[OSC_dev] Keyboard Controller Keys vs Voices (Joseph Malloch)

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>
> As an aside, I find there is a weird obsession with MIDI-style control
> in this discussion - everyone keeps talking about "keys" and
> "velocity" etc. As a contrary example, many of the "source devices" we
> use with the mapping tools (gestural controllers in this case) are
> capable of sending 50-100 parameters *at the same time*, many of which
> are continuous. I think creating genuinely useful tools for OSC
> mapping requires thinking outside the MIDI-box :)
>
> Joseph Malloch
> Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory
> Schulich School of Music - McGill University
> email: joseph.malloch at mcgill.ca
> web: http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~mallochj<http://www.music.mcgill.ca/%7Emallochj>
>

yes, i'm obsessed with midi. or better said: i'm obsessed of thinking how
osc could replace midi completely.

with midi gear, you go in a shop, buy a synth & a controller, connect them
and play. ha! now do that with osc.
how should companies ever produce gear with only osc support when they know
there's no minimum standard interface they can use and the end user will
need a 100+ pages user manual how to set up his gear to work as expected.

a "note on/off" message would be such a minimum requirement among some other
things, at least in my opinion.

there's where device classes (+ version numbers) with according standard
name spaces; (or a class for a group of parameters) would get handy. the
controller sees the destiny and its class and says "hey, i know how to talk
to you" and then it autolinks all/some of its parameters to that destiny.
when there's only one fitting destiny, it could get mapped instantly and
when there are more, it could ask the user (or use the history of its last
connection).

i don't want to limit the possibilities of osc either, and those device
classes could just be an addition. a destiny could also have several classes
+ some unclassified parameters.

maybe it's too early.

greetings,
fabb
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