Valeton GP-5 Real Life Review Basics - Fix Drums in Phone - Must Use App - Knobs Footswitch Quality

This is your "must watch" video, after you binge watch 20 others on the Valeton GP-5. Save it to your favorites and come back for reference. (Purchase links below if helpful...)

As soon as I purchased and received my GP-5, I realized three things: the GP-5 feels incredible, sounds incredible, and definitely has a few quirks (IMO) - this video is mainly need-to-know information about those quirks, or info I felt was lacking in the resources I found online.

Here are the chapter timestamps for easy reference...

00:00 Opening
01:10 Goals of the Video
01:29 How to Buy a GP-5 (as of 08/25)
02:05 The Physical Pedal
03:00 Today's Demo Setup
03:43 First Things You Need-to-Know
04:31 Valeton Suite Mobile App
04:53 Let's Power-Up
(pedal only needs 9V / 100ma)
05:58 Sounds Great Outta the Box
06:38 Stay on Target...
06:53 Connecting to the Mobile App
07:22 Always Activate BT
08:15 No Lag - Low Latency
08:53 Phone App Basics
09:22 The PARA Knob
09:47 Multi-FX App (first tab)
10:02 Changing Pedal Order
11:07 Patch Selection / Navigation
11:30 Next major Need-to-Know: Drums
12:24 Here's What Going On
13:06 Let's Talk About the Footswitch
13:44 Footswitch Modes
14:48 Footswitch Mode 1: 0-99
15:28 Footswitch Mode 2: 0-9
16:05 Footswitch Mode 3: A-Z
17:16 Footswitch Mode 4: CRTL
17:51 Footswitch Mode 5: Tuner
18:37 Footswitch Summary
19:17 What About More Switches?
19:51 Maybe You Don't Want a GP-5
20:22 Footswitch Philosophy
21:25 Final Thoughts on the GP-5
22:02 Why I Make Videos

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