Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] OSC vs MIDI
From: Dave Griffiths (dave_AT_pawfal.org)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2004 - 12:03:18 EEST
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:43:31 -0600, martin rumori wrote
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 02:46:13PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> > I was wondering about this the other day - is there no OSC 'standard'
> > for how to declare note-ons, offs, etc?
> >
> > If OSC really is to become a MIDI replacement, there's needs to be an
> > explicitly defined standard that says "this is how a note is triggered"
>
> AFAIK in the beginning it was never meant as a midi replacement, but
> should -in opposite to midi- not make any assumptions on the musical
> meaning of the data being sent.
so if I'm writing a osc sequencer, is the best plan to leave the mapping open
for the user to modify?
> however, an "official" way of encapsulating midi in osc would maybe
> push especially some commercial developers to osc, but i guess the
> CNMAT folks don't want to have it in their official spec.
simple midi messages are supported as a type in osc, but you'd have to write
your server to pick them up.
cheers,
dave
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