Chase Bliss Dark World — MIDI Editor & CC Reference

Control the Chase Bliss Dark World from your browser — MIDI control reference, interactive editor, and AI-generated presets. Free, no install.

Explore the Dark World controls in your browser and connect compatible MIDI hardware to send settings to your pedal. The reference below shows the controls mapped in Nitelite; available functions depend on the pedal and firmware. The default MIDI channel in Nitelite is 2. Browser MIDI control works in Chrome, Edge, Opera, or Brave — no install required.

Knobs

Control	MIDI CC	Description
DECAY	CC 14	Dark channel decay/ramp. Mod: reverb time. Shim: LFO time. Black: freeze sensitivity. When ramping, controls ramp time.
MIX	CC 15	Wet/dry mix. CCW = full analog dry, CW = increasing wet signal.
DWELL	CC 16	World channel reverb intensity and decay time
MODIFY	CC 17	Dark channel modify. Mod: warble/degradation. Shim: octave mix. Black: frozen audio volume.
TONE	CC 18	Global tone control. Dark: resonant LPF. World: gentle LPF.
PRE-DLY	CC 19	World channel pre-delay (0-200ms)

Switches

Switch	MIDI CC	Positions
DARK	CC 21	MOD / SHIM / BLACK
ROUTING	CC 22	PARA / D>W / W>D
WORLD	CC 23	HALL / PLATE / SPRING

DIP Switches — RAMP / EXPRESSION

Control	MIDI CC	Description
MIX	CC 61	Enable ramping/expression control for MIX
DWELL	CC 62	Enable ramping/expression control for DWELL
MODIFY	CC 63	Enable ramping/expression control for MODIFY
TONE	CC 64	Enable ramping/expression control for TONE
PRE-DLY	CC 65	Enable ramping/expression control for PRE-DELAY
BOUNCE	CC 66	Bounce mode (continuous modulation) vs Ramp (one-shot movement)
SWEEP	CC 67	Sweep direction: Bottom (B, knob=min) or Top (T, knob=max)
TRAILS	CC 68	Buffered bypass with trails: reverb bleeds into dry signal when bypassed

DIP Switches — CUSTOMIZE

Control	MIDI CC	Description
MIX	CC 71	Rise/Fall direction for MIX parameter
DWELL	CC 72	Rise/Fall direction for DWELL parameter
MODIFY	CC 73	Rise/Fall direction for MODIFY parameter
TONE	CC 74	Rise/Fall direction for TONE parameter
PRE-DLY	CC 75	Rise/Fall direction for PRE-DELAY parameter
MoTB D	CC 76	Momentary engage/bypass for Dark channel
MoTB W	CC 77	Momentary engage/bypass for World channel
BUFFER	CC 78	Enables high-quality buffered bypass (noiseless, clickless)

Footswitches

D&W — CC 103
BYPASS — CC 102

Special MIDI Functions

Expression — CC 100

Hardware Presets

Dark World has 122 hardware preset slots, recalled using MIDI Program Change. Saving requires an action on the pedal; follow the hardware preset manager instructions.