Valeton GP-5

[Al Krow]

 

Just leaving this here! Super compact and just £80 for a multifx, amp modeller and IR loader.

[jimfist]

Yup. Crazy amount of tech for low dough. Also loads NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) files, which replaces the amp & cab modeling blocks.

Probably using serious data compression, but the guitar NAM captures sounded pretty respectable.

Would love to see a bass demo using 3rd party NAM from the Tone3000 library.

[jimfist]

Here's an Anderton's review that goes in depth.

 

https://youtu.be/hQlsqvSOUEQ

[Al Krow]

A first review on bass, looking at just the presets...

 

 

Maybe just a couple on there that I might be tempted to use e.g. 49 T-Wah, but I suspect the value-add, as with many multis is going to be from creating our own patches.

[Paddy777]

I mean for the price it’s worth it simply to use as an amp & cab modeler - you’ve got an insane amount of free open source NAM models/captures out there. From what I can gather you can run 9 fx blocks too making it more powerful than the Stomp (I’m not actually surprised, cos as great as it is, the technology is a decade behind). There is midi control too so you can presumably set it up so you can control those fx blocks via midi? I think this is a sign of things to come - over the next couple of years (or sooner!) the technology for all this stuff is going to fit on a tiny chip and it’s going to be able to be sold from manufacturers in China for buttons. I know you’re paying for all the R&D with something like the anagram but I think the days of paying a grand+ for modelers/digital rigs are coming to an end - the technology is going to be too good and too cheap elsewhere 

[jimfist]

Modeling & profiling have come a long way in the last 15 years.  It is hard to imagine a device like the GP-5 being able to do what it does in such a small pedal at a very low cost, albeit at what I'd consider to be sub-par technical current standards as would be required by today's professionals (AD/DA conversion and latency, primarily).

Be that as it may, the GP-5 proves it can be done on the cheap and is absolutely fine for applications that may not be critical.

Honestly, in a bar/pub setting, the audience doesn't give a rip about tech specs.  More important IMHO is how the player feels about the product. If it works, it works.

I'm hoping that the bigger players in modeling multi-fx take note and implement high quality NAM capture playback as part of their next generation of products. IMO very risky if they don't.

[Paddy777]

I don’t think the GP-5 is the next big thing or anything like that - far from it, but I do think it’s a sign of things to come and that the big boys should be a bit worried by how cheap the technology is now becoming to play free NAM captures, which are very very good. Line6’s next generation (the successor to the HX products) is going to be coming at some point - Line6 has a livestream with a ‘big announcement’ coming on the 11th June, so maybe they’ll announce something then, but I think if their next gen of stuff supports NAM captures then the likes of the QC are going to look very expensive for what they actually do

[Al Krow]

Oh that is interesting news re. there being a 'big announcement' tomorrow.

 

Because Line 6 announced Helix on 11 June 2015 i.e. tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Helix!

[Paddy777]

16 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Oh that is interesting news re. there being a 'big announcement' tomorrow.

 

Because Line 6 announced Helix on 11 June 2015 i.e. tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Helix!

That’s what the livestream is “in aid of” or that’s the justification of it, but they’ve really pulled the big guns out - they’ve invited loads of guitar influencers to Line6HQ for it and really built it up. The speculation is that they’ll announce Helix firmware 4.0 which will have NAM compatibility but that could be wishful thinking or completely unfounded - they might even announce or give a teaser for next gen Helix 2.0 but the counter to that is that the current Helix software is only 18 months old and so I’m leaning towards the former, but I haven’t got a clue

 

I to don’t even own anything Line6 anymore (but that may be about to change post-livestream if they do announce NAM compatibility). The livestream is 7pm tomorrow (11th) I’ll link it below 👇