Bitwig Studio: OSC control from Claude, scripts and controllers¶
9 named commands to drive Bitwig Studio over OSC — from Claude (MCP), live-coding environments or a MIDI controller.
| Device | Bitwig Studio |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Bitwig |
| OSC prefix | /bitwig |
| Source | 📡 From a third-party OSC API |
| Firmware | Bitwig Studio 5 |
| Revision | Bitwig Studio 5 + DrivenByMoss (latest) |
| Upstream | third-party-osc |
| Driver file | devices/bitwig/bitwig-studio.third-party-osc.fw-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?¶
Start the bridge with this driver; it forwards named OSC commands to the software:
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 bitwig: ask “what can the Bitwig Studio do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.
OSC commands (9)¶
| OSC address | Arguments |
|---|---|
/bitwig/transport/play |
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/bitwig/transport/stop |
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/bitwig/transport/tempo |
bpm: float |
/bitwig/transport/tap |
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/bitwig/track/{n}/volume |
n: int, v: float |
/bitwig/track/{n}/mute |
n: int, on: bool |
/bitwig/track/{n}/solo |
n: int, on: bool |
/bitwig/track/{n}/arm |
n: int, on: bool |
/bitwig/scene/{n}/launch |
n: int |
Limitations¶
v1 covers transport (play / stop / tempo), per-track volume / mute / solo / arm for the first 8 tracks (DrivenByMoss bank size), and scene launch for the first 8 scenes. Track and scene indices are 1-based in DrivenByMoss (NOT 0-based like AbletonOSC). Browser, devices, automation, and the wider DrivenByMoss surface are out of scope for v1.
Frequently asked questions¶
Can an AI agent like Claude control the Bitwig Studio?
Yes: SynthHub's hosted MCP server knows the Bitwig Studio's MIDI map, and its browser relay lets the agent send it parameter changes or load a sound, each sound change confirmed by you.