[OSC_dev] OSC replacement for MIDI

[adrian at cnmat.berkeley.edu]

> On 1 Feb 2009, at 13:50, Torsten Anders wrote:
>
>> Many Synths can be tuned :)
>
> Many synth architectures allow oscillators at different tunings to be
> mixed. A common trick I use on the Wavestation is to vector-mix
> waveforms tuned in fifths and octaves. And then to detune via chorus.
> Which bit of that is at 261.63 Hz?
>
> This is why I maintain that MIDI is about pressing keys, not about
> creating frequencies. If you want to control frequencies via  a
> protocol, then that's a realtime synthesis system, not a keyboard
> +wheels+pedals performance system.
>
> 	-- N.
>

The whole point about OSC's namespaces is that you can support both. MIDI
is gesture oriented. With OSC you can carry along (with bundles)
interpretations with the gestures.
This is a very useful  music programming style we use extensively and Matt
and I wrote a paper about some years ago. OSC was envisaged to make this
"argument" unnecessary.