Disaster Area Designs MIDI Box 4

Updated and more powerful than ever, the MIDI Box 4 converts standard 5-pin (DIN) MIDI communications to a variety of 1/4″ formats.

Four independent control ports interface to your devices, and new user-accessible configuration switches make setup easier than ever.

Each control port may be set to one of four output modes, selectable using the DIP switches on the face of the MIDI Box 4.

Tip Active:. Suits Alexander, Meris, Empress, Bondi, and other devices using voltage mode on the jack tip
Ring Active:  Suits Chase Bliss Audio and other devices using voltage mode on the jack ring
Tip and Ring Active:  Provides separate outputs on tip and ring of the control port, enabling two MIDI outputs using our TRS Insert Cable
TRS MIDI:  Sets the tip active and pulls the ring terminal high, for use with Boss, Jackson, Cooper, Swindler and other devices that conform to the MIDI TRS specification.  Also works with our MJ-5P MultiJack to MIDI cable to provide additional standard MIDI outputs from the MIDI Box 4.

Power:  Requires 9-12v DC input, 50mA maximum.

Status LED:  Lights blue when powered, blinks red when MIDI data is received.  Constant high-speed MIDI data such as MIDI Clock may cause the LED to remain violet.

MIDI THRU:  Dedicated hardware MIDI Thru, repeats any MIDI data received to send to your other MIDI devices.  You can chain multiple MIDI Box 4 units by linking the MIDI THRU from the first box to the MIDI IN of the next and so on.

Dimensions: 4.4 in x 2.38 in x 1.06 in (112 mm x 60 mm x 27 mm) not including jack nuts.

Supported Devices:

Chase Bliss Audio:  All current pedals.  Connect with TRS cable, set port to RING ACTIVE.

• Blooper
• Brothers
• Condor
• Dark World
• Gravitas
• MOOD
• Spectre (all versions)
• Thermae
• Tonal Recall (blue and RKM)
• Warped Vinyl Mk1 (supports MIDI clock only)
• Warped Vinyl Mk2 and HiFi
• Wombtone Mk1 (supports MIDI clock only)
• Wombtone Mk2

Alexander Pedals:  All Neo Series pedals.  Connect with mono / TS cable.  Set port to TIP ACTIVE.

• Colour Theory
• Defender
• F.13 Neo
• Marshmallow
• Quadrant
• Radical Delay DX
• Sky 5000
• Space Race
• Super Neo-Matic
• Superball
• Syntax Error
• Wavelength

Empress Effects:  Connect with mono / TS cable.  Set port to TIP ACTIVE.

• Echosystem
• Phaser
• Tremolo 2
• Reverb
• ZOIA

Meris: All current pedals.  Connect with mono / TS cable.  Set port to TIP ACTIVE.

• Enzo
• Hedra
• Mercury 7
• Ottobit Jr
• Polymoon

Bondi Effects:  Connect with mono / TS cable.  Set port to TIP ACTIVE.

• Art Van Delay

Boss:  All 200-series pedals with 1/8″ MIDI jacks.  Use TRS / stereo cable.  Set port to TRS MIDI.

• DD-200
• OD-200
• EQ-200
• MD-200

Jackson Audio:  All MIDI-compatible pedals.  Use TRS / stereo cable.  Set port to TRS MIDI.

• Golden Boy
• Broken Arrow v2
• Bloom v2

Swindler Effects:  All MIDI-compatible pedals.  Use TRS / stereo cable.  Set port to TRS MIDI.

• The Gulf v2
• Red Mountain v2

Cooper FX:  All MIDI-compatible pedals.  Use TRS / stereo cable.  Set port to TRS MIDI.

• Outward v2
• Arcades

Neunaber Effects:  MIDI-compatible pedals with 1/8″ TRS jacks.  Use  TRS / stereo cable.  Set port to TRS MIDI.

• Neuron

Please note that device support also requires a compatible MIDI controller.  The MIDIBox is a data converter only, and won’t magically make your controller work with these devices.  If you’re not sure about controller support, contact your controller manufacturer!