[RWP] What is OSC?

[Indigo]

I don't know, only know OSC is in ongoing development, so maybe Open 
config directory was required earlier, just guessing.
It looks easier than that now, just click on the OSC files in Program 
Files/Reaper/installed data/OSC; open with your favorite text editor.
Indi


On 6/3/2013 10:42 PM, Jim Snowbarger wrote:
> 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.
>
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> ----- 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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