[RWP] What is OSC?

[Jim Snowbarger]

That's a strange dialog, control surface settings.  Most controls are not in 
the tab order, so be ware.
I could not find this control:
Indigo's blurb said:
"To open the default pattern config file folder, select "open config 
directory" under "pattern config" in the OSC control surface settings"

Can anybody find a control that says: open config directory?
I don't see one.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 10:24 AM
Subject: [RWP] What is OSC?


> 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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