Offline version
The offline version of the Electra One preset editor, with a virtual mk2 and a virtual Mini running on your computer. It works with all Electra One controllers, and adds local project storage, unlimited project size, folder watching for Claude Code, Git and external editors, and AI integration.
€49 excl. VAT
A virtual controller is an Electra One running on your computer: the controller firmware itself, built as a desktop application with a window standing in for the panel. The menus, the preset banks, snapshots, the router and the Lua scripts all work the same way, because it is the same program the hardware runs.
Start one from the editor’s Controller menu, and the editor connects to it the way it connects to a controller plugged in over USB. Make and test presets with no controller on the desk, or for the model you do not own, take screenshots for a preset’s documentation, or run a preset on the computer and play it from any MIDI controller.
Virtual Controllers, in the User GuideThe virtual controllers come with the Mac OS and Windows installers.
All projects, project revisions, and Lua scripts are stored locally as JSON files. Files can be backed up, copied to other computers or shared with other users. No magic or hidden traps here.
Your Anthropic API key, if you decide to use it, is kept safe in the system keychain. No account sits behind any of it. The key is yours, billed to your own Anthropic account, and it never leaves the machine.
A built-in AI assistant can build presets for you, help when you get stuck, and answer questions. It has complete access to the project and the Lua script. It is also given the complete reference needed to build Electra One presets that work.
The AI assistant is optimised to spend your credits wisely. The total amount spent, in USD, is shown as you work.
We tried our best to make the built-in editor a capable tool. We understand, however, that you might prefer to work in an editor of your choice, keep your work in Git, and use Claude Code.
The editor allows you to mirror the currently selected slot on your file system in real time. If Claude Code is used, the editor supplies all the reference knowledge and keeps track of the work done by you manually and the work done by Claude Code.
Simple, yet effective. Once a slot is watching a folder, the extension makes that folder an ordinary VS Code project and uploading it to the controller is a standard build task. One keystroke uploads your work — be it the preset or the Lua script — to the controller.
Three more tasks have shortcuts of their own:
The status bar says which preset the slot is running, and the controller’s log is printed after every upload.
Download the extension (.vsix) Install it with Extensions: Install from VSIX… in VS Code’s command palette.
Every offline editor installation includes full recovery images for the mk2 and the Mini. These firmware files can be used to restore the controller to the original factory setup, with the feature set that matches the editor. This means that if you have the offline editor you can always keep your controller 100% compatible, completely independent of what happens in the online world.
The offline editor still allows you to go online, to share your local projects with other users, and to copy presets other users have published to the online library. To go online you need an account at app.electra.one, and you have to sign in.
You can go offline again when you want to quit the online mode.
If you are interested in getting a hardware controller, or another one, here is what we make.
The whole Electra One platform in a compact, knob-first controller. A 140mm / 5.5 in square that fits where a laptop will not.
€359 excl. VAT
In stock. Shipped within 5 business days after payment is received.
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