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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    ......7 ........ventIde etup uIde evIce Boss s .........8 ......... etup uIde lock .......9 ........hase lIss etup uIde tIlIty odes ..............etup uIde ooper ..........erIs etup uIde ultI onfIguratIon DMC.micro PRO Manual Rev 1.00 04.11.2021 disasterareadesigns.com...
  • Page 2 This User Manual covers operation of both the DMC.micro PRO and the DMC.micro running firmware version 2.0 or higher. Throughout this manual we will refer to both the DMC.micro PRO and the older DMC. micro as “DMC.micro.” Special features available only on the PRO will be marked as “PRO FEATURE.”...

  • Page 3: I Ntroduction

    The DMC.micro PRO is an updated and improved version of our most popular controller, featuring full-sized performance in a much smaller package. The DMC.micro user interface is incredibly simple – tap the left or right buttons to perform an action, hold the left button to perform a third “alternate”...

  • Page 4: S Etup M Enu

    etup All of the configuration and customization options are contained within the Setup Menu. Any changes you make in this menu are saved in the memory of the DMC.micro for future use. Throughout this manual we’ll indicate Setup Menu options as MENU = OPTION, meaning we’d like you to navigate to that item in the Setup Menu and set its value to match.
  • Page 5 etup ContInued SETUP MENU ITEMS: As you move through the menu you’ll see the following items to edit. Feel free to tweak the settings to your satisfaction, but if you’re not sure about anything we recommend the default settings as listed. The menu names for the DMC.micro LED4 are shown in BLUE.
  • Page 6 etup ContInued HOLD TIME / HOLD: Configures the time needed to trigger the “hold” functions for the DMC footswitches. Set this to LO to trigger holds faster, or set to HI if you are experiencing unwanted holds. USB MODE / USB: Configures USB port function. MIDI = your computer or mobile device controls DMC.micro HOST = DMC.micro controls your class-compliant USB MIDI device INPUT CHANNEL / INCH: MIDI channel the controller will use to receive incoming data.

  • Page 7: S Etting Up The Dmc. Micro

    dMC. ettIng up the MICro So now that you know what all the setup menu options are, how do you actually set this controller up to work with your rig? We’ll cover the general steps and provide an example configuration to get you started. First, figure out what MIDI devices and other pedals you want the DMC.micro to control, and verify that they are on the Supported Devices List here: disasterareadesigns.com/supported-devices...

  • Page 8: S Trymon S Etup G Uide

    tryMon etup uIde The DMC.micro supports three “families” of Strymon MIDI devices: Big-Box with Display: Timeline, Mobius, BigSky have dedicated 5-pin MIDI Big-Box, no Display: Volante, NightSky have dedicated 5-pin MIDI and 1/4” MIDI Small-Box: Sunset, Riverside, Iridium, Compadre use 1/4” with the MultiJack or adapter cable Timeline, Mobius, BigSky: Use the dedicated device driver selections for these.

  • Page 9: E Ventide S Etup G Uide

    ventIde etup uIde The DMC.micro supports three “families” of Eventide devices: H9 / Factor: H9, Timefactor, Modfactor, Pitchfactor, SPACE Rose Stompbox Series: Pedals using Eventide Device Manager, including Blackhole, UltraTap, MicroPitch H9 and Factor devices: Select the H9 device driver for the device slot you wish to use. Eventide devices have a robust MIDI mapping capability, but none of their functions are set from the factory.

  • Page 10: Boss S Etup G Uide

    Boss s etup uIde The DMC.micro supports the following Boss pedals: 500 Series: DD-500, MD-500, RV-500 200 Series: DD-200, OD-200, GE-200 Slicer SL-20 (MIDI Clock only!) Boss 500-Series pedals have full-sized DIN connections for MIDI connections. Select the correct device driver to match your pedal in the DevA-DevD menu, ex. DevB = Boss DD500. To configure the pedal, enter the MIDI menu by pressing EDIT, press down to select MIDI, and press EDIT again.

  • Page 11: C Hase B Liss S Etup G Uide

    hase lIss etup uIde The large Automatone series pedals connect directly to the DMC.micro using a standard MIDI cable. Set the pedal MIDI channel to match the device slot you wish to use, ex. devA = CH1, devB = CH2. For the smaller Chase Bliss pedals that use 1/4”...

