Dreadbox Telepathy: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map¶
The Dreadbox Telepathy as named OSC addresses — 51 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.
| Device | Dreadbox Telepathy |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Dreadbox |
| OSC prefix | /telepathy |
| 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/telepathy.pencilresearch.fw-unknown.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.
Other variants of this device: telepathy.
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/telepathy.pencilresearch.fw-unknown.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>
Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:
From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as telepathy: ask “what can the Dreadbox Telepathy do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.
MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (51)¶
| OSC address | CC | NRPN (MSB/LSB) | Range | Nature | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/telepathy/lfo/rate |
16 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/wave |
17 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/fade_in |
18 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/mode |
19 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/pitch_lfo_amount |
1 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/cutoff_lfo_amount |
9 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/pulse_width_lfo_amount |
12 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/noise_lfo_amount |
22 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/lfo/wave_lfo_amount |
20 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/telepathy/oscillator/tune |
14 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/quantized |
15 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/wave |
70 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/pulse_width |
11 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/noise_level |
10 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/level |
7 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/pitch_envelope_amount |
13 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/oscillator/pulse_width_envelope_amount |
21 | 0–127 | continuous | Oscillator | |
/telepathy/filter/cutoff |
74 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/resonance |
71 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/high_pass_filter |
81 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/tracking |
4 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/cutoff_envelope_amount |
3 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/frequency_modulation_amount |
23 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter/noise_frequency_modulation_amount |
24 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/telepathy/filter_envelope/wave |
25 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter envelope | |
/telepathy/filter_envelope/time |
26 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter envelope | |
/telepathy/filter_envelope/sustain |
29 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter envelope | |
/telepathy/filter_envelope/loop |
30 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter envelope | |
/telepathy/amplifier_envelope/wave |
27 | 0–127 | continuous | Amplifier envelope | |
/telepathy/amplifier_envelope/time |
28 | 0–127 | continuous | Amplifier envelope | |
/telepathy/amplifier_envelope/amplifier_sustain |
31 | 0–127 | continuous | Amplifier envelope | |
/telepathy/amplifier_envelope/drone |
33 | 0–127 | continuous | Amplifier envelope | |
/telepathy/performance/velocity_amount |
32 | 0–127 | continuous | Performance | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/lfo_rate_control_voltage_amount |
34 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/lfo_wave_control_voltage_amount |
35 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/pitch_lfo_amount_control_voltage_amount |
36 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/cutoff_lfo_amount_control_voltage_amount |
37 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/tune_control_voltage_amount |
39 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/oscillator_wave_control_voltage_amount |
40 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/pulse_width_control_voltage_amount |
41 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/noise_level_control_voltage_amount |
42 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/cutoff_control_voltage_amount |
43 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/high_pass_filter_control_voltage_amount |
44 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/resonance_control_voltage_amount |
45 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/cutoff_envelope_amount_control_voltage_amount |
46 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/filter_envelope_wave_control_voltage_amount |
47 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/filter_envelope_time_control_voltage_amount |
48 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/amplifier_envelope_wave_control_voltage_amount |
49 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/cv_modulation/amplifier_envelope_time_control_voltage_amount |
50 | 0–127 | continuous | CV modulation | |
/telepathy/midi/all_sound_off |
120 | 0–127 | continuous | MIDI | |
/telepathy/midi/all_notes_off |
123 | 0–127 | continuous | MIDI |
Performance MIDI¶
Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /telepathy/note/on <note> <velocity>, /telepathy/cc/<number> <value>, /telepathy/pitchbend <0-16383>, /telepathy/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.