Elektron drive?

John_P

Iirc these were rated quite highly initially but then had a few problems with settings.    
Is anyone still using one - these seem to be a few places selling them for under £200 but maybe a simpler pedal like a strymon sunset or Suhr eclipse or Bogner red will cover the do everything flexible drive better?

english_bob

Been looking myself- there appear to have been a few horror stories (firmware has been updated since the initial release) and a fair few users who don't like them for subjective reasons, but largely positive opinions.

It's the MIDI functionality that I'm particularly interested in, which none of the other pedals you mention have. Everything else that does is either very expensive and/or needs you to buy an extra interface box. 

Not sure what the story is with the massive price drop compared to the initial release...

VJIves

I was looking at this and also the Sub Decay Vector, but I'd really wanna spend some time with both before shelling out.

Wazmeister

Massive unit, own power supply but like all the Elektron stuff - sounds great

english_bob

Wazmeister said:

Massive unit, own power supply but like all the Elektron stuff - sounds great

Apparently the true current draw is around 400mA rather than the 1A printed on the pedal.

That's still pretty hefty though, and 12V immediately makes it incompatible with a lot of PSUs.

StefB

£155 delivered at GuitarGuitar at the moment, I'm interested too at that price.

John_P

StefB said:

£155 delivered at GuitarGuitar at the moment, I'm interested too at that price.

That was the one that made me think about trying one.   The price is great for the spec but I’m not quite convinced by the switching - if it was in a midi rig then it would make a lot more sense.   
Just watched the pedal show demo and it’s good but I wasn’t blown away by any of the sounds they were getting and comparing it to.    
Unless I find some better clips I think I’ll file it under “good buy for the price” but a simpler, better sounding mid gain and boost pedal will work for me.  

dragonb4llz

I've had this pedal for a while now and I'd say it's very good for the price, especially now at ~£160. The main pro for me are presets and midi. Having been through mountains of single dirt pedals, this is a godsend particularly if playing multiple guitars.

The sounds are pretty good but you'll need to spend time tweaking it. I like the focused distribution, mid drive, big distortion and heavy settings. Dirty drive and fuzz are just kinda terrible. I would say it's missing a bit of character compared to e.g. catalainbread dirt pedals. Btw it responds well to another dirt in front - I'm using a walrus voyager stacked into the front.

dragonb4llz

I wanted to power it off my voodoo 4x4 but ended up using the supplied power supply. IIRC I bought the polarity inverter cable but it seems the elektron doesn't take the standard 2.1mm barrel connector - it's something smaller.

Cabicular

dragonb4llz said:

I wanted to power it off my voodoo 4x4 but ended up using the supplied power supply. IIRC I bought the polarity inverter cable but it seems the elektron doesn't take the standard 2.1mm barrel connector - it's something smaller.

I ended up cable tying the PSU under the board and using a IEC Y cable too. I liked it its just too big

english_bob

Got one incoming.

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