Kawai K5: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map¶
The Kawai K5 as named OSC addresses — 3 CC, 91 SysEx commands — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.
| Device | Kawai K5 |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Kawai |
| OSC prefix | /k5 |
| Source | 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset |
| Revision | per Electra preset |
| Upstream | electra-preset |
| Driver file | devices/kawai/k5.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/kawai/k5.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 k5: ask “what can the Kawai K5 do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.
MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (3)¶
| OSC address | CC | NRPN (MSB/LSB) | Range | Nature | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/k5/custom |
124 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/k5/custom |
125 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/k5/custom |
55 | 0–127 | continuous |
SysEx commands (91)¶
| OSC address | Arguments |
|---|---|
/k5/source_1/coarse |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/envelope |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/vel_mod |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/coarse |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/envelope |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/velocity |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/fine |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/pressure |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/fine |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/pressure |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/key |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/lfo |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/press_mod |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/key |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/lfo |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/press_mod |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/fixed_key |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/pitchbend |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/fixed_key |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/pitchbend |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/loop_3_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/loop_3_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_2 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_3 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_5 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rate_6 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_2 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_3 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_5 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/level_6 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_2 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_3 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_5 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/rate_6 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_2 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_3 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_5 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_2/level_6 |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/range_to |
val: u7 |
/k5/angle |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/all_mod_off |
val: u7 |
/k5/shadow |
val: u7 |
/k5/velocity |
val: u7 |
/k5/pressure |
val: u7 |
/k5/ks |
val: u7 |
/k5/lfo |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/enabled |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/mod_enabled |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/cutoff |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/cutoff_mod |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/flat_level |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/slope |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/slope_mod |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/env_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/env_depth_vel |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/velocity_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/press_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/ks_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/lfo_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/max_segment |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/attk_vel_depth |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/attk_vel_rate |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/rls_vel_rate |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/ks_rate |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/enabled |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c_1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c0 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c1 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c2 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c3 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c4 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c5 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c6 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c7 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c8 |
val: u7 |
/k5/dft/c9 |
val: u7 |
/k5/lfo/shape |
val: u7 |
/k5/lfo/speed |
val: u7 |
/k5/lfo/delay |
val: u7 |
/k5/lfo/trend |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/left |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/break_point |
val: u7 |
/k5/source_1/right |
val: u7 |
Performance MIDI¶
Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /k5/note/on <note> <velocity>, /k5/cc/<number> <value>, /k5/pitchbend <0-16383>, /k5/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.