About JMK

Thank you for taking an interest in JMK Music Pedals!

We are a small business located in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Our focus is on delivering high quality, hand-built MIDI products for studio and stage.

Joe King - Owner & Designer

I'm a long-time programmer and musician who has dreamed of combining both skill sets into one career.

As a teenager, I was introduced to MIDI around 1990 with an original Alesis Quadraverb, a Rocktron Pro G.A.P. and an archaic MIDI Controller.  I hadn't yet started a career as a programmer back then, but it wasn't long before I became what you might call a power-user of MIDI.

For many years  I wanted to have a dedicated Master Clock device that would function as the central nervous system for controlling sync and transport using a variety of protocols. I also thought that the idea of this device functioning as an audio Metronome made a lot of sense.  So, when I began design work for JMK in 2021, I decided this was the best place to begin. Out of that idea came our first 2 products: CLOCKstep and CLOCKstep:MULTI.

My involvement goes beyond designing the products; on many days I can be found in the shop at one machine or another building them.  Other than the printed circuit boards done in a factory, products are drilled, cut, folded, painted, soldered, assembled, tested and packaged right here in a modest (but growing) shop in Alexandria, VA. The approach is in-house and very hands-on, allowing smaller batches of products to be built quickly when the need arises.

I invite you to follow our progress and take the journey with us if you see something that you like.  Go ahead and spread the word anyway you can!

Thanks,

Joe

Do you want to hear some of my indie releases? You can check them out on most streaming platforms, like Spotify and Apple Tunes.