The Disaster Area Designs Midi Baby is a compact MIDI switcher: a small foot pedal that sends configurable MIDI messages to MIDI-equipped gear such as pedals, amps and rack units. Rather than being tied to one device, RockBoard's PedalPedia says you can "configure MIDI Baby to send a wide variety of useful MIDI messages", which makes it a way to add MIDI control to a board without a full-sized controller1. It sits in the wider family of MIDI pedals and switching pedals, alongside the company's controllers such as the DMC.micro Gen4.
Setup and configuration
Configuration is done from a computer rather than from menus on the pedal itself. Disaster Area Designs instructs: "Connect MIDI Baby to your computer using the supplied USB cable, then launch our intuitive web configuration tool." From that tool you set up the MIDI messages the pedal sends, its inputs and outputs, and the LED colors1. A USB cable is supplied in the box.
Power
The Midi Baby runs on 9V DC, center negative, and draws 40mA1. That is within reach of a single output on most pedalboard power supplies.
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Questions
How do you configure the Midi Baby?
Disaster Area Designs has you connect the Midi Baby to your computer with the supplied USB cable and launch the company's web configuration tool. From there you can set up the MIDI messages the pedal sends, assign its inputs and outputs, and choose LED colors.
What power does the Midi Baby need?
The Midi Baby runs on 9V DC, center negative, and draws 40mA. A standard pedalboard power supply output handles that, though as with any digital-adjacent controller it is worth giving it its own output rather than daisy chaining.
Sources (1)
- Midi Baby by Disaster Area Designs, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
