Disaster Area Designs adds TONEX ONE support to Gen4 controllers in beta

September 29, 2025 · 1 sources

Disaster Area Designs published beta firmware on September 29, 2025 that lets its Gen4 Midi Pedals control the IK Multimedia TONEX ONE. The maker says the update adds "preliminary support" for the pedal to the DMC.micro Gen4, MIDI Baby 3 Gen4 and MIDI Baby Gen4¹.

The DMC.micro Gen4 firmware is v2.10a, updated September 29, 2025. Its change log lists v2.10 as the initial beta release and v2.10a as adding PC toggle and PC scroll as options for UTIL mode¹. The maker says this beta requires a beta version of the DMC.micro editor¹.

The MIDI Baby Gen4 firmware is v32 and the MIDI Baby 3 Gen4 firmware is v16, both updated September 29, 2025 and both listed as an initial release¹. The maker says the current version of the MIDI Baby editor works with this beta¹.

Because the TONEX ONE does not use MIDI commands, the maker says it communicates with the pedal over its native protocol and maps standard messages onto it. A Program Change between 0 and 20 selects a preset for Slot C, CC102 bypasses (0) and engages (127), and CC93 (127) sets tap tempo, with the controller calculating BPM from the taps and sending that value to the TONEX ONE. If MIDI clock is enabled on the MIDI Baby, that BPM is used instead¹. The maker notes the MIDI Baby has no dedicated control assignments like the DMC.micro, so actions must be added to control the TONEX ONE¹.

The maker states that Gen3 units are not compatible with the TONEX ONE, and describes the beta as carrying risk¹. No price is given for the firmware.