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Ableton Delay: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Ableton Delay as named OSC addresses — 21 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Ableton Delay
Vendor Ableton
OSC prefix /delay
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/ableton/delay.json

Not tested on the device yet

This driver comes from documentation or community data and has not been checked on real hardware. If you own one, a quick test and a pull request promoting it helps everyone — see CONTRIBUTING.

How do you control it?

Find the MIDI ports, then start the bridge with this driver:

osc-bridge detect        # prints the ready-to-run line for what is plugged in
osc-bridge run --device devices/ableton/delay.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /delay/l_time 8191

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as delay: ask “what can the Ableton Delay do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (21)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/delay/l_time 1 / 33 0–16383 continuous
/delay/l_sync 14 0–127 continuous
/delay/l_16th 16 0–127 continuous
/delay/l_offset 30 / 62 0–16383 continuous
/delay/filter_on 21 0–127 continuous
/delay/delay_mode 11 0–127 continuous
/delay/link 12 0–127 continuous
/delay/feedback 3 / 35 0–16383 continuous
/delay/freeze 20 0–127 continuous
/delay/filter_freq 4 / 36 0–16383 continuous
/delay/ping_pong 13 0–127 continuous
/delay/r_time 2 / 34 0–16383 continuous
/delay/r_sync 15 0–127 continuous
/delay/r_16th 17 0–127 continuous
/delay/r_offset 31 / 63 0–16383 continuous
/delay/filter_width 5 / 37 0–16383 continuous
/delay/dry_wet 9 / 41 0–16383 continuous
/delay/device_on 10 0–127 continuous
/delay/mod_freq 6 / 38 0–16383 continuous
/delay/filter_mod 8 / 40 0–16383 continuous
/delay/dly_mod 7 / 39 0–16383 continuous

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /delay/note/on <note> <velocity>, /delay/cc/<number> <value>, /delay/pitchbend <0-16383>, /delay/program_change <n>.

Limitations

Imported from an Electra One community preset. The mapping reflects the preset author's editorial choices: parameter naming, ranges, and which params are exposed. Untested on hardware in this repo.