Arcade Chord Control — Now Available

Play Chords Like a Controller.

The Arcade Chord Control turns your gamepad into a real-time harmony engine. Map scales, voices, and tension to physical sticks — then perform like never before.

Get Plugin — CHF 55

VST3

AU · Mac + Win

PS4+

Gamepad Ready

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Chord Voicings

DIMEA ARCADE CHORD CONTROL — SERIES I

I · C

ii · Dm

iii · Em

IV · F

V · G

vi · Am

vii° · Bdim

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5th + 7th →

Root + 3rd ↑

Playing —

Hold to sustain · drag to explore

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Plugin

Arcade Chord Control

Drag a dot across the pad — every position is a harmonically valid chord. No wrong notes, no theory required. Four voices, looper, arpeggiator, and gamepad support built in. Easy to start. Deep enough to stay.

No wrong notes 30+ scales 4 MIDI voices Gamepad ready DAW sync

01

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Pick a Scale

Choose from 30+ presets or build your own. Set your key and root — the plugin locks every chord to it.

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02

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Move the Pad

Drag anywhere on the XY surface. Y shifts scale degree, X changes how tense or resolved the chord feels. Every position is valid.

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Full Chords Play

Four MIDI voices fire in unison — root, third, fifth, and tension — each routable to its own instrument.

DIMEA ARCADE CHORD CONTROL

Launch offer · first month only

One-time · All future updates included

Buy Now — CHF 55

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Demo Video

Demo video coming soon — rough demo available on request

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XY Spatial Harmony Pad

The core performance surface. Y axis walks scale degrees — root and third change pitch. X axis changes how tense or resolved the chord feels. Every position is harmonically valid. Nothing wrong is possible.

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Gamepad Control

Connect any PS4/PS5 or compatible gamepad. Left stick for pitch, right stick for filter/mod. Shoulder buttons control the looper. Face buttons change scale. Full button mapping — perform without touching the mouse.

PS4 / PS5 Ready

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4-Voice MIDI Architecture

Root, Third, Fifth, and Tension — four independent voices, each on its own MIDI channel. Per-voice interval offsets, octave settings, and trigger sources. Route to separate instruments or blend into one.

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Scale & Key System

30+ scale presets — Major, Minor, all modes, pentatonics, and more. Full custom scale builder for non-standard tunings. Transpose on the fly. Smart chord display names every voicing in real time.

Smart Chord Display

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4-Lane Chord Looper

Loop chord progressions, rhythms, or live joystick movements across four independent lanes. Sync to your DAW or run free — layer phrases without stopping.

DAW Sync

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8-Step Arpeggiator

Pattern grid with ON, TIE, and OFF states per step. Adjustable rate (synced or free), order (Up / Down / Random / Chord), and gate percentage. Stack with the looper for layered rhythmic movement.

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LFO Modulation Engine

Multiple waveform shapes with DAW sync or free rate. Routes to any CC destination — filter cutoff, resonance, voice parameters, and custom targets. Sister cross-modulation between LFO pairs. REC mode captures joystick movement as a custom LFO shape.

8 CC Destinations

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TouchPlates & Random Trigger

Per-voice trigger sources: PAD fires on click, JOY re-triggers continuously on position change, RND fires at random intervals via the built-in random trigger engine. Mix sources per voice for polyrhythmic textures.

"Playing chords and recording my performance is a great way to start a production. You don't have to come up with a chord progression — just perform one, control the randomness, and let yourself be surprised."

Steril Industries — Producer

"This plugin is deep, but after a while you get a real feel for where the notes are. A bit like learning a new instrument."

Milosh Xhavid — Musician

"A genuinely innovative way to interact with your synthesizer. Excited for the hardware."

Habicht — Producer

Works with

VST3AUMacWindowsAny VST3 / AU compatible DAW

About

Harmony shouldn't live behind a theory wall. It should be something you feel from the first note.

Harmony shouldn't be a gate you pass through after decades of practice. It should be a playground — something you feel, explore, and own from the moment you touch it.

Dimea Arcade builds instruments that give everyone direct, physical access to harmony. Move a joystick. Change a scale. Play something beautiful. Whether you've been playing for thirty years or thirty minutes.

Dimitri Dähler is a jazz trumpet player, producer, and sound engineer trained at the Hochschule Luzern. Raised in a household of classical musicians, he grew up between jazz and hip hop — performing, producing, searching for new sounds.

The origin of Dimea Arcade was a single challenge: "I wanted chords to improvise over on my trumpet. People told me modular can't do chords. So I built one that could."

