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Novation Circuit Mono Station (per pencilresearch canonical CSV) MIDI CC chart, NRPN and OSC map

The Novation Circuit Mono Station MIDI implementation: 75 CC, each named, for Claude (MCP), SuperCollider or any OSC app.

Device Novation Circuit Mono Station
Vendor Novation
OSC prefix /circuit_mono_station
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/novation/circuit_mono_station.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 Novation Circuit Mono Station (1)

per Electra preset

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/circuit_mono_station.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 /circuit_mono_station/patch/category 8191

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as circuit_mono_station: ask β€œwhat can the Novation Circuit Mono Station do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI CC and NRPN parameters (75)

OSC address CC NRPN (MSB/LSB) Range Nature Section
/circuit_mono_station/patch/category 64 / 2 0–16383 continuous Patch
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_common/oscillator_sync 110 0–1 switch Oscillator common
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/keyboard_octave 117 58–69 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/waveform_type 80 0–3 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/pulse_width 39 0–127 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/tune_coarse 27 / 59 0–16383 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/tune_fine 26 / 58 0–16383 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/range 70 0–3 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_1/glide 5 0–127 continuous Oscillator 1
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/keyboard_octave 76 58–69 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/waveform_type 81 0–3 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/pulse_width 79 0–127 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/tune_coarse 30 / 62 0–16383 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/tune_fine 29 / 61 0–16383 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/range 75 0–3 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/oscillator_2/glide 37 0–127 continuous Oscillator 2
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/master 7 0–127 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/oscillator_1_level 20 / 52 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/oscillator_2_level 21 / 53 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/sub_oscillator_level 22 / 54 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/noise_level 23 / 55 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/audio_in_level 25 / 57 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/mixer/ring_mod_level 24 / 56 0–16383 continuous Mixer
/circuit_mono_station/filter/overdrive 114 0–127 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/resonance 71 0–127 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/frequency 16 / 48 0–16383 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/shape 84 0–2 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/slope 40 0–2 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/bypass 83 0–3 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/filter/key_tracking 69 0–7 continuous Filter
/circuit_mono_station/envelope/trigger 73 / 0 0–16383 continuous Envelope
/circuit_mono_station/envelope/attack 90 0–127 continuous Envelope
/circuit_mono_station/envelope/decay 91 0–127 continuous Envelope
/circuit_mono_station/envelope/sustain 92 0–127 continuous Envelope
/circuit_mono_station/envelope/release 93 0–127 continuous Envelope
/circuit_mono_station/lfo/waveform_type 88 0–3 continuous LFO
/circuit_mono_station/lfo/rate 18 / 50 0–16383 continuous LFO
/circuit_mono_station/lfo/sync_rate 87 0–34 continuous LFO
/circuit_mono_station/lfo/clock_sync 86 0–1 switch LFO
/circuit_mono_station/lfo/key_sync 43 0–1 switch LFO
/circuit_mono_station/distortion/level 94 0–127 continuous Distortion
/circuit_mono_station/distortion/type 95 0–2 continuous Distortion
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_oscillator_1_pitch 12 / 44 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_oscillator_1_pwm 41 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_oscillator_2_pitch 13 / 45 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_oscillator_2_pwm 33 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_amp 42 0–1 switch Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_filter_frequency 14 / 46 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_distortion 103 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/envelope_to_auxillary_cv 104 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_oscillator_1_pitch 28 / 60 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_osillator_1_pwm 73 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_oscillator_2_pitch 3 / 35 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_oscillator_2_pwm 34 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_amp 78 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_filter_frequency 17 / 49 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_distortion 108 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/lfo_to_auxillary_cv 109 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_oscillator_1_pitch 15 / 47 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_oscillator_1_pwm 118 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_oscillator_2_pitch 19 / 51 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_oscillator_2_pwm 38 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_amp 119 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_filter_frequency 31 / 63 0–16383 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_distortion 111 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/mod_seq_to_auxillary_cv 116 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_oscillator_1_pitch 115 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_oscillator_1_pwm 107 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_oscillator_2_pitch 9 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_oscillator_2_pwm 36 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_amp 112 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_filter_frequency 113 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_distortion 105 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/velocity_to_auxillary_cv 89 0–127 continuous Modulation matrix
/circuit_mono_station/modulation_matrix/selected_routing 102 0–31 continuous Modulation matrix

Performance MIDI

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /circuit_mono_station/note/on <note> <velocity>, /circuit_mono_station/cc/<number> <value>, /circuit_mono_station/pitchbend <0-16383>, /circuit_mono_station/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 Novation Circuit Mono Station?

CC 114 (0–127), named /circuit_mono_station/filter/overdrive in SynthHub's map.

How many parameters of the Novation Circuit Mono Station can be controlled over MIDI?

SynthHub's map of the Novation Circuit Mono Station lists 75 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 Novation Circuit Mono Station?

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