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Elektron OCTAPLACKTFORM: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Elektron OCTAPLACKTFORM as named OSC addresses — 162 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Elektron OCTAPLACKTFORM
Vendor Elektron
OSC prefix /octaplacktform
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/elektron/octaplacktform.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/octaplacktform.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /octaplacktform/ptch 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (162)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/ptch 16 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtrg 20 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/rtin 21 0–1000 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/1 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/2 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/3 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/5 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/6 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/7 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/balance 26 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 40 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 41 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 45 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/tm_fb_snd_bs 43 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/solo 50 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/vol_4 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/dump_req 61 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/rate 19 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/vol_8 46 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 22 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 18 1–128 continuous
/octaplacktform/att_len_rel 24 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/str_rtrg_rtin 17 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 34 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 35 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/hp_lp_q 36 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/on_off 49 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/on_off 49 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/on_off 49 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/on_off 49 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/amp_vol 25 -64–63 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 28 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 31 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_1 0 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 29 0–127 continuous
/octaplacktform/lfo_2 32 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

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