That Eurorack rig — an XY joystick at the centre, patched through VCOs, filters and envelopes — became the instrument he brought to his masterproject performance. Slow chord textures. Live trumpet over self-generated harmony. All improvised. The audience called it mesmerizing.

From that moment came a question: why should this only be possible for someone willing to spend years building a modular? Why can't anyone — producer, performer, beginner — have this? The plugin is the first answer. The hardware is the next.

"

I was at exactly the place I'd been searching for years.

— Dimitri Dähler

Vision

DIMEOLA
Play chords like a game.

A PS5-sized chord synthesizer. Two joysticks, pressure-sensitive trigger pads, back triggers, internal looper, standalone synth engine — no screen, no menu diving, no computer. Bringing harmony to the people.

This didn't start as a product. It started as a vision.

A table full of Eurorack modules, an XY joystick, and a trumpet. It worked — beautifully — but it was never something anyone else could just pick up and play.

Circuit Schematic · Daisy Seed · CD74HC4067 · MPR121

01

The Modular Years

A full Eurorack rig patched through VCOs, filters, envelopes — with an XY joystick at the centre. The concept worked. But a table full of patch cables isn't something anyone else can pick up.

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02

Arcade Chord Control — Plugin

The XY idea translated to software. Proven it works at scale. But a plugin still needs a DAW, a laptop, a setup. The music is still trapped inside a screen.

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03

DIMEOLA — The Hardware

Everything distilled. Gamepad form factor. Two joysticks. Pressure pads. Back triggers. Internal synth engine. Clip it to your belt, walk on stage, play.

IN DEVELOPMENT

Daisy Seed · Pure Data · Concept & Prototype

The Vision

Harmony shouldn't live inside a laptop.

Every musician knows the feeling: you have an idea, but before you can play it you're opening a DAW, selecting a plugin, clicking through presets, drawing MIDI notes. By the time the computer is ready, the moment is gone.

DIMEOLA is the opposite of that. It's a chord synthesizer you hold in your hands — no screen, no menus, no setup. Two joysticks map your fingers directly to harmony. Press a button, change the scale. Move left, move right — the music follows.

The goal isn't to build another MIDI controller. It's to make harmonic improvisation as immediate and physical as playing a guitar. Bring it on stage. Clip it to your belt. Play.

01

Zero Latency Thinking

No screen between you and the sound. Every control is tactile and immediate — scale changes, octave shifts, voice triggers. The cognitive load drops to zero so you can focus on music.

02

Harmony for Everyone

The scale engine ensures every position on the joystick is a valid chord. You can't play a wrong note — but you can play anything from a simple triad to a dense 7th voicing, just by where you move.

03

Built to Perform

Gamepad form factor means two-thumb control while standing, walking, or moving. Back triggers for velocity. The looper lets you layer phrases without stopping. One device, full band-in-a-box capability.

04

Open Architecture

Daisy Seed runs Pure Data compiled via hvcc — completely open and flashable. MIDI in/out means it plugs into any setup: modular, hardware synth, or as a controller for the plugin. No walled garden.

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At the masterproject, I had a Eurorack rig running live chords under my trumpet — XY joystick, self-patched, nothing pre-programmed. The feeling was exactly right. The problem: the rig was completely mine. Years of patches, my logic, my hands. Hand it to someone else and they'd be lost. DIMEOLA is the same idea in a form anyone can play.

— Dimitri Dähler, HSLU Musik Luzern · Masterproject 2026

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Two Joysticks

Left joystick: pitch plane — Y axis moves Root + 3rd, X axis moves 5th + 7th across the scale. Right joystick: filter cutoff, resonance, or any assignable parameter. Independent, simultaneous.

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4 Pressure-Sensitive Touchplates

Root · 3rd · 5th · Tension — each plate pressure-sensitive for individual volume control per voice. Light touch for ghost notes, push harder for full expression.

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4× 3-Way Trigger Switches

Per-voice trigger mode selection: PAD (touchplate triggers), JOY (joystick position triggers), or RND (random trigger). Flip between modes mid-performance without stopping.

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Per-Layer Internal Looper

Pitch gestures, gate patterns, and modulation movements can be looped independently. Sync via MIDI clock in or internal clock. Loop subdivisions: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 3/4.

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Scale Engine + Octave/Degree Switching

12 LED scale select buttons — preset scales plus custom scale programming. Octave switches and scale degree switches (like the plugin) for instant key changes on the fly.

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I/O & Connectivity

MIDI in + out, clock/CV in, stereo audio out (internal synth engine). USB-C for charging, firmware updates, and standalone software. Swappable battery — play anywhere, indefinitely.

