Melbourne Instruments Nina: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map¶
The Melbourne Instruments Nina as named OSC addresses — 35 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.
| Device | Melbourne Instruments Nina |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Melbourne Instruments |
| OSC prefix | /nina |
| 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/melbourne-instruments/nina.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/melbourne-instruments/nina.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 nina: ask “what can the Melbourne Instruments Nina do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.
MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (35)¶
| OSC address | CC | NRPN (MSB/LSB) | Range | Nature | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/nina/control/mod_wheel |
1 | 0–127 | continuous | Control | |
/nina/control/mod_matrix_midi_source |
2 | 0–127 | continuous | Control | |
/nina/general/glide_rate |
5 | 0–127 | continuous | General | |
/nina/amp/patch_volume |
7 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/amp/pan |
10 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/control/expression_source |
11 | 0–127 | continuous | Control | |
/nina/effect/level |
12 | 0–127 | continuous | Effect | |
/nina/osc/osc1_tune |
14 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc1_width |
17 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc1_blend |
20 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc2_tune |
15 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc2_width |
18 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc2_blend |
21 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc3_tune |
16 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/osc/osc3_width |
19 | 0–127 | continuous | Osc | |
/nina/lfo/lfo1_rate |
23 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/nina/lfo/lfo1_level |
27 | 0–127 | continuous | LFO | |
/nina/mix/osc1_level |
24 | 0–127 | continuous | Mix | |
/nina/mix/osc2_level |
25 | 0–127 | continuous | Mix | |
/nina/mix/osc3_level |
22 | 0–127 | continuous | Mix | |
/nina/mix/noise_level |
26 | 0–127 | continuous | Mix | |
/nina/filter/cutoff |
29 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/filter/resonance |
28 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/general/drive |
30 | 0–127 | continuous | General | |
/nina/filter/env_amount |
31 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/filter/eg1_attack |
33 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/filter/eg1_decay |
34 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/filter/eg1_sustain |
35 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/filter/eg1_release |
36 | 0–127 | continuous | Filter | |
/nina/amp/eg2_attack |
37 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/amp/eg2_decay |
39 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/amp/eg2_sustain |
40 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/amp/eg2_release |
41 | 0–127 | continuous | Amp | |
/nina/general/spin |
42 | 0–127 | continuous | General | |
/nina/general/morph |
44 | 0–127 | continuous | General |
Performance MIDI¶
Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /nina/note/on <note> <velocity>, /nina/cc/<number> <value>, /nina/pitchbend <0-16383>, /nina/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.