Itās going to be New Gear Day soon! I got a Valeton VLP 200 from Andertons.
Their promo video for it is epic!
(Donāt miss this if you donāt mind a bit of Danish Pete madness 
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There was a 25% discount when I got it so it seems like very good value, based on the reviews.
If I have half the fun that Pete had with it, Iāll be happy .
If anyone else has this pedal, I would appreciate hearing about your experience with it.
Pete has fun with any looper and can make them all sound good. 
Iām a looper fanatic and have had a few over the years, but havenāt seen this one. Let us know how it goes.
I feel a gas attack coming onā¦ 
Hi Erion
Thatās great let us know more about it once youāve had some time using it.
Ian
Iāve had a look at the features and it seems a lot like my recently purchased Boss RC-10R (but at less than half the price 
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It has 2 tracks that can run serial or parallel. It has dedicated volume knobs for loop and rhythm, and external footswitch connections and midi.
I think the RC-10R is more of a drum machine, in that it has a different variation for each track and fills (plus more than twice as many drum options). Also the Boss has a much better display, that shows you very clearly were you are in the loop.
But overall it looks to be a great little unit that will get you a long way. The interface seems much simpler and more intuitiveā¦ not so much menu diving. Look forward to your thoughts once you have had a play with it.
It arrived today.
Iām going to post a short video of me playing with it soon .
My set up includes a multi FX unit and headphones / FRFR speaker.
One of the things I like about this pedal is that it has 2 independent loops. My FX unit includes a drum machine. My intention is to connect this looper to the output of the FX unit and use one of the loops for the drums and the other one for the guitar. This will let me start/stop the drums without using the (very little) button on the pedal itself. Iām probably not going to use the drums that come with the looper.
So your FX unit has midi out?
I think Pete had an external footswitch connected for that. Seemed like a good idea as that small button did look awkward.
No, it doesnāt. Itās a Zoom G5N. It includes drums and even a looper internally, but you have to stick to the same patch to use it and itās very clunky.
Yes, he does. Iād like to keep things tidy for now and not have too many pedals to deal with, but I may consider it in the future.
The only thing with the drums in the looper is that they help the loops stay synchronised. I havenāt delved into the deep of it yet.
Then I doubt it will work. They talk about this in the video at one point. You need a way to accurately sync the two units if you are using external drums.
So, after a few days of using this pedal, as anticipated, I realised I really need a way to control drums start/stop without having to reach down using my hands.
External drums are hard to use due to sync difficulties, so I got a momentary footswitch pedal. This does the job.
It adds to the clutter, but thatās unavoidable.
The looper itself works fine. I wish there was a way to rename the memory slots and a āstop allā button that stops loops and drums, but it will do for now. Maybe theyāll add it in a firmware update.
Happy so far.
Yes, I upgraded from the Boss RC-5 (which has slot naming) to the RC-10R (that doesnāt) and it is the one feature I really miss.
I looked at the manual to see if midi might be able to do this but could find nothing much about midi, so I suspect it is only for beat sync with another device. I have an external switch on the Boss that stops everything and itās certainly a useful extra.
Still, you should be able to get a lot of mileage out of that setup.
By the way @erionstrings , Iām not sure if you have come across Paul Davids yet, but this is exactly the sort of thing I am aspiring to do with my looper.
@telemann1 thanks. I hadnāt come across Paul Davids. Heās great. I loved his Billy Jean. As someone who has just started, Iāll be happy when Iāll manage to use a simple loop consistently in time. I suspect it takes years to get very good at it.
It would be great if Justin started a looper dedicated full course.
(Just putting it out there @JustinGuitar )
Not sure if I am allowed to recommend non-Justin courses here, but do a search for Paul Davidsā loop school. It is excellent. You can actually start building something that sounds good fairly easily with layers that are not too difficult. The trick of course is to get the rhythm really tight which takes a bit of practice.
I like him a lot. Unlike a lot of content creators, I really like his voice. Heās engaging but also has a very soothing quality to it, which makes him enjoyable to listen to. I havenāt seen a performance of his that I didnāt like. Iāve watched some of his interviews/interaction videos and he holds a conversation well in those. This is the first instructional video Iāve seen by him.
Talking about looper-based music, these guys are next level, for a variety of reasons
They have the drums covered though
Well. if you get really good you might want to tackle this. But you will first need to learn drums, keyboards, bass guitar, mandolin and of courseā¦ tubular bells!
