Electrix MO-FX

Very easy to use this unit.

The sound through this lovely piece of gear is sooo good.

Built like a tank.

Lasted 2 years so far and i bought it used.

This unit was worth every penny, I payed 200.00 for it but would have paid allot more, the delay is top notch, tap in that tempo and be amazed at the results, its such a good delay and I also own an Echo pro and the floor pedal version, the high mid low options are such a good thing with a proteus for example the mid and high catches the Res real nice, just lovn this unit, the other parts are great to, the distortion is really usefull for brightnin up a patch ect. very happy with this unit indeed.

Real easy to use if you have ever used and effects before. If you have a question, just refer to the manual.

I have used it with a synth rig before. Works awesome, can fatten up and make boring sounds a lil better. Delay is perfect on the snare if you are working on dub.
Right now i another one i am using in a guitar rig. I didnt want any stompboxes because i racked my head. Works great. Specially the tremolo and delay combo. Sounds real awesome and glassy. The tremolo when set up right with a real hi-gain amp setting can produce a real cool slicer effect. I dont like the distortion, i may be doing something wrong with it, but it mainly acta as a gain/volume for me.

Its very reliable. I dropped it once and my bass player ran into it at a show, and nothing happened to it. I would gig with out a backup.

i emailed them about 10 different times with questions with what kinda pedal would work for it but i never really got any answers back.. though they dont make these things anymore so i wont get too mad. I did some research on my own and figured out what i needed.

I play Trance, Drum 'N Bass, Industrial, EBM
I also play guitar in a rock band. I have been using this piece of gear for about 5 or 6 years. I have been working in studios and playing guitar for over 10 years. What is great about this gear is when you use delays and tremolos live, the drummer changes tempo so the whole band will be a different tempo then at practice, so when using with a guitar rig it has a tap tempo botton on it. Just tap in the Tempo and no fear off beats. I think the MO-FX is good for both stuido or live. Plus the delay on it is almost better if not then pretty much any new school delay stompbox that cost twice as much as the unit! Every one should have one, at a hundred dollars you cant go wrong.

every control feature is illustrated by bright (possibly blinking) lights.
it's a smorgasbord on the senses.
totally intuitive. sometimes I get stoned just WATCHING it.

totally fun and tweakable.

easiest to use if you're smart.
you have to know the sound you want to get, and how to cook it up, but it's very easy to get there.
(easier than the interfact logic on the akai filter, but that's a different beast for the most part).

the sound quality is an incredible, albeit mixed, blessing.

yes, it has a definite noise floor, when you engage an effects unit and mix it "dry". much quieter to bypass it.
it may be noisiest of my present effects chain, but it can also scream unlike anything else I have.
the distortion is heavy and even-toned. very harsh.
sounds good on drums and transient-heavy stuff, and not so good (in a good way) on guitar and bass).
the flanger can resonate into the most beautiful digital near-self-oscillation, it's incredible.
the tremolo is great, but the ramp up/down waveforms need to be more immmediate.

the delay is incredible. it's obviously analog modeleling or something, becuase it gives you perfectly incremented "tics" when you manhandle the time knob. it will zipper the pitch around analog-like, but the artifacts you get from tweaking the delay are unlike anything I've ever heard.
also, when you max up the regen, it will just lock in a loop
(...where you can kill the input or not, depending on whether you want to keep crowding in more noise).
it will noise "over regenerate" into it's own tone like a so many analog (and modeled) delays can.

built like a tank.
I go genle on both my kaoss pads and other such stuff, but this thing feels gratifyingly solid, tough, and no-bullshit powerful... like my girlfriend (...only this this thing is much more colorful than she is... and I'm happy with both of them).

electrix, unfortunately, decided to shit-can their rack effects line in order to focus on making kareoke machines (..."where the money is"...)

some people at my music store have personally met the guy who designed the electix tweak gear, and explain that, while he/they are quite genius in the things they make, they are only really interested in the money.

