Disaster Area Designs began unofficially in 2010, when engineer Matthew Farrow designed and built a MIDI controller to operate his Line 6 M9 pedal. In a few months, Matthew was sending do-it-yourself circuit board kits all over the world for adventurous players to build their own controllers. By early 2011, the DMC-2, DMC-4, and DMC-6 Disaster MIDI controllers were available for the M9 and M13 pedals.
When Strymon released their flagship Timeline delay pedal, Disaster Area took up the challenge to design a… read more
Disaster Area Designs began unofficially in 2010, when engineer Matthew Farrow designed and built a MIDI controller to operate his Line 6 M9 pedal. In a few months, Matthew was sending do-it-yourself circuit board kits all over the world for adventurous players to build their own controllers. By early 2011, the DMC-2, DMC-4, and DMC-6 Disaster MIDI controllers were available for the M9 and M13 pedals.
When Strymon released their flagship Timeline delay pedal, Disaster Area took up the challenge to design a compact MIDI controller to expand its capabilities. The DMC-3 was born. Disaster Area has expanded its range of controllers to offer many custom options, including firmware for a wide variety of pedals and rack units.
In October 2012, Disaster Area began offering the DPC-5 Disaster Pedal Controller, integrating the same easy-to-use MIDI controls with a 5-channel pedal switcher.
Disaster Area began shipping the SMARTLoop in June 2013. The SMARTLoop is a sub-compact stereo loop switching system with full MIDI integration, and is the first pedal in the new SMARTPedal series.
Disaster Area Designs is located in beautiful Raleigh, North Carolina.
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