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Waldorf WAVE 1.5: MIDI CC, NRPN and OSC map

The Waldorf WAVE 1.5 as named OSC addresses — 68 SysEx commands — ready to use from Claude (MCP), SuperCollider, Sonic Pi, TouchDesigner or any OSC app via osc-bridge.

Device Waldorf WAVE 1.5
Vendor Waldorf
OSC prefix /wave_1_5
Source 🎛️ Derived from an Electra One community preset
Revision per Electra preset
Upstream electra-preset
Driver file devices/waldorf/wave_1_5.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/waldorf/wave_1_5.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /wave_1_5/cutoff

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as wave_1_5: ask “what can the Waldorf WAVE 1.5 do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

SysEx commands (68)

OSC address Arguments
/wave_1_5/cutoff val: u7
/wave_1_5/q val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_oct val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_semitone val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_detune val: u7
/wave_1_5/bend_range val: u7
/wave_1_5/wavetable val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc1_startwave val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc2_startwave val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_2_detune val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_2_oct val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_2_semitone val: u7
/wave_1_5/panning val: u7
/wave_1_5/vol_env_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/adsr val: u7
/wave_1_5/env_delay val: u7
/wave_1_5/keytrack val: u7
/wave_1_5/wavelink_2_1 val: u7
/wave_1_5/fc_velocity val: u7
/wave_1_5/env_velocity val: u7
/wave_1_5/fc_env_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/fc_mod1_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod_1_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod_1_control val: u7
/wave_1_5/fc_mod2_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/q_mod_1_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/fc_adsr_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/atk_mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/dky_mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/sus_mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/rel_mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/env_delay_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/vol_adsr_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/pitch_mode val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod_2_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/osc_1_control val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod2_quantize val: u7
/wave_1_5/wave_1_mode val: u7
/wave_1_5/wave_2_mode val: u7
/wave_1_5/pan_mod_amount val: u7
/wave_1_5/pan_mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/glide val: u7
/wave_1_5/time val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfos_speed_sym val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_shape val: u7
/wave_1_5/humanize val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_1_attack val: u7
/wave_1_5/sync_mode val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_1_delay val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_1_decay val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_2_phase val: u7
/wave_1_5/lfo_1_rate_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod_source val: u7
/wave_1_5/t1_l1_t2_l2 val: u7
/wave_1_5/t3_l3_t4_l4 val: u7
/wave_1_5/t5_l5_t6_l6 val: u7
/wave_1_5/t7_l7_t8_l8 val: u7
/wave_1_5/time_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/level_mod val: u7
/wave_1_5/key_off_point val: u7
/wave_1_5/loop_start val: u7
/wave_1_5/loop_on_off val: u7
/wave_1_5/w1_w2_no_pgm val: u7
/wave_1_5/ss_env_vel_kt val: u7
/wave_1_5/mod1_2_mod1_2 val: u7
/wave_1_5/wavelink_1_2 val: u7

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /wave_1_5/note/on <note> <velocity>, /wave_1_5/cc/<number> <value>, /wave_1_5/pitchbend <0-16383>, /wave_1_5/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.