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Arturia Vocoder V: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Arturia Vocoder V as named OSC addresses — 49 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Arturia Vocoder V
Vendor Arturia
OSC prefix /vocoder_v
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/arturia/vocoder_v.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/arturia/vocoder_v.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /vocoder_v/waveform 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (49)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/vocoder_v/waveform 2 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/shape 3 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/frequency 4 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/sync 5 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/level 6 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/osc_fm_2_1 18 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/waveform 8 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/shape 9 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/fixed 10 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/frequency 11 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/fine 12 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/level 13 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/bend_range 14 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/glide 15 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/attack 16 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/release 17 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/ensemble 19 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/master_tune 20 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/chord 34 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/mix_dry_voc 51 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/master_volume 7 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/1_50_159 35 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/2_159_200 36 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/3_200_252 37 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/4_252_317 38 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/5_317_400 39 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/6_400_504 40 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/7_504_635 41 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/8_635_800 42 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/9_800_1008 43 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/10_1008_1270 44 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/11_1270_1600 45 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/12_1600_2015 46 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/13_2015_2504 47 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/14_2504_3200 48 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/15_3200_4032 49 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/16_4032_5080 50 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/voice 21 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/attack 22 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/release 23 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/sample_hold 27 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/hf_mode 29 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/level 30 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/synth 24 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/shift 25 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/width 26 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/patch_bay 28 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/hiss_release 31 0–127 continuous
/vocoder_v/balance 33 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

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