  • Page 12: Ine 6 S Etup G Uide

    etup uIde The DMC.micro supports several Line 6 devices: M-Series: M5, M9, M13 HX Series: HX Effects, HX Stomp To configure any supported Line 6 device to work with the DMC.micro, first configure the controller with the correct device driver for the device slot you wish to use. For example, to use an HX Stomp as device A, set DEVICE A = HX Stomp.

  • Page 13: M Eris S Etup G Uide

    erIs etup uIde To configure your Meris pedal with DMC.micro, plug in a TRS / mono cable from the MultiJack on DMC.micro to the EXP / MIDI jack on the back of the Meris. Alternatively you can use a 5P-TRS PRO cable to connect from the DMC.micro MIDI port to the Meris EXP / MIDI jack. This configuration will allow you to use the DMC.micro MultiJack to connect to an expression pedal.

  • Page 14: A Lexander N Eo S Eries

    lexander erIes etup uIde To configure your Alexander Neo pedal with DMC.micro, plug a TS / mono cable from the MultiJack on the DMC.micro to the MultiJack on the left side of your Neo pedal. Yes, we know they’re both called MultiJack, we made them both :) Enter Setup on the DMC.micro and configure JACK = MIDI RNG / MID.R, then set one or more of your device slots to ALEXANDER / ALEX.

  • Page 15: Mpress S Etup G Uide

    Mpress etup uIde To configure your Empress Reverb or Echosystem pedal with DMC.micro, plug in a TRS / mono cable from the DMC.micro MultiJack to the Control Port on the back of the Empress pedal. Be sure that the MultiJack DIP switches are set to ON-ON-ON. Enter Setup on the DMC.micro and configure JACK = MIDI TIP.

  • Page 16: Usb H Ost M Ode S

    usB h etup uIde anda ouRce udio DMC.micro supports controlling one USB MIDI device on MIDI channel 1. To connect a USB MIDI pedal to DMC.micro, you’ll need a USB cable that matches the type on your pedal and a Disaster Area gHOST Adapter Cable.

  • Page 17: Ustom Evice Etup

    ustoM evICe etup So what happens if your device(s) aren’t supported? Does that mean you can’t use them with the DMC.micro? Not at all! You can use the GEN MIDI or GEN MIDI 2 device driver, which provide basic functionality for devices that don’t support full MIDI control. GEN MIDI allows you to select programs 0-127, send CC4 over expression pedal, and send CC64 for tap tempo.

  • Page 18: P Reset M Ode

    reset Preset mode is the heart of the DMC.micro. You’ll probably spend most of your time here, so we should get to know it! If your DMC.micro doesn’t show “P” plus a number on the display, then long-hold the right button to return to preset mode.
  • Page 19 ContInued The DMC.micro PRO also allows you to name each preset, for easy identification later. Each preset name is 8 characters and may include upper and lower-case text, numbers, punctuation, and symbols. To enable preset names, enter the Setup menu and configure NAME DISP = NAME & NUM or NAME LRG, then save and exit Setup.

  • Page 20: D Evice M Ode

    evICe Device mode lets you scroll through all of your connected devices, change their patches / sounds, and bypass or engage them. It’s a quick way to make changes on your pedals, and we also use it to edit the settings for preset mode.

  • Page 21: C Lock M Ode

    loCk Clock mode allows you to control the DMC.micro’s internal MIDI clock source. To enable Clock mode, change the CLOCK MODE / parameter in the setup menu. OFF = Clock mode is disabled. PRESET/ PRST = Each preset has its own saved tempo, GLOBAL / = the clock will maintain one tempo regardless of the current preset.

  • Page 22: U Tility M Odes

    tIlIty odes The DMC.micro features two Utility modes, each of which allows you to send up to three different user-definable MIDI messages to your devices. TAP TO SEND LEFT MESSAGE TAP TO SEND RIGHT MESSAGE HOLD TO SEND ALT MESSAGE HOLD FOR NEXT PAGE To use Utility Mode X, enter the DMC setup and configure UTIL MOD X (UTL.1) to ON.

  • Page 23: Ooper Ode

    For example, if you want to control the looper on your Timeline as Device B, you would configure UTL MOD Y = LOOPER B, then save and exit. The looper mode displays the function of each button on the DMC.micro PRO, or the current state of the looper on the LED4 version.

  • Page 24: Ulti Ack Onfiguration

    ultI onfIguratIon The 1/4” jack on the back of the DMC.micro is our amazing MultiJack. It does a ton of stuff, depending on your needs it can be a MIDI output, an expression pedal input, even a programmable footswitch input! To configure the MultiJack, enter Setup and navigate to MULTIJACK / JACK.

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