Chase Bliss Dark World — MIDI Editor & CC Reference

Control the Chase Bliss Dark World from your browser — full MIDI CC reference for 9 parameters, interactive editor, and AI-generated presets. Free, no install.

Nitelite gives the Dark World a full browser-based control surface: turn every knob, flip every switch, describe the tone you want to the AI Tone Terminal, and save the results — all sent to the pedal live over MIDI (default channel 2). Works free in Chrome, Edge, Opera, or Brave — no install required.

Knobs

ControlMIDI CCDescription
DECAYCC 14Dark channel decay/ramp. Mod: reverb time. Shim: LFO time. Black: freeze sensitivity. When ramping, controls ramp time.
MIXCC 15Wet/dry mix. CCW = full analog dry, CW = increasing wet signal.
DWELLCC 16World channel reverb intensity and decay time
MODIFYCC 17Dark channel modify. Mod: warble/degradation. Shim: octave mix. Black: frozen audio volume.
TONECC 18Global tone control. Dark: resonant LPF. World: gentle LPF.
PRE-DLYCC 19World channel pre-delay (0-200ms)

Switches

SwitchMIDI CCPositions
DARKCC 21MOD / SHIM / BLACK
ROUTINGCC 22PARA / D>W / W>D
WORLDCC 23HALL / PLATE / SPRING

DIP Switches — RAMP / EXPRESSION

ControlMIDI CCDescription
MIXCC 61Enable ramping/expression control for MIX
DWELLCC 62Enable ramping/expression control for DWELL
MODIFYCC 63Enable ramping/expression control for MODIFY
TONECC 64Enable ramping/expression control for TONE
PRE-DLYCC 65Enable ramping/expression control for PRE-DELAY
BOUNCECC 66Bounce mode (continuous modulation) vs Ramp (one-shot movement)
SWEEPCC 67Sweep direction: Bottom (B, knob=min) or Top (T, knob=max)
TRAILSCC 68Buffered bypass with trails: reverb bleeds into dry signal when bypassed

DIP Switches — CUSTOMIZE

ControlMIDI CCDescription
MIXCC 71Rise/Fall direction for MIX parameter
DWELLCC 72Rise/Fall direction for DWELL parameter
MODIFYCC 73Rise/Fall direction for MODIFY parameter
TONECC 74Rise/Fall direction for TONE parameter
PRE-DLYCC 75Rise/Fall direction for PRE-DELAY parameter
MoTB DCC 76Momentary engage/bypass for Dark channel
MoTB WCC 77Momentary engage/bypass for World channel
BUFFERCC 78Enables high-quality buffered bypass (noiseless, clickless)

Footswitches

  • D&Wbypass on CC 103
  • BYPASSbypass on CC 102

Special MIDI Functions

  • Expression — CC 100

Hardware Presets

The Dark World has 122 hardware preset slots. Nitelite can save your current settings to a slot and recall slots via MIDI program change.

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