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GEM rp-x: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The GEM rp-x as named OSC addresses — 20 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device GEM rp-x
Vendor GEM
OSC prefix /rp_x
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/gem/rp_x.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/gem/rp_x.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /rp_x/general/modulation 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (20)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/rp_x/general/modulation 1 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/portamento_time 5 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/volume 7 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/pan_pot 10 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/expression 11 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/sustain 64 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/portamento 65 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/sostenuto 66 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/soft 67 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/filter/resonance 71 0–127 continuous Filter
/rp_x/envelopes/release_time 72 0–127 continuous Envelopes
/rp_x/envelopes/attack_time 73 0–127 continuous Envelopes
/rp_x/filter/cut_off 74 0–127 continuous Filter
/rp_x/envelopes/decay_time 75 0–127 continuous Envelopes
/rp_x/general/vibrato_rate 76 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/vibrato_depth 77 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/vibrato_delay 78 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/general/portamento_control 84 0–127 continuous General
/rp_x/fx/reverb_send_level 91 0–127 continuous FX
/rp_x/fx/chorus_send_level 93 0–127 continuous FX

Performance MIDI

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