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HeadRush Gigboard: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The HeadRush Gigboard as named OSC addresses — 26 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device HeadRush Gigboard
Vendor HeadRush
OSC prefix /gigboard
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/headrush/gigboard.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.

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/headrush/gigboard.pencilresearch.fw-unknown.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /gigboard/footswitches/footswitch_1 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (26)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/gigboard/footswitches/footswitch_1 50 0–127 continuous Footswitches
/gigboard/footswitches/footswitch_2 51 0–127 continuous Footswitches
/gigboard/footswitches/footswitch_3 52 0–127 continuous Footswitches
/gigboard/footswitches/footswitch_4 53 0–127 continuous Footswitches
/gigboard/global_controls/tap_tempo 64 0–127 continuous Global controls
/gigboard/looper/half_speed 65 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/double_speed 66 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/half_speed_loop 67 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/double_speed_loop 68 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/start_stop 69 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/record 70 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/insert 71 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/peel 72 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/mute 73 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/looper/reverse 74 0–127 continuous Looper
/gigboard/blocks/block_1_toggle_on_off 75 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_2_toggle_on_off 76 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_3_toggle_on_off 77 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_4_toggle_on_off 78 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_5_toggle_on_off 79 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_6_toggle_on_off 80 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_7_toggle_on_off 81 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_8_toggle_on_off 82 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_9_toggle_on_off 83 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_10_toggle_on_off 84 0–127 continuous Blocks
/gigboard/blocks/block_11_toggle_on_off 85 0–127 continuous Blocks

Performance MIDI

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