[RWP] What is OSC?

[Scott Chesworth]

I can think of plenty of reasons why you'd want to. Haven't found an
accessible app to do the job yet though.

Anyone else had more luck?

Scott

On 6/3/13, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
> By the way, one can use the touch gestures from an iPad to control
> Reaper through OSC.
> I don't know why anyone would want to, but it's possible, irf you want
> to look cool, I guess.
> I don't know how much work it would be, but practically any device or
> program can be linked to control Reaper with OSC.
> Snip from reaper.fm; the link is at the bottom:
> OSC is a protocol for sending information between musical devices, over
> a network. Unlike MIDI, which is defined as a stream of bytes with
> specific meanings, OSC messages are human-readable text strings with no
> predefined meanings. It is entirely up to individual musical devices to
> define what specific messages mean and when those messages are sent.
> For two devices to work together (such as REAPER an and OSC control
> surface device), the user must configure one or both devices to send and
> receive messages that have meaning for the other device.
> For basic information about OSC, see the Open Sound Control web site.
> top  Requirements
> OSC-capable components include hardware control surfaces, standalone
> computer applications, apps for tablets and smartphones, and so on. In
> addition, there are middleware applications that can convert between OSC
> and MIDI, so that OSC can be used for 2-way communication with any
> MIDI-capable component, including almost any hardware control surface.
>
> To enable network communication between REAPER and an OSC device, go to
> Options/Preferences/Control Surfaces, and add a new OSC control surface.
> REAPER can receive messages from the device, send messages to the
> device, or both.
>
> To use an OSC device for basic one-way control input, enable "allow
> binding messages to REAPER actions and FX learn". This will permit OSC
> messages from this device to be used as action shortcuts and FX
> parameter learn mappings, just like any keyboard or MIDI control input.
>
> top  Pattern Config Files
>
> To use an OSC device for more than basic action shortcuts and FX
> parameter learn, you will need to configure either REAPER or the device
> to define the OSC messages that will be used for communication.
> The pattern config file (.ReaperOSC) is how REAPER defines the OSC
> messages it understands. In order to use REAPER with any OSC device, you
> can either create a custom pattern config file so that REAPER sends and
> receives messages the OSC device understands, or configure the OSC
> device to send and receive messages that REAPER understands, or both.
> To open the default pattern config file folder, select "open config
> directory" under "pattern config" in the OSC control surface settings
> dialog. The best way to create a new pattern config is to make a copy of
> the included Default.ReaperOSC file, rename the copy, and change the
> patterns defined in the file. Please see the extensive comments in
> Default.ReaperOSC for more detail about how messages are formed, and
> what the messages mean.
>
> top  Further exploration
> For more help on OSC in REAPER, to report bugs, to request additional
> functionality, to share pattern config files, or just to discuss the
> possibilities, please use the REAPER User Forum.
> osc
> end snip.
> http://www.reaper.fm/sdk/osc/osc.php
>
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