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Beetlecrab.audio Tempera (per pencilresearch canonical CSV) MIDI CC chart, NRPN and OSC map

The Beetlecrab.audio Tempera MIDI implementation: 104 CC, each named, for Claude (MCP), SuperCollider or any OSC app.

Device Beetlecrab.audio Tempera
Vendor Beetlecrab.audio
OSC prefix /tempera
Source πŸ“¦ Derived from MIDI Guide (community CC/NRPN data)
Firmware unknown
Revision per pencilresearch canonical CSV
Upstream pencilresearch
Data licence CC-BY-SA-4.0 β€” MIDI Guide (https://midi.guide) by Pencil Research and contributors
Driver file devices/beetlecrab-audio/tempera.pencilresearch.fw-unknown.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 β€” see CONTRIBUTING.

Other versions of the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera (2)

Electra community preset Β· firmware 2.2

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/beetlecrab-audio/tempera.pencilresearch.fw-unknown.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /tempera/emitters/active_emitter 63

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as tempera: ask β€œwhat can the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (104)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/tempera/emitters/active_emitter 10 0–127 continuous Emitters
/tempera/emitters/place_emitter 11 0–127 continuous Emitters
/tempera/emitters/remove_emitter 12 0–127 continuous Emitters
/tempera/envelope/attack 13 0–127 continuous Envelope
/tempera/envelope/decay 14 0–127 continuous Envelope
/tempera/envelope/sustain 15 0–127 continuous Envelope
/tempera/envelope/release 16 0–127 continuous Envelope
/tempera/reverb/size 17 0–127 continuous Reverb
/tempera/reverb/color 18 0–127 continuous Reverb
/tempera/reverb/mix 19 0–127 continuous Reverb
/tempera/delay/feedback 20 0–127 continuous Delay
/tempera/delay/time 21 0–127 continuous Delay
/tempera/delay/color 22 0–127 continuous Delay
/tempera/delay/mix 23 0–127 continuous Delay
/tempera/filter/cutoff 24 0–127 continuous Filter
/tempera/filter/resonance 25 0–127 continuous Filter
/tempera/chorus/depth 26 0–127 continuous Chorus
/tempera/chorus/speed 27 0–127 continuous Chorus
/tempera/chorus/flange 28 0–127 continuous Chorus
/tempera/chorus/mix 29 0–127 continuous Chorus
/tempera/tracks/track_1_volume 30 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_2_volume 31 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_3_volume 33 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_4_volume 34 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_5_volume 35 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_6_volume 36 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_7_volume 37 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/tracks/track_8_volume 39 0–127 continuous Tracks
/tempera/emitter_1/volume 40 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_length_cell 41 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_length_note 42 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_density 43 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_shape 44 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_shape_attack 45 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_pan 46 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/grain_tune_spread 47 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/octave 48 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/relative_x 49 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/relative_y 50 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/spray_x 51 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/spray_y 52 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/tone_filter_width 53 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/tone_filter_center 54 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_1/effects_send 55 0–127 continuous Emitter 1
/tempera/emitter_2/volume 56 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_length_cell 57 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_length_note 59 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_density 50 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_shape 60 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_shape_attack 61 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_pan 62 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/grain_tune_spread 63 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/octave 65 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/relative_x 67 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/relative_y 68 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/spray_x 69 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/spray_y 70 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/tone_filter_width 72 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/tone_filter_center 73 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_2/effects_send 75 0–127 continuous Emitter 2
/tempera/emitter_3/volume 76 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_length_cell 77 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_length_note 78 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_density 79 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_shape 80 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_shape_attack 81 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_pan 82 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/grain_tune_spread 83 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/octave 84 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/relative_x 85 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/relative_y 86 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/spray_x 87 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/spray_y 88 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/tone_filter_width 89 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/tone_filter_center 90 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_3/effects_send 91 0–127 continuous Emitter 3
/tempera/emitter_4/volume 92 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_length_cell 93 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_length_note 94 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_density 95 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_shape 96 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_shape_attack 97 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_pan 98 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/grain_tune_spread 99 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/octave 102 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/relative_x 103 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/relative_y 104 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/spray_x 105 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/spray_y 106 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/tone_filter_width 107 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/tone_filter_center 109 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/emitter_4/effects_send 109 0–127 continuous Emitter 4
/tempera/modulators/modwheel 1 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_1_size 110 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_2_size 111 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_3_size 112 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_4_size 113 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_5_size 114 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_6_size 115 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_7_size 116 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_8_size 117 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_9_size 118 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/modulators/modulator_10_size 119 0–127 continuous Modulators
/tempera/general/damper_pedal 64 0–127 continuous General

Performance MIDI

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

Frequently asked questions

Which MIDI CC controls the filter cutoff on the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera?

CC 24 (0–127), named /tempera/filter/cutoff in SynthHub's map.

How many parameters of the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera can be controlled over MIDI?

SynthHub's map of the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera lists 104 MIDI CC parameters, each with its number, range and a readable name; the full chart is on this page.

Can an AI agent like Claude control the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera?

Yes: SynthHub's hosted MCP server knows the Beetlecrab.audio Tempera's MIDI map, and its browser relay lets the agent send it parameter changes or load a sound, each sound change confirmed by you.