MXR Micro Flanger (M152)

{
  "schema_version": "capability-outboard-v1",
  "id": "mxr-flanger-mini",
  "name": "MXR Micro Flanger (M152)",
  "maker": "MXR (Jim Dunlop Manufacturing)",
  "clone_of": null,
  "name_note": "DevicePanelLayouts legacy ID 'mxrflanger' and 'MXR Flanger Mini' name; the actual manual (fx-modulation--mxr-flanger-mini-manual.pdf) is for the M152 Micro Flanger -- a 2-knob analog BBD flanger. The full MXR Flanger M117 is a different 4-knob pedal. Slug retained as 'mxr-flanger-mini' for filesystem-cross-reference with DevicePanelLayouts.",
  "device_class": "modulation",
  "device_class_subtypes": [
    "modulation"
  ],
  "topology": "BBD (bucket-brigade analog flanger)",
  "topology_note": "All-analog BBD flanger circuit (manual p.2 description).",
  "channels": 1,
  "linkable": false,
  "params": {
    "modulation": {
      "kind": "flanger",
      "rate": "0.2..5.5 Hz",
      "rate_note": "RATE knob; manual p.2 specifications.",
      "depth": "fixed",
      "depth_note": "No depth knob on the Micro -- the flanger sweep depth is internally fixed. The 'WIDTH' control is absent on this Micro variant.",
      "feedback": "0..100%",
      "feedback_note": "REGENERATION knob; manual p.2 'controls the amount of feedback, affecting the effects intensity'.",
      "delay_range_us": "3.9 us .. 4 ms",
      "delay_range_us_note": "Manual p.2 specifications -- internal BBD delay range that the LFO sweeps across.",
      "manual": null,
      "manual_note": "No MANUAL knob (vs the full M117 Flanger which has Manual + Width). The Micro is the 2-knob streamlined variant.",
      "mode_select": null,
      "tone_filter": null
    }
  },
  "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": "relay",
    "bypass_type": "true_bypass",
    "bypass_note": "Manual p.2 specifications: 'Bypass: True Hardwire'.",
    "power_dc": "9V battery OR Dunlop ECB003/ECB003E 9V adapter OR DC Brick (manual p.2)",
    "operating_level": [],
    "rack_format": "pedal"
  },
  "meters": [],
  "performance": {
    "bypass_per_channel": false,
    "auto_release": false
  },
  "provenance": {
    "manual_path": "manuals/fx-modulation--mxr-flanger-mini-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 #3/13.",
    "verify_note": "Manual-grounded extraction from manuals/fx-modulation--mxr-flanger-mini-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."
  }
}