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Gamepad Form Factor

PS5-sized body. Back triggers on the underside. No screen, no menus, no diving. One alternate-function switch for secondary controls. Pick it up and play in under 10 seconds.

⚡

Standalone Synth Engine

4-voice internal synthesis on Daisy Seed — no computer needed. Runs the Pure Data patch compiled via hvcc. Headphones in, play. Or send MIDI out to any external synth or modular.

Interface

Pitch controlXY joystick (left) — analog encoder
Mod controlXY joystick (right) — filter / param
Voice triggers4 × pressure-sensitive touchplates
Back triggers4 × analog triggers (L1 L2 R1 R2)
Trigger mode4 × 3-way switch (pad / joy / rnd)
Scale select12 LED buttons — chromatic + custom
Octave / DegreeDedicated switches, instant change

Engine & I/O

BrainDaisy Seed (STM32H750)
FirmwarePure Data → compiled via hvcc
Synthesis4-voice internal (standalone mode)
LooperPer-layer: pitch · gate · mod
MIDIIn + Out (TRS 3.5mm)
SyncClock/CV in · internal clock
AudioStereo out · headphone jack
PowerUSB-C + swappable rechargeable battery
UpdatesUSB firmware update · standalone software

Roadmap

Done

Plugin — Arcade Chord Control

VST3/AU on Mac + Windows. The concept proven in software.

Done

Software Blueprint — Dimeola_Plugmade_2_0

Full 4-voice Pure Data patch proving the concept in software — scale engine, ADSR, looper, MIDI I/O targeting Daisy Seed. Concept schematics drawn.

Now

Concept Design — Schematics & Component Spec

Hardware concept fully documented in drawn schematics. Components defined: Daisy Seed, CD74HC4067 mux, MPR121 touch, FSR pads, dual joystick encoders, 3-way switches.

Compile PD patch to Daisy firmware via Heavy compiler. Design the gamepad-form enclosure with back triggers.

2026–2027

Beta Units + Crowdfunding

10–20 artist beta units. Kickstarter campaign — early backers get direct input on the final spec. Est. delivery Q1 2028.

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App

DIMEA App.
Your phone becomes
the instrument.

          
          IN DEVELOPMENT — iOS · Android · macOS
        

No hardware yet? No problem. The DIMEA app turns any iOS or Android touchscreen into a fully functional DIMEOLA controller — with the same scale engine, XY pad, and looper from the plugin.

When you do get the hardware, the app becomes its brain — a visual editor for scales, presets, firmware updates, and routing.

Mode 1

Standalone Instrument

XY pad on screen. Built-in synth engine. Plug in headphones, play. No computer, no DAW, no setup.

Mode 2

MIDI Controller

Routes 4-voice MIDI to any external synth, modular, or DAW via USB-C or BLE MIDI. Same chord logic as the plugin.

Mode 3

DIMEOLA Companion

Visual scale editor, preset manager, trigger mode config, and firmware updater for the MK1 hardware. The screen the hardware doesn't have.

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iOS

In Development

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Android

In Development

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macOS

Planned

DIMEA App — UI Concept

DIMEA App — iOS · Android · macOS

IN DEVELOPMENT

Impressions

Behind the
Machine.

Work in progress, concerts, studio sessions. An honest look at what it takes to build something new — from first prototype to stage.

Event

Milosh Project Vol. 2

16.01.2026 · HSLU Blackbox, Arsenalstrasse 28a, 6010 Kriens. Dimitri Dähler (tr, electronics) + Lucas Sevilla (gt, electronics).

16 Jan 2026 · 21:30

Event

Mod Selectors — Dry/Wet

29.02.2024 · HSLU Knox, Kriens. Über die Verschmelzung moderner Studiotechniken und Interplay. Dimitri Dähler (tr, electronics).

29 Feb 2024 · 21:30

Live

The rig that started it all

The modular setup that proved the XY joystick concept. Years of patching compressed into one table — this is what DIMEOLA is trying to fit into your pocket.

Jan 2026 · Milosh Project Vol. 2

Live

Controlled chaos

Every patch cable is a decision. The goal with DIMEOLA is to make those decisions invisible — so you just play.

Jan 2026 · HSLU Blackbox, Kriens

Live · Masterproject

HSLU Musik Luzern

Trumpet + electronics, performing the masterproject live. The modular rig as instrument — the XY joystick interface already doing its job from the stage.

Jan 2026 · Milosh Project Vol. 2

Build Log

The Schematic

Daisy Seed · CD74HC4067 mux · MPR121 touch · FSR pads · dual joystick encoders · MIDI in/out · TTP223 capacitive sensors · Schmitt trigger noise filter. Every line a decision.

2025 · Hardware Design