Elektron Analog Drive Programmable Distortion

no original case and power supply but works excelent!

In terms of sonic range, the Analog Drive may just have all the flavours of drive/distortion you need, and they all sound superb - there’s not a dud among them. 

The first of the eight is Clean Boost with up to 20dB extra, plenty of options with which to hit your amp’s front end with or without EQ. The Mid Drive is Elektron’s spot-on interpretation of a Tube Screamer, while Dirty Drive has more gain and puts us in the mind of small cranked American amps with a hint of fuzz around the edges on higher settings. 

On that amp-flavoured vibe, if you’re looking for the sound of a flat-out Marshall stack, the Big Dist setting is for you. It’s a Marshall-in-a-box that completely nails it. 

Focused Dist takes its cue from Klon-style pedals, doing an accurate take while extending the capability with more gain and EQ. The Harmonic Fuzz setting - apparently based on an unnamed out of production octave fuzz - is a practical workaday fuzz with a lovely tickle of upper octave in there and plenty of variation via the EQ. 

The Analog Drive may just have all the flavours of drive/distortion you need, and they all sound superb - there’s not a dud among them.

Incidentally, that EQ section is nicely balanced, enhancing all of the eight without getting too out there. The final two settings, High Gain and Thick Gain, offer the most distortion with plenty of stuff for rock and metal, so if you’re looking for heavy palm-muted rhythms or fat harmonically rich sustain for single-note leads, you’ll find it here. 

Performance options are extended with the expression pedal inputs. One controls gain so you can set it up in conjunction with the Gain knob to give you a little bit extra when you need it - which is brilliant for pushing a note into controlled feedback on some settings. The second expression socket allows you to control the mid EQ, letting you sweep through the frequencies for wah effects. 

Not everyone will need so many variations, but it could be a no-brainer for a guitarist who has to accurately reproduce a wide range of covers in a set or needs a comprehensive distortion tool for studio work. Okay, for the price, you could arguably 
get a decent set of separate pedals with the added advantage that you could stack them, but the Analog Drive’s multi-flavoured nature, powerful EQ and preset storage/recall offer a capability that’s hard to resist.