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Kodamo EssenceFM: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Kodamo EssenceFM as named OSC addresses — 29 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Kodamo EssenceFM
Vendor Kodamo
OSC prefix /essencefm
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/kodamo/essencefm.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/kodamo/essencefm.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /essencefm/msb_bank 63

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

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (30)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/essencefm/msb_bank continuous
/essencefm/lsb_bank 32 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/mod 1 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/porta 5 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/vol 7 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/bal 8 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/pan 10 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/expr 11 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_type 47 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_type 48 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_ctrl1 51 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_ctrl2 52 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_ctrl3 53 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_ctrl4 54 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_ctrl5 55 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_ctrl1 56 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_ctrl2 57 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_ctrl3 58 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_ctrl4 59 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_ctrl5 60 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_lvl 61 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_lvl 62 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/sustain 64 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/dry_lvl 90 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx1_send 91 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx_rout_mod 92 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/fx2_send 93 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/note_off 120 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/mono_mod 126 0–127 continuous
/essencefm/poly_mod 127 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

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