I play music that most people are reluctant to call music.

if I could change this thing at all. I would only change 4 things.
first - allow this thing to work as a master clock source.
so that the optional tap-tempo footswitch could be REALLY useful.
second - I'd perfect the insert/effects loop
I'd also make the insert effects loop run at unity, and I'd put it AFTER the distortion (so that it would work even better with filters, phasers and whatever other KAOSS I put into the loop), and I'd put a trims on the send and return (active only when insert is used) just to fully balance out the side-chain.
third - I'd perfect each effect block;
make the trem's ramp waveforms more sudden, so that they jump on/off even at slow speeds. give the flanger one more button to switch between it's normal waveform and a sample'n'hold random wavform (which wouild sound incredible when sync'ed). give the delay block one more button to toggle between digital looping and analog saturation when the regen is maxed.
fourthly - each effect block would engage at unity, without the wierd boosting that they (especially the flanger) do.
fifthly - make it possible to gobally tune the crossover points of the BANDS. basically merge it with the EQ killer.

if these changes could be made, it would be PERFECT...
I don't even care if it's still noisy. it would still be PERFECT for my needs.
if anyone knows how to access/change the source code, please let me know.

Once you figure out the drawbacks & limitations of the unit, everything is grease. All knobs present & NO MENUS a plus.

Here's the trick about electrix noise problem: if the unit doesn't have sound passing through it at all times, it will generate a buzz. My way around this was to put it through the effects loop of my mixer, with the send on all the time. When I need the effect, I twist the return. You can also "clean" the sound by turning the echo knob to "clear" before effecting.
Other glitches occur if the echo is synched to another MIDI clock device and the tempo changes mid-effect. There will be an unpleasent squealy sound. PLus I can't really tweak the delay in realtime like I can with my digitech Echoplus pedal or with an analog delay. BUT that said, using this unit in combination with the electrix repeater is great! The repeater has a beat detector & sends MIDI clock, so it's real easy to synch up echos to records. The Ping Pong effect is fun, too. The flanger, if set slow enough, can be used to boost the kick drum sound significantly, which is great if you're DJing house & techno. The tremelo's a mystery to me right now, but check back in month or so. A strange unit, indeed.

no probs.

I DJ a house/techno/disco/dub/rock mix and produce psychedelic music.
This thing is much more for jazzing up a DJ set than anything.
I love this thing because it's a junky, glammy toy. Lots of fun.
Acid heads will be freaking over this thing in 2012.

Extrememly easy to use. Tempos can be tapped, etc. All is covered in other reviews. MIDI is not terribly intuitive, but works fine.

I use this exclusively as a send effect for mixing. The distortion sounds are pretty week, the flange to my ears is only OK. However, the tremelo freaking kills. GREAT trem sounds, with tempo sync and control over the shape of the trem. Outstanding. The Delay section kills as well, a good bit of delay time, and if the tap tempo control is being used, one knob can swith the delay to musical subdivisions of the tapped tempo.

Most importantly, though any of the f/x can be used on only part of a signal. There is a filter that goes pre-f/x on each effects block, so any combination of high, mid, and low frequencies can be effected (high low and mid high are also options). It's a really useful way to deal with the f/x, and sets it apart from pretty much everything else.

Non-wall wart power supply. Seems very well made.

Never dealt with them. Product is discontinuted, but the still have PDF manuals on their web site which is nice.

Elctrix made a bunch of really cool f/x and filtering boxes, and then deep sixed them all to make the Repeater. It's really sad, because all of their toys have been real gems in my opinion. I now own a Mo'FX, a Filter Queen, and I have a Vocoder on the way. For a hundred bucks on ebay, you can get superlative tremelo sounds and an extremely intuitive and feature packed delay. Great deals in my book, and I'm probably going to buy an extra FX box soon just as backup. Massive bang for the buck.

Very easy to use. There's a knob or button for every function. However, a couple of the knobs work in the reverse of what you'd expect, which is kinda hard to get used to. Also, the waveform setting pot is not notched, so it's hard to see what waveform you're on exactly. No big deal tho. Lots o' pretty lights!

I'd have to say it's pretty noisy. I'm using it in the effects sends/returns of a mackie mixer, and you can definitely hear the flanger and distortion even when there's no sound going through 'em...
The distortion is more of an overdrive, not the full on grind I was expecting (why I was expecting that I can't tell you :-). Still, for the $100 I paid, I'm pretty happy.

Well, right out of the box the "momentary" function on the delay portion doesn't work. I haven't tried it w/a CC message yet, hopefully it will work with that. I've had a warp factory for a year or so, tho, and have had no problems w/it, so maybe I just got a lemon on my Mo' FX.

haven't dealt with them...

