Boss DM-2W Waza Craft Delay

{
  "schema_version": "capability-outboard-v1",
  "id": "boss-dm2w-waza",
  "name": "Boss DM-2W Waza Craft Delay",
  "maker": "Boss / Roland",
  "clone_of": "Boss DM-2 (Standard mode) + Waza Custom mode",
  "clone_of_note": "Waza Craft analog BBD delay reproducing the original DM-2 (Standard mode, 300ms max) + a custom-tuned voicing (Custom mode, 800ms max). Manual.",
  "device_class": "delay",
  "device_class_subtypes": [
    "delay"
  ],
  "topology": "BBD (bucket-brigade analog delay)",
  "topology_note": "'A painstakingly designed analog delay using carefully selected BBD components' (manual). No DSP / no firmware in the audio path.",
  "channels": 1,
  "linkable": false,
  "linkable_note": "Mono input; OUTPUT + DIRECT OUT (delay-only vs direct-only when DIRECT OUT is patched).",
  "params": {
    "delay": {
      "time_ms": "20..800",
      "time_ms_note": "Mode-dependent: S (standard) = 0..300 ms; C (custom) = 0..800 ms (manual REPEAT RATE knob spec).",
      "feedback": "0..100%",
      "feedback_note": "INTENSITY knob -- 'Adjusts the number of delay repeats. All the way right = oscillation may occur' (manual).",
      "mix_wet_dry": true,
      "mix_wet_dry_note": "ECHO knob -- 'Adjusts the volume of the delay sound; CCW = direct only' (manual). Not a wet/dry blend per se -- it's a delay-volume knob, with the direct always present at the OUTPUT.",
      "tap_tempo": false,
      "tap_tempo_target": null,
      "tap_tempo_subdivisions": null,
      "tone_filter": null,
      "mod": null,
      "mode_select": [
        "S (standard, 300ms max)",
        "C (custom, 800ms max)"
      ],
      "mode_select_note": "Mode switch (manual): S = original DM-2 tone; C = clear, customized tone with extended delay time."
    }
  },
  "io": {
    "audio_in": {
      "format": [
        "ts"
      ],
      "balanced": false,
      "impedance_ohms": null,
      "inst_zi": true
    },
    "audio_out": {
      "format": [
        "ts"
      ],
      "balanced": false,
      "impedance_ohms": null
    },
    "sidechain": {
      "send": false,
      "return": false,
      "format": null,
      "per_channel": false
    },
    "stereo_link": false,
    "bypass": "electronic",
    "bypass_type": "buffered",
    "bypass_note": "Boss-standard buffered bypass.",
    "direct_out_jack": true,
    "direct_out_note": "Separate DIRECT OUT jack -- when patched, OUTPUT = delay-only + DIRECT OUT = direct-only (manual). Allows parallel-loop wet/dry routing.",
    "exp_in": {
      "present": true,
      "format": "ts",
      "default_mode": "param_sweep",
      "default_mode_targets": [
        "delay_time"
      ],
      "default_mode_note": "RATE jack accepts Roland EV-5 expression pedal only (other pedals risk damage per manual). EV-5 sweeps delay_time over the user-defined REPEAT RATE-knob curve.",
      "sweep_range_pct": "0..100"
    },
    "power_dc": "9V battery (alkaline 6LR61) OR PSA-series",
    "operating_level": [],
    "rack_format": "pedal"
  },
  "meters": [],
  "performance": {
    "bypass_per_channel": false,
    "auto_release": false
  },
  "provenance": {
    "manual_path": "manuals/fx-delay--boss-dm2w-waza-manual.pdf",
    "confidence": "high",
    "last_verified": "2026-05-28",
    "manual_pages": [
      1,
      2
    ],
    "verify_via": "SM59 single-seat manual extraction (Opus). P8 pedal-batch tracer #7/13.",
    "verify_note": "Manual-grounded extraction from manuals/fx-delay--boss-dm2w-waza-manual.pdf. Front-panel controls captured per the manual's panel descriptions; field provenance is 'high' on what the manual directly states + '_verify' on what it does not. Schema extension fields used by this pedal (params.modulation block; params.distortion.mode_select; io.bypass_type from SM58) are documented in SCHEMA-capability-outboard-v1.md."
  }
}