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Heads up, I know I’m late, but people are lambasting IK multimedia because people aren’t able to register their used Tonex pedals. They lock them to the original account apparently.

Just got one, i must say, for the price it's a no brainer, sounds great and I like software better then the hotone ampero stomp

Sounds great! Great playing and great singing! Great mix too. Wow!

It's so odd every time I hear the Kemper in these type of shoot outs I never pick it soloed, but always seem to pick it in the mix. Kemper always sounds in the pocket and cutting through the mix at the same time. It might be time to buy one now that everyone is selling theirs.

Great video and great song Paul! Been back and forth about getting a valeton. I think I'm finally convinced!

I just stumbled across your channel as I tried to learn the GP 200. I love the sound of this unit, but it is fairly complicated for me. Not only do I appreciate how amazing you are with this software, the level of complexity of setting up a 4 system shoot out… is mind-boggling! I’ll be visiting this site more regularly.

This is a great to hear - an honest review and someone who has used it as part of gigs all over the place. Practical use and real proper use I think is often missed. Def considering one! How reliant is it on updates? I don’t have a mac or big Pc

Kemper 🥇

Great review & guitar playing.

Love your videos. I see you have an Acoustasonic. Any suggestions running in into a Valeton? What patches do you use for the acoustic sounds and the electric tele sounds? I love my acoustasonic but I can't figure out a way to get both sounds live. Thanks, Jim

Have you tried the tonex in the fx loop of the valeton using the tonex amps and cab ir,s. I am thinking of getting the tonex one and wondered if it would be worth it maybe get 2 for stereo. Many thanks keek the valeton videos going and love your music. Peter

The valeton gp200 and the boss me90. Both have lots of hands on controls, which is exactly what I like. Both sound amazingly good. The boss is more like a pedal board; 2 or 3 or 4 parameters for each effect, nice and simple and incredibly effective. The valeton has more options, but still way fewer than a line6 or Kemper. I can fit both units in a backpack, and I've pretty much got any possible thing I'll ever need without deep dive menus.

Maybe come up with a complete collection of original settings for clean, crunch, rhythm and solo.

Great job !

I found your vid because I recently bought a GP200 and wanted to learn more about it. To be honest I couldn't pay attention to the differences between the sounds as your song is just AMAZING. Sounds like a mixture of all my favourite bands from the 90s. I'm going to a running race in a few hours and now I'm totally amped. You've made my day dude.

Can you share how you set up your Valeton's global eq or can block's lo and hi cut on this recording

Is it good for acoustic guitar?

Great honest review.. with your approach and experience, companies should be sending you their gear. Well done mate.

Great! from the first second to the last, great tips and advice and the song was a surprise!

Hi! I got the GP200 last summer, great (I got v-amp pro's with FCB1010, Digitech RP500, Zoom G5, Zoom G3xn, etc). Really great. Played lots of Line6's of friends, never liked any of them. I am so glad I chose JC120 for cleans and Soldano for higain and recently saw your video, saying the same thing, confirming my choice! Thanks for the great video and spot on tips and advice! You are so accurate, down-to-earth and road-proven!

Hi paul,good to have some more content from you.I bought the valeton after watching your previous posts.I bought the valeton for a small bedroom music room and have been really pleased with it especially how easy it is to use..i was recommended by a freind to try some plug-ins so i purchased scuffhams sgear 3 amp sim and i have to say it is incredible the sounds are so good straight out of the gate,i use it in reaper for recording and the results are as good(to my ears) as anything i have tried before..enjoyed the shoot out between the 4 different pedals..look forward to your next post..cheers

That's funny I picked the Kemper too. I bought the GP200 and not disappointed . The GP200 could work with another amp choice and some tweaking but good video

I own the gp200 and have used some of your IR's. To me the kemper and gp200 sound close and seemed to be the most authentic. The tonex seemed very muddy in many spots with no note separation. The boss sounds very over produced.

Hey Paul, I had to edit my comment as I can see you are becoming a big Valeton fan. I’ve experienced several issues with power button, even live, I’ve had to send the pedalboard back to Thomann twice so now I’m a bit devided holding on to it or move on to a different one. Do you still take it on your tours or you just use it for recording sessions? Cheers mate.

The Valeton got my attention and made me look at the screen to see. It had the “holy shit” factor !! 🤘

as always great vid, the song is bang on too.

You know, the GP200 Soldano model and the Kemper Marshall model sound very close in the mix. I think the Kemper had the best SLO emulation though.

The Kemper and GP200 were my favorites in this example. Least favorite was the Boss. Tonex is okay. But, someone who owns any of these is sure to get a useable tone for recording and playing.

“Cavern Club”! OK Pete Best. 😛 I want that shirt!

I’ve heard of Alembic basses, and as a teen during the 70s I planned on saving my burger-flipping money to get one. But then I bought the “Ramones” album and that album did funny things to my rock sensibilities from the basic level up in the way of all sorts of invasive surgeries on the entire way I looked at rock. So then I didn’t want it anymore. lol.

