Products - ReBirth. The ReBirth Museum. History of d-lusion. Rubberduck. Open Sound Control. Open Sound Control (OSC) is a content format for messaging among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that are 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. Motivation[edit] OSC is a content format developed at CNMAT by Adrian Freed and Matt Wright comparable to XML, WDDX, or JSON. It was originally intended for sharing music performance data (gestures, parameters and note sequences) between musical instruments (especially electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers), computers, and other multimedia devices.
OSC is often used as an alternative to the 1983 MIDI standard, where higher resolution and a richer musical parameter space is desired. Features[edit] The TUIO community standard for tangible interfaces such as multitouch is built on top of OSC. Reaktor. Development History[edit] Early development[edit] With version 3.0 (released in 2001), Native Instruments introduced a redesigned audio engine and new graphic design. Further expansion of synthesis and sampling modules, addition of new control-based modules (XY control) and data management (event tables) greatly expands the abilities of the program. The closest to modern incarnation of the software is version 3.5, which improved greatly in VST performance and sample handling. Reaktor 3.5 is the first release that features full cross-platform compatibility.[1] Reaktor 4 was a major enhancement in terms of stability, instrument library, GUI, and VSTi ease-of-use in external sequencers. Version 5[edit] In 2003 Native Instruments hired Vadim Zavalishin, developer of the Sync Modular software package.
Reaktor 5.1, released on 22 December 2005, and presented as a Christmas present, features new Core Cell modules, and a new series of FX and ensembles. Functionality[edit] Reaktor Ensembles[edit]