Novation Bass Station Rack: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map¶
The Novation Bass Station Rack as named OSC addresses — 16 CC — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.
| Device | Novation Bass Station Rack |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Novation |
| OSC prefix | /bass_station_rack |
| 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/novation/bass_station_rack.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/novation/bass_station_rack.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 bass_station_rack: ask “what can the Novation Bass Station Rack do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.
MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (16)¶
| OSC address | CC | NRPN (MSB/LSB) | Range | Nature | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/bass_station_rack/mod_wheel |
1 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/breath_control |
2 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/volume |
7 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/filter_cutoff |
105 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/filter_res |
106 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/filter_mod_depth |
107 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env1_attack |
108 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env1_decay |
109 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env1_sustain |
110 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env1_release |
111 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env1_velocity |
112 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env2_attack |
114 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env2_decay |
115 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env2_sustain |
116 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env2_release |
117 | 0–127 | continuous | ||
/bass_station_rack/env2_velocity |
118 | 0–127 | continuous |
Performance MIDI¶
Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /bass_station_rack/note/on <note> <velocity>, /bass_station_rack/cc/<number> <value>, /bass_station_rack/pitchbend <0-16383>, /bass_station_rack/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.