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Korg Volca Sample 2: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Korg Volca Sample 2 as named OSC addresses — 60 CC, 50 NRPN — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Korg Volca Sample 2
Vendor Korg
OSC prefix /volca_sample_2
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/korg/volca_sample_2.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/korg/volca_sample_2.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /volca_sample_2/start 63

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as volca_sample_2: ask “what can the Korg Volca Sample 2 do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (110)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 3 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 4 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 0 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 1 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 2 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 42 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 43 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 7 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 10 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 47 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 63 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 15 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 16 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 12 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 13 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 14 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 19 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 16 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 14 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 15 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 17 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 18 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 27 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 28 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 24 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 25 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 26 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 25 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 22 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 20 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 21 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 23 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 24 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 39 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 40 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 36 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 37 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 38 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 31 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 28 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 26 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 27 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 29 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 30 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 51 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 52 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 48 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 49 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 50 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 55 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 52 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 50 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 51 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 53 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 54 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 63 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 64 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 60 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 61 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 62 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 61 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 58 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 56 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 57 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 59 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 60 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 75 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 76 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 72 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 73 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 74 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 81 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 78 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 76 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 77 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 79 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 80 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 87 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 88 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 84 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 85 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 86 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 87 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 84 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 82 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 83 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 85 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 86 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 99 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 100 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 96 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 97 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 98 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 107 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 104 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 102 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 103 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 105 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 106 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/start 0 / 111 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/length 0 / 112 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_eg_int 0 / 108 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_attack 0 / 109 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/pitch_decay 0 / 110 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/hi_cut 113 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/speed 110 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_level 108 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_pan 109 -63–63 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_attack 111 0–127 continuous
/volca_sample_2/amp_decay 112 0–127 continuous

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /volca_sample_2/note/on <note> <velocity>, /volca_sample_2/cc/<number> <value>, /volca_sample_2/pitchbend <0-16383>, /volca_sample_2/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.