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Dreadbox Artemis: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Dreadbox Artemis as named OSC addresses — 86 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Dreadbox Artemis
Vendor Dreadbox
OSC prefix /artemis
Source 📦 Derived from MIDI Guide (community CC/NRPN data)
Firmware unknown
Revision per pencilresearch canonical CSV
Upstream pencilresearch
Data licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 — MIDI Guide (https://midi.guide) by Pencil Research and contributors
Driver file devices/dreadbox/artemis.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/dreadbox/artemis.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /artemis/general/bank_select 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (86)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/artemis/general/bank_select 0 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/modwheel_mod_source 1 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lpf_ffm_noise_source 3 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/volume 7 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lfo_1_vco_target 18 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lfo_1_wave 24 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lfo_2_wave 27 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lfo_sync_mode 29 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/play_mode 30 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/distortions_type 38 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/modulations_type 44 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/delays_type 50 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/reverbs_type 56 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/sustain 64 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/glide_mode 65 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/legato 68 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/mod_source 74 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/vco_fm_mode 80 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/vco_2_sync 81 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lpf_track 82 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/lpf_poles 83 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_1 86 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_2 87 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_3 88 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_4 89 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_5 90 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/sequencers_parameter_type 91 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/sequencer/bpm 92 0–127 continuous Sequencer
/artemis/general/drive_mode 93 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/preset_level 94 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/amp_velocity 95 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/instability_depth 96 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/all_sounds_off 120 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/all_notes_off 123 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/general/selector 31 0–127 continuous General
/artemis/selectable_vca_eg/vca_eg_attack 73 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCA EG
/artemis/selectable_vca_eg/vca_eg_decay 9 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCA EG
/artemis/selectable_vca_eg/vca_eg_sustain 11 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCA EG
/artemis/selectable_vca_eg/vca_eg_release 72 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCA EG
/artemis/selectable_eg/eg_attack 12 0–127 continuous Selectable: EG
/artemis/selectable_eg/eg_decay 13 0–127 continuous Selectable: EG
/artemis/selectable_eg/eg_sustain 14 0–127 continuous Selectable: EG
/artemis/selectable_eg/eg_release 15 0–127 continuous Selectable: EG
/artemis/selectable_filter/hpf_cutoff 16 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_filter/hpf_resonance 17 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_filter/lpf_cutoff 75 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_filter/lpf_resonance 71 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_filter/lpf_cut_eg_amount 6 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_filter/lpf_ffm 4 0–127 continuous Selectable: Filter
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_1_vco_amount 19 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_1_vcf_amount 20 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_2_morph_amount 21 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_2_pw_amount 22 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_1_rate 23 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_1_fade 25 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_2_rate 26 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_lfo/lfo_xmod 28 0–127 continuous Selectable: LFO
/artemis/selectable_distortion_parameters/distortions_parameter_1 33 0–127 continuous Selectable: Distortion parameters
/artemis/selectable_distortion_parameters/distortions_parameter_2 34 0–127 continuous Selectable: Distortion parameters
/artemis/selectable_distortion_parameters/distortions_parameter_3 35 0–127 continuous Selectable: Distortion parameters
/artemis/selectable_distortion_parameters/distortions_parameter_4 36 0–127 continuous Selectable: Distortion parameters
/artemis/selectable_distortion_parameters/distortions_parameter_5 37 0–127 continuous Selectable: Distortion parameters
/artemis/selectable_modulation_parameters/modulations_parameter_1 39 0–127 continuous Selectable: Modulation parameters
/artemis/selectable_modulation_parameters/modulations_parameter_2 40 0–127 continuous Selectable: Modulation parameters
/artemis/selectable_modulation_parameters/modulations_parameter_3 41 0–127 continuous Selectable: Modulation parameters
/artemis/selectable_modulation_parameters/modulations_parameter_4 42 0–127 continuous Selectable: Modulation parameters
/artemis/selectable_modulation_parameters/modulations_parameter_5 43 0–127 continuous Selectable: Modulation parameters
/artemis/selectable_delay_parameters/delays_parameter_1 45 0–127 continuous Selectable: Delay parameters
/artemis/selectable_delay_parameters/delays_parameter_2 46 0–127 continuous Selectable: Delay parameters
/artemis/selectable_delay_parameters/delays_parameter_3 47 0–127 continuous Selectable: Delay parameters
/artemis/selectable_delay_parameters/delays_parameter_4 48 0–127 continuous Selectable: Delay parameters
/artemis/selectable_delay_parameters/delays_parameter_5 49 0–127 continuous Selectable: Delay parameters
/artemis/selectable_reverb_parameters/reverbs_parameter_1 51 0–127 continuous Selectable: Reverb parameters
/artemis/selectable_reverb_parameters/reverbs_parameter_2 52 0–127 continuous Selectable: Reverb parameters
/artemis/selectable_reverb_parameters/reverbs_parameter_3 53 0–127 continuous Selectable: Reverb parameters
/artemis/selectable_reverb_parameters/reverbs_parameter_4 54 0–127 continuous Selectable: Reverb parameters
/artemis/selectable_reverb_parameters/reverbs_parameter_5 55 0–127 continuous Selectable: Reverb parameters
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_morph 70 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_sub_noise 76 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_2_tune 78 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_detune 79 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_fm 84 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_pulse_width 85 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_glide 5 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/vco_mix 8 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO
/artemis/selectable_vco/spread 10 0–127 continuous Selectable: VCO

Performance MIDI

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

Limitations

CC/NRPN only. SysEx (preset management, display control, bulk dump/load, vendor-proprietary opcodes) is NOT covered by pencilresearch. To extend this device with SysEx, sniff the vendor editor, add `sysex.header/footer` + `commands` blocks, and use `update_device.md` PR template.