampero Switch 2-button and also Thomann own FS-2 button extra pedal, they worked fine with Valeton!

Pros :
+ very versatile and quite cheap multieffect
+ lots of features, amps, cabs, effects etc, I´d say well enough...
+ packaging was good and very informative leaflet inside
+ quite good editor after all and within that you can quite easily update firmwares
+ I think the editor software works also with older FW´s in the unit so they wouldn´t have to match each time?
+ you can program up to 6-8 or even more foot buttons with Hotone Ampero Switch or FS-2 type extra foot controller
+ the upper set of buttons are set higher so you cannot put the lower on by mistake
+ you can use the integrated EXP both volume and wah/switch them on/off in the same bank/preset

Cons :
- people might not know this brand at all so they might miss this product
- I think you cannot use so many MOD/FX effects at the same time, for example chorus and flanger at same time is impossible?
- the editor software might be quite challenging/hard if you have not used these kind of multieffects pedals
- if the bought power unit/adapter fails, I don´t know how you can get a new one?
- I am not so sure how long they keep updating this units FW or editor software updates, the next model might be already coming...