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Oberheim Cyclone v2.12: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Oberheim Cyclone v2.12 as named OSC addresses — 3 CC, 48 SysEx commands — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Oberheim Cyclone v2.12
Vendor Oberheim
OSC prefix /cyclone_v2_12
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/oberheim/cyclone_v2_12.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/oberheim/cyclone_v2_12.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /cyclone_v2_12/pedal_e1_64 63

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as cyclone_v2_12: ask “what can the Oberheim Cyclone v2.12 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
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_e1_64 64 0–127 continuous
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_e2_80 80 0–127 continuous
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_e3_96 96 0–127 continuous

SysEx commands (48)

OSC address Arguments
/cyclone_v2_12/auto_transpose val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/of_doubles val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/base_channel val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/syncto_trigger val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/mode_reset val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/invert_alternt val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/transpose_sync val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/dbl_interval val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/end_beat_1_4n val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/rec_hold_mode val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/auto_correct val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/clock val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/bpm val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/note_pulse val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/duration_16ths val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/link_timing val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/recursion_int val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/num_stages val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/edit_stage val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/trans_interval val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/current_edit val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/dbl_midi_ch val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/stage_reps val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/note_velocity val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/tempo_mod val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/tempo_mod_ctlr val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/duration_mod val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/durat_mod_ctlr val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/manual_ctrl val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/trans_priority val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/chain_map_prog val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/base_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/audible_ctrl_z val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/ctrl_low_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/ctrl_hi_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/record_buffer val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/keyboard_zone1 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/zone_1_lo_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/zone_1_hi_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/keyboard_zone2 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/zone_2_lo_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/zone_2_hi_note val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/doubles_midi val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_1 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_2 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_3 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/pedal_4 val: u7
/cyclone_v2_12/midi_echo val: u7

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /cyclone_v2_12/note/on <note> <velocity>, /cyclone_v2_12/cc/<number> <value>, /cyclone_v2_12/pitchbend <0-16383>, /cyclone_v2_12/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.