Elektron's own legacy page puts the Sidstation at the origin of everything:
"This gritty sounding synthesizer is the reason why Elektron as a company was formed in the first place."
The company's later gear for players, the Analog Drive pedal and the Analog Heat and Analog Heat +FX desktop units, carries the same analog-circuit thinking into distortion and EQ for guitars, basses, synths and mixes234.
The Analog Drive: a multi-circuit analog distortion
Elektron's pedal for guitarists is the Analog Drive, announced in November 2016. Premier Guitar described it as "a 100% analog distortion stompbox featuring no less than eight different analog distortion circuits"5. Rather than one fixed clipping voice, the pedal gives the player eight analog distortion circuits to choose from, which puts it closer to a multi-voice distortion pedal than to a single-circuit overdrive or fuzz box.
The most player-facing detail in the announcement is the expression control. Premier Guitar reported: "The mid EQ can also be controlled with an expression pedal, making it easy to create analog wah-like sounds."5 That gives the Analog Drive a sweepable mid band, usable like a wah or filter effect, with any standard expression pedal wired to the mid EQ control.
The Analog Heat line
Alongside the pedal, Elektron built the Analog Heat and Analog Heat +FX. The Analog Heat +FX accepts CV, expression pedals, and footswitches as control inputs, with 2 x 1/4" CV/Expression pedal input jacks46.
The Analog Heat +FX accepts these control inputs46:
- CV (control voltage)
- Expression pedals
- Footswitches
- Two 1/4 inch CV/expression pedal input jacks
The Analog Heat and Analog Heat +FX are desktop units, not floor pedals. They are built for studio and live chains processing stereo sources, while the Analog Drive is the stompbox designed for a guitar or bass rig54.
Elektron's gear for players at a glance
People
Jonas Hillman is the CEO of Elektron. He is named as CEO in Premier Guitar's 2016 Analog Drive announcement5 and quoted in the same role in the company's 2018 Analog Heat MKII press release1.
Support
Elektron publishes operating system release notes for its products and asks users to report bugs through its support pages. For the Analog Heat MKII, the release notes direct bug reports to support at elektron.se7.
The range (3)
| Type | Pedals |
|---|---|
| Distortion | Elektron Analog Drive, Elektron Analog Heat |
| Multi-effects | Elektron Analog Heat +FX |
News
Questions
Does Elektron make guitar pedals?
Yes. The Analog Drive, announced in November 2016, is a 100% analog distortion stompbox with eight analog distortion circuits5. The Analog Heat and Analog Heat +FX are desktop effects units rather than pedals, but they accept expression pedals and footswitches4.
Where is Elektron based?
Gothenburg, Sweden1.
Does the Elektron Analog Drive take an expression pedal?
Yes. Its mid EQ can be controlled with an expression pedal for analog wah-like sounds5.
What was Elektron's first product?
The Sidstation synthesizer, which Elektron says is the reason the company was formed2.
Sources (7)
- Elektron Introduces the Analog Heat MkII, Premier Guitar, 2018-07-06
- Legacy Products, Elektron, 2025-10-03
- Review: Elektron Analog Drive Pedal | Guitar World, Guitar World, 2017-05-25
- Analog Heat +FX, Elektron, 2026-05-05
- Elektron Unveils the Analog Drive, Premier Guitar, 2016-11-30
- Analog Heat +FX, Elektron
- Analog Heat MKII OS Release Notes, Elektron, 2024-10-16