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Elektron Exc!te Snare Drum (x3): MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Elektron Exc!te Snare Drum (x3) as named OSC addresses — 36 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Elektron Exc!te Snare Drum (x3)
Vendor Elektron
OSC prefix /exc_te_snare_drum_x3
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/elektron/exc_te_snare_drum_x3.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/elektron/exc_te_snare_drum_x3.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /exc_te_snare_drum_x3/on_off 63

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as exc_te_snare_drum_x3: ask “what can the Elektron Exc!te Snare Drum (x3) do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (36)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/on_off 3 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_var 9 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rim_var 14 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/dry_wet 15 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/freq_shift 21 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/crunch 22 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/velocity_var 23 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_hardness 24 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rimshot 25 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/drumhead_tune 26 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/snares_tension 27 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/hit_position 28 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/on_off 29 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_var 30 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rim_var 31 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/dry_wet 35 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/freq_shift 41 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/crunch 46 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/velocity_var 47 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_hardness 52 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rimshot 53 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/drumhead_tune 54 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/snares_tension 55 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/hit_position 56 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/on_off 57 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_var 58 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rim_var 59 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/dry_wet 60 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/freq_shift 61 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/crunch 62 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/velocity_var 63 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/tip_hardness 64 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/rimshot 85 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/drumhead_tune 86 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/snares_tension 87 0–127 continuous
/exc_te_snare_drum_x3/hit_position 88 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /exc_te_snare_drum_x3/note/on <note> <velocity>, /exc_te_snare_drum_x3/cc/<number> <value>, /exc_te_snare_drum_x3/pitchbend <0-16383>, /exc_te_snare_drum_x3/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.