Introduction to OSC | opensoundcontrol.org. Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology. Bringing the benefits of modern networking technology to the world of electronic musical instruments, OSC's advantages include interoperability, accuracy, flexibility, and enhanced organization and documentation.
This simple yet powerful protocol provides everything needed for real-time control of sound and other media processing while remaining flexible and easy to implement. Features: Open-ended, dynamic, URL-style symbolic naming schemeSymbolic and high-resolution numeric argument dataPattern matching language to specify multiple recipients of a single messageHigh resolution time tags"Bundles" of messages whose effects must occur simultaneouslyQuery system to dynamically find out the capabilities of an OSC server and get documentation Highlights OSC Research at CNMAT. Indaba. Ableton Live. VST Plugins.
SynthMaster. Native Instruments. Spectrasonics. Waves Audio.