The micro.clock Gen 4 shrinks our advanced MIDI timing technology into a tiny package – just 3.6″ x 1.5″ x 1.6″ (93 x 38 x 42mm.)

Tap the footswitch to set the master clock tempo.  The micro.clock will then send taps to your devices to lock them in to your music.

Selectable subdivisions let you tap in quarter-notes and set your devices to whole, half, quarter, dotted 8th, 8th, quarter- and 8th-note triplets, 16th notes, and even the “Golden Ratio!”

Bright OLED display shows your tempo in BPM or milliseconds, preset name, and setup information.

User-selectable footswitch modes allow you to make the micro.clock Gen4 work the way you want. Tap the footswitch to set the tempo, start / stop the clock, or change presets quickly on the fly.

Each tempo preset allows you to specify a tempo in BPM or milliseconds, as well as subdivisions or toggle settings for each of the three outputs.  You can also set the micro.clock to send a MIDI Program Change to an external MIDI device.

Have a pedal that needs an odd or unusual configuration for tempo control?  The micro.clock works with devices that accept a normally-open or normally-closed footswitch, and can even send 0-3.3V control voltage that works with some pedals with expression control of delay / tempo.  Check with your pedal builder for details on their expression options!

Want to configure using your computer instead of on-device? No problem! We have a convenient web-based editor to customize every setting on the controller.

• Bright OLED display shows tempo in Beats Per Minute or milliseconds.

• Three (3) optically-isolated tap tempo outputs with selectable tap divisions for each

• Each output may be used as MIDI output (TRS type A or type B)

• MultiJack output also functions as tap tempo input, Control Voltage Output, or additional MIDI output (requires adaptor cables.)

• MIDI Clock outputs synchronizes a connected MIDI device

• Internal DIP switches to customize each output.

• Up to 99 user-accessible presets.

• Sends tap signals and clock from 30-400 beats per minute.

• USB Type C for firmware updates and MIDI input / output

• Connect directly to USB HOST of other Disaster Area Gen4 controllers for tempo insert

• Available subdivisions include Whole, Half, Quarter Triplet, Quarter, Dotted Eighth, Eighth Triplet, Eighth, and Sixteenth notes, as well as “Golden Ration” = PHI.

• Runs on standard 9V power, 60mA minimum or 5V from USB Type C

Tap Outputs

The micro.clock Gen3 is compatible with virtually every pedal or effects unit equipped with a remote tap tempo input jack.  In toggle mode, the micro.clock outputs can work as a “fixed expression” control with many devices.  Please note that some devices may require the use of a TRS / stereo cable or to have the micro.clock pull-up resistors enabled for certain functions.

Alexander – Tap:  ALL pedals with tap tempo input

Alexander – *Favorite:  Super Radical, Oblivion, Radical Delay ][+, History Lesson, All Neo Series pedals

BOSS  – ALL pedals with tap tempo input jack (use normally-closed option)

Catalinbread – Semaphore, Belle Epoch Deluxe (uses Control Voltage mode)

Chase Bliss – Tap All pedals with tap tempo input

Cusack – Tap-A-Whirl, Tap-A-Delay, Tap-A-Phase, Tap-A-Scream, more.  (requires 1/4″ to RCA cable)

Disaster Area – All pedals with MultiJack except DPC-8EZ Gen4

Electro-Harmonix – All pedals with tap tempo input

Eventide – All pedals with tap tempo input

JHS – All pedals with tap tempo input

Line 6 – HX series including Stomp / Stomp XL / One / Effects

Matthews Effects – Conductor

MXR – All pedals with tap tempo input

Strymon  – Tap:  All pedals with tap tempo option on EXP jack

Walrus Audio – All pedals with tap tempo input

Walrus Audio – *Favorite:  Vanguard, Descent (use expression pedal input)

MIDI Clock

Please note that the micro.clock requires the use of an adaptor cable for MIDI input and output.  

Alexander – All pedals with MIDI AND tap tempo

Boss – All pedals with MIDI TEMPO input jack, all other pedals with both MIDI AND tap tempo

Chase Bliss – All pedals with MIDI and tap tempo

Empress – Echosystem, Reverb, Tremolo2, Phaser

Eventide – H9, H90, Factor Series, Space, Dot9 Series, Rose

Electro-Harmonix – 8-Step Program

Line 6 – All pedals with MIDI including M Series, HX Series, DL-4 MKII

Meris – All pedals

Moog – MF-104M Delay, MF-104MSD Super Delay, MF-105M MIDI MurF, MF-108M Cluster Flux

Pigtronix – Echolution 2 (including Deluxe and Filter / Filter Pro,) Infinity

Source Audio – All pedals that support MIDI and have a tempo component, most require use of SoundBlox / Neuro Hub except Nemesis / Collider / Ventris

Strymon – All V2 pedals with tempo option, Volante, NightSky, Timeline, Mobius, BigSky, BigSky MX

TC Electronic – Flashback X4, Alter Ego X4, Flashback Triple Delay, Ditto X4, more

Z-Vex – Super Seek-Trem, Super Ringtone, Super Seek-Wah