An Introduction To OSC (Linux Journal)

Dave Phillips introduces OpenSound Control (OSC) in a Linux Journal article. "The history of OSC begins with the history of MIDI. When the major hardware synthesizer manufacturers adopted MIDI as a standard for interdevice communications it was widely and justly hailed as a breakthrough in music technology. Armed with a computer, the appropriate software, and a few synthesizers a single musician could write, record, and produce an entire piece with no other assistance. MIDI revolutionized the music industry, and its continued use is a good measure of the success of the standard. However, MIDI is far from perfect, and many musical purposes are not served well or at all by MIDI software and hardware. As a result, alternative protocols have been advanced."

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