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Ableton FILTERBANK 2: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Ableton FILTERBANK 2 as named OSC addresses — 11 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Ableton FILTERBANK 2
Vendor Ableton
OSC prefix /filterbank_2
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/ableton/filterbank_2.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/filterbank_2.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /filterbank_2/vca_bias 63

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as filterbank_2: ask “what can the Ableton FILTERBANK 2 do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (11)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/filterbank_2/vca_bias 7 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/fm_depth 4 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/ad_s_r 5 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/ad_s_r 16 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/ad_s_r 17 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/am_ring_depth 11 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/modwheel 1 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/filter_2_freq 1 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/filter_2_res 2 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/attack 18 0–127 continuous
/filterbank_2/release 19 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /filterbank_2/note/on <note> <velocity>, /filterbank_2/cc/<number> <value>, /filterbank_2/pitchbend <0-16383>, /filterbank_2/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.