The coolest thing about the Mo' FX is that pretty much every setting is controllable via MIDI, so you can send it CCs to do some freaky things (alter delay/tremolo time, momentary buttons, etc)... I wish my S5000 had implementation this thorough! Someone was grousing that it has no stored sounds... but you can ask for a "front panel dump" according to the manual, and you can send MIDI info to it, so you do have some obtuse storage functionality if you're really concerned about it. My bigest gripe is that the waveform pot isn't notched, nor is the delay time, so you just kinda have to listen and hope you've picked the right increment. The band rejection/pass sections are great! I bought this because it was cheap... I don't think I'd be happy w/it if I'd paid the full price (especially w/a non-working button!). I wouldn't die without it, but it's nice to have. And it looks cool!

No programs, just knobs to grasp. Pretty intuitively laid out. I wish that the fx were in series rather than parallel, as the delay only processes the dry sound, so if you are using tremelo as well, the original signal is tremeloed but the repeats are not. Also, the insert jacks are TRS tip out ring in, or the other way around i forget, which they don't mention in the manual. I guess that makes sense, like in a mixer, but it is annoying to have to use Y cables. Still, I bet most people dont really use that function much.

Distortion is ok, good for an effect, if not something to use all the time. Which is what it is for I suppose. The flanging is pretty bad, at least I havent found a use for it other than just making noise which is pretty fun. The tremelo and delay are what sold me on theis unit.
The tremelo is great the way it has so many waveforms and the tap tempo thing, and the auto pan. Works great synced up to the filter factorys LFO to completely transform a signal into an arpeggiator like rhythm. The delay is clean and again the taptempo thing, and selectable ratio is great. Both of those functiuons are infinitely useable. The Delay when set on loop, though, does drift- I was very disappointed to sync the mofx up to my er-1, lay down a loop, and find after 10 or 15 seconds that the loop I had played was getting later and later. So it is not useable as a realtime looper- again very disappointing but oh well...
Selectable bands on the fx are cool, but for me as a guitar player using the thing, not too useful.

Works great so far.

Emailed them asking about the insert jacks and they answered promptly and usefully, but I have emailed them about other problems with my filter factory and they weren't so useful. Still, seems like they are at least trying to be helpful. At least they are prompt in replying.

Not the flashiest unit around, but as a companion to the Filter factory, it makes for a really nice music making experience. There are so many good boxes out now for fx if I lost this one, and would probably look around for something else, but for what I paid for it I am happy with it.

VERY easy to use. Self explanatory for anyone that has used audio equipment before. Syncs to midi clock great with my ER-1.

Some hum from the unit, but I believe it is a ground loop problem, and not a problem with the mo-fx.

Built like a tank. Honestly the best piece I own in regards to how strong and well put together it is. Great feeling pots in the unit as well. I couldn't imagine any way to improve it's reliabililty

Dunno

Got this for a steal at $99 from musiciansfriend.com. All electrix units besides the Repeater are being discontinued, so now is a good time to get one cheap if you can find one. If it was stolen I would be very mad and would try my best to replace it, even if it was for more money than I originally paid. I think this unit will increase in value as time goes on, along with all the other Electrix units.

Simplest thing I've ever laid hands on. Like said before, every parameter has a knob or a button. Twist up delay, add flange, etc. etc. It takes 1 second. Ever used a guitar fx pedal with 3 knobs and a switch? It works the same (albiet not on the floor).

Sound quality is as to be expected from non-studio fx. For what I use it for, it suits me just fine. The flange tends to be a bit swoopy imo, but for flange ART is king. The delay is sweet, though and the fact that you can select various frequency range settings for each effect makes my drool. Tremelo is also QUITE cool I think, so customizable it adds a little *something* to your sound. Very retro very cool.

Built of metal I don't think I could dent with a crowbar. The knobs feel extremely good as well. I would be surprised if the thing doesn't last 40 years.

Like I said above, it's built like a tank. Well, a tank wouldn't fare very well against it, but since the thing can't shoot it would be a stalemate.

The thing rocks, man. And they're going CHEAP right now at a certain nationwide store. If ya read this while they still have 'em, I wouldn't hesitate to get a few!

Wow' Customer support' I feel bad about my last post' electrix has many caring people! I have sonsulted with an assosiate and she told be about Mailing the unit to a Factory and then I got it back about a week and some time later, they payed for free repair and ship back and unit works %100. Thank you ElectriX... :)

Yo must get this thing or at least just cheak them out' very excellent unit and EFX at a reasonable price' Filter Factory also is just as excelent. I'm getting me a Analog Monosynth (FR-777) and another MOFX cus that is such a badass combonation!!! And they also have very kind customer service' they are peeple just liek you and me and they dont try to act like they are reps' they are just being people who help you out, and also free fix of bugs and shipping. (Unlike roland) Look at my last post...