Great !

Hi Paul. Great playing and a very cool song. Regarding your Tonex statement I'm no expert but If the software doesn't sound as good as the hardware then It's something to do with your soundcard converters ets... cause Its using the same computer code. for me the Tonex came first then the kemper and third was Valeton the Boss sounded really bad to my ears. It always surprises me how people ears and preferences are so different. Great stuff you got a new subscriber.

I've the Boss IR-2 and the Soldano Is the worse of the amp sims of the pedal. The Boss IR-2 is good for cleans, crunch/edge of break-up. It has a lot of dinamic response with guitar volume and 0 latency. Not for Heavy sounds, IMO.

Great video Paul, after dabbling with various other units over the years, Helix, Boss etc... i recently (about 6 months ago) took the plunge and got myself a Kemper Stage.... and out of all the other units I've owned, the Kemper is the best sounding unit by far, it constantly puts a smile on my face every time I play through it. The Kemper hardware form factor may be getting on bit, but constant firmware and software upgrades, I think anyhow, have kept it well and truly 'in the game'

That's a great effort for comparison. Much appreciated. I've found when using at home, most options sound great with headphones. Where I've struggled is when I play through the amp. I'm now thinking a headrush frfr is the answer? What do you reckon?

Great video with a really useful comparison between all the units... Because of you I bought the Valeton and I am really happy with it. I have found that I can always find a nice sound out of it without asking myself if I am doind some wiring wright or wrong... I use the Valeton instead of using a 1000€ pedalboard... Keep the videos rocking and thanks!

The Michael Britt Kemper profile called Sold Ammo is insanely good. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

I just got my gp 200 on monday. Have yet yo play around with ut but i plan to tomorrow. Hope to get some nice sounds out of it.

I must say any option will work! Im a proud owner of a GP200 by the way. Great song!

This is where it pays off to be friends with other guitarists. Have someone else dial in the amp, processor and so forth, and then work around the tone they arranged for you. As far as the shootout, the Valeton and Kemper sounded identical! One of the tricks I learned with digital processers 20 years ago was to plug a pedal into them. With the right pedal, I've always been able to set gain incredibly low on my processor and overdrive them with the analog signal which overcomes the traits we tend to dislike from digital equipment.

Still loving the Valeton, great work and nice song man 👍 ..the Boss was a bit fizzy for me. if you want a more meaty tone from the GP200 use the Mesa dual rectifier patch, it's got a really meaty fat bottom end

Regarding the Tonex plugin sounding different than Tonex pedal, they really should not. If they do, then probably one of three issues: 1. Input levels were different. One of the issues with profiled amps is they are more sensitive to input level than a real amp and can quickly get out of the zone where they sound like the capture intended. 2. You had the cabs set up differently or wrong (forgot the cab, or doubled cabs). 3. Your computer running the plugin maybe had some issue with the processing. For example, the plugin is probably pretty sensitive to sampling rate in the DAW -- at least in the past I've seen this. I think Tonex should be run at 48k?

After listening to it it again, the GP200 sounds a bit hollow sometimes...

After your comments... I need still rate it like this: 1. Kemper 2. GP200 3. Tonex 4. Boss But for sure it just depends on which sound you are looking for! Metall, go with the Boss, tight budget - Valeton GP200... Then it is up to how much you want to spend! Tonex sounds really good, then we need to think about the QC, Tone Master Pro, Ampero II stage and so on...

Comment before you comment... I think that the Kemper and the GP200 sounded quite a like in the mix. The Boss sounded completely different than the others... When you put them side by side, the Boss was towards metall, Tonex sounded good, liked the GP200 and the best sound for me was the Kemper! But in the mix the sound of the Kemper and the GP200 was more or less the same... I don't know... The GP200 for the money is great! The thing is if you play by yourself or it is in a mix is two completely different things, if you take any recording with a famous guitar song and just listen to the guitar alone it will probably sound like s**t because it needs the bass guitar to sound good. When you are playing by yourself you need to have a bit of a different sound though... So where do we go from there! 😉

Thanks for the demo. What a great way of doing it🙂

Nice one Paul, the GP 200 is cost effective though :)

Paul, as always it is great to hear your perspective and tone taste testing. I’m a Valeton GP-200 owner and love it. I also enjoy hearing your song and getting to watch you play. Please keep up the great work. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 PS - My ToneX One should arrived today. I’m excited to try it.

I believe you’ll love the Soldano SLO 100 Stand alone version by Neural DSP 99$ US once you discover the drop down menus of Artist sounds are amazing even the clean is off the hook

My Valeton will arrive this morning next few hours 😮 I’m excited to start using something that works as well as my NUX MIGHTY SPACE Busking amp fully rechargeable for sounds outta box that are great